Graduate certificates are credentials that prove someone completed a specialized education program: course, training, seminar, bachelor’s or master’s degree.
A modern graduation certificate needs to hold value both in print and online — and that’s exactly what you’ll find here!
Our graduation certificate templates are free, adjustable, easy to work through, and designed to fit multiple purposes, even outside the typical higher education purposes.
Below we have 12 unique certificate templates, two of each:
#1 Universal Graduation Certificate Templates
#2 Graduation Certificate Templates for Kindergarten
#3 Graduation Certificate Templates for Preschool
#4 Graduation Certificate Templates for College Students
#5 Graduation Certificate Templates for Elementary School
#6 Graduation Certificate Templates for Courses
We’ll also describe what each needs to contain to be valid, to help you fine-tune these certificates to your liking. ⭐
Let’s start with blank graduation certificate templates you can use in any way you’d like:
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Regardless of their specific use case, each graduation certificate should contain:
- Issuer logo;
- Title: Graduation Certificate;
- Recipient’s full name and title, if necessary;
- Recipient’s image: it’s not necessary, but can add a nice touch of personalization;
- Description: what the recipient achieved to be awarded the certificate, and what does it mean to own the certificate;
- Date and place;
- Signature and printed name of the issuer.
You don’t exactly “graduate” from kindergarten, but why not celebrate still?
Here we have two kindergarten certificate templates; the first one is streamlined and a bit more “serious.”
In case you want something more fun and kid-friendly, try a nature-themed kindergarten certificate:
Certificates for kindergarten should include:
- Kindergarten logo;
- A congratulatory title;
- Recipient’s image (if possible);
- Recipient’s full name;
- Description: stating that the recipient completed their kindergarten education;
- Date and place;
- Signature and printed name of the issuer.
Similar to kindergarten, preschool certificate templates can be a little more fun than the grownup-ones.
Our sea-themed certificate templates for preschool do the trick:
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The other preschool certificate version is adorned with rainbow and brighter sky:
Make a complete, valid certificate for preschoolers by including:
- Preschool logo;
- Title: Graduation Certificate, or something congratulatory;
- Recipient’s image (if possible);
- Recipient’s full name;
- Description: stating that the recipient completed their preschool;
- Date and place;
- Signature and printed name of the issuer.
Here are two college certificate templates you can award to students: a classic one, and a modern one:
These certificate templates for elementary school can be used at the end of the school year or school as a whole, but you can adjust them and award certificates for:
- Student competitions;
- Science shows;
- Other achievements.
Both are formal, but not too serious, so you can use them for other purposes as well:
Graduation certificates for elementary schools should include:
- Elementary school logo;
- Title: Graduation Certificate;
- Recipient’s image (if possible);
- Recipient’s full name;
- Description: stating that the recipient completed their elementary school;
- Date and place;
- Signature and printed name of the issuer.
Last (but not least), we’ve made certificate templates for courses.
The first one is modern and vibrant, fitting for tech and marketing pros:
The second one is artistic and elegant — a perfect certificate template for photography, fashion design, or even cooking:
- Issuer logo;
- Title: Graduation Certificate;
- Recipient’s image: not necessary, but adds a personal touch;
- Recipient’s full name;
- Description: a short description of new skills and knowledge the recipient now has and what does mean to hold the certificate in question;
- Date and place;
- Signature and printed name of the issuer.
With a Virtualbadge.io account, you can choose any of these templates directly from your dashboard and use them as you please!
Check out our free certificate template library for any occasion and enjoy the ease of certificate issuing.
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