About this template
Colleges, academies and adult-education centres reach for designs like this one when they want to mark the day someone graduates: a formal College Graduation Certificate that looks as good in a frame as it does in a folder. With a round seal and DM Serif Text headings, it has a traditional feel, while the Plum Twilight palette keeps the colours rich.
Suggested wording
Copy one of these lines into the certificate, then replace the words in brackets.
Presented to [Name], Class of [Year], with pride in everything you have learned and excitement for everything still to come.
Today we celebrate [Name], graduate of [Year]: may your next steps be as bold as the ones that brought you here.
With this certificate, [School] confirms that [Name] has successfully completed College Graduation Certificate.
How to customise it
You can rewrite the whole certificate, or keep the sample wording and just change the names. Text sizes adjust to fit, and you can choose another font for any line. It works in landscape or portrait, on A4 or US Letter, without you having to move anything. The design comes with three colour schemes (Navy Dusk, Plum Twilight and Evergreen Night), and every single colour can be changed. You can also upload a logo or a photo and place it anywhere on the page.
Printing tips
Heavy matte or parchment paper gives it the weight of an official document. Choose A4 in Europe and most of the world, or US Letter in North America, before you download. Because of the dark background, check your ink first, or send the PDF to a local print shop.
