Despite the postponing of graduations last year due to Covid the university has still seen a terrific turn-out with close to 600 students accompanied by 1800 family and friends expected in Bathurst this week, one of two towns the university is holding the graduation ceremonies.

"It's wonderful after the period during the pandemic Covid to now welcome back to the campus so many of our graduates today," CSU Central West pro-chancellor Carole McDiarmid said.

"It's amazing to me to see the depth of interest from our graduates who are scattered right across the country come back and celebrate these ceremonies today."

A total of eight ceremonies will take place throughout the week, allowing for friends and family to attend while still abiding by Covid regulations.

Graduates have made the most of this opportunity, with some travelling large distances to catch up with lecturers and classmates.

"All I've seen this week is a lot of happy faces," Ms McDiarmid said.

"A lot of mums and dads have been graduating it might be the second career for them...and some of the young female members have had babies during the course of their studies so it's been a really testing time for them but it's quite remarkable to watch."

Jessica May was one of the students to graduate on Wednesday, gaining her Bachelor of Early Childhood and Primary after four years of studying.

With last year transferring to online, many graduates hadn't seen their classmates for over 12 months.

Ms May was among a number of eager students to return to CSU and catch up with old friends.

"It [graduation] was a long time coming but it was really nice to get together with all our uni friends that we hadn't seen for so long," Ms May said.

The university is proud of the academic performance displayed by the students and again highlighted the number of graduates who enter the workforce full-time in the first year after leaving.

This is the first time graduation ceremonies have been rescheduled since the merger of the Mitchell College of Advanced Education and Riverina-Murray Institute of Higher Education to become Charles Sturt University in 1989.

The graduation ceremonies being held in Bathurst and Wagga Wagga are the first on-campus ceremonies the university has hosted since the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020.

The 2020 graduates from Dubbo will be among those gathering in Bathurst with family and friends.

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