Around 5,000 UEA students returned to campus this week to celebrate their graduation but one student decided to take things a step further. 

As the unknown male student took to the stage, he shook hands and received his degree before removing his mortarboard and front-flipping off the stage. 

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The clip then cuts to the shocked professor on stage who can't quite believe what has just happened. 

The graduate removes his mortar board as he prepares to jumpThe graduate removes his mortar board as he prepares to jump... (Image: UEA) ...then frontflips off the stage...then frontflips off the stage (Image: UEA) Held at the Sportspark, undergraduate and postgraduate students from UEA’s 20 Schools of Study donned gowns and mortarboards, and received their degrees across 13 ceremonies.

Lilo, Huggy and Fido were brought along to Graduation by their ownersLilo, Huggy and Fido were brought along to Graduation by their owners (Image: UEA) Attention was also drawn, at times, to some of the cuddlier members of the audience, including Lilo the corgi, Fifi the mortar board-wearing pup, and a graduation cat called Huggy. 

There was also an important celebration during the first graduation ceremony as Chancellor Dame Jenny Abramsky was inaugurated as UEA’s eighth chancellor.

Dame Abramsky graduated from UEA in 1968 with a BA in English and has had a distinguished career at the BBC and in public life.