--- description: Sadly, she won't be graduating in wizardry but in English literature, having completed her degree at one of the U.S.'s top schools title: Emma Watson Will Graduate This Month (From Brown, Not Hogwarts) image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cec5d28c7e0adf5/69868f72adae447d32543184/rtr3jdz5.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Emma Watson Will Graduate This Month (From Brown, Not Hogwarts) by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 15, 2014 6:57 AM CUT  Emma Watson Emma WatsonPaul Hackett—Reuters by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 15, 2014 6:57 AM CUT Emma Watson, better known as Hermione Granger to _Harry Potter_ fans, will [graduate](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/emma-watson-graduate-brown-university "undefined") from college this month. The actress will be departing Brown University — one of the U.S.’s top schools — with a degree in English literature after attending a graduation ceremony on May 25, a spokesman from the university [told](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/emma-watson-graduate-brown-university "undefined") the Associated Press. The 24-year-old Brit, who spent part of her college career at Oxford, enrolled at Brown in 2009, but continued to work on several films while studying, most recently the biblical epic _Noah_. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/emma-watson-graduate-brown-university "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/100432/emma-watson-hermione-graduate-brown/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/100432/emma-watson-hermione-graduate-brown/"},"headline":"Emma Watson Will Graduate This Month (From Brown, Not Hogwarts)","datePublished":"2014-05-15T06:57:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:50:59.228Z","description":"The The 24-year-old Brit, who played Hermonie Granger in Harry Potter won't be receiving a degree in wizardry but in English literature at her graduation ceremony at Brown University on May 25","url":"https://time.com/100432/emma-watson-hermione-graduate-brown/","keywords":["celebrities","Education","Harry Potter","Emma Watson"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cec5d28c7e0adf5/69868f72adae447d32543184/rtr3jdz5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michelle Arrouas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/michelle-arrouas/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cec5d28c7e0adf5/69868f72adae447d32543184/rtr3jdz5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Emma Watson","caption":"Emma Watson","creditText":"Paul Hackett—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/100432/emma-watson-hermione-graduate-brown/","name":"Emma Watson Will Graduate This Month (From Brown, Not Hogwarts)"}}]}] ```