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graduate verb is intransitive and as far as I know, this sort of verbs couldn't be used as a passive form. Am I right?

I have strangely seen it is correct in some website like this:

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090717174145AACv5YR

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  • It's one of those usage things. To graduate means to complete a degree. Say "I graduated from XYZ University." Don't get your grammar answers from yahoo.
    – user105719
    Jan 26, 2020 at 9:17
  • The primary meaning of graduate is 'complete one's studies' but, according to online dictionaries, in American usage you can speak of a university graduating its students.
    – Kate Bunting
    Jan 26, 2020 at 9:22

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That’s not correct. If you “have been Xed” then someone else is doing the X and you are the recipient. For example, I have been released from my obligation. But completing a degree is something that you do yourself, so the phrase is

I graduated University XYZ with a degree in ABC

Of course, since the University is doing the awarding, you could say

I have been awarded a degree in ABC by the University XYZ

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