Rent your cap and gown Rent by this date, 6 weeks prior to the event, to have your regalia in time for the ceremony.
Spring Commencement
March 5, 2021
Apply to graduate through the Office of the Registrar or Graduate School A non-refundable application fee is required. After the deadline, late fees will apply.
Keep in mind that graduation (completing a degree) and Commencement (a ceremony) are two different things, requiring two different processes.
Dates for 2021 registration are subject to change.
Future fall ceremony dates
Fall ceremonies traditionally start at 10 a.m. and last approximately 2 hours.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Dec 11
Dec 10
Dec. 9
Dec. 7
Dec. 6
Future spring ceremony dates and times
Because of the large number of participants, spring ceremonies are divided into three sessions. The schedule below is subject change, particularly while the COVID-19 pandemic is underway.
2021 – May 8
8:00 a.m.
College of Arts and Sciences
11:30 a.m.
Carson College of Business
Edward R. Murrow College of Communication
College of Education
3:00 p.m.
College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences
School of the Environment
Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
College of Nursing
College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
2022 – May 7
8:00 a.m.
Carson College of Business
Edward R. Murrow College of Communication
College of Education
11:30 a.m.
College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences
Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
College of Nursing
College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
3:00 p.m.
College of Arts and Sciences
School of the Environment
2023 – May 6
8:00 a.m.
College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences
School of the Environment
Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture
College of Veterinary Medicine
11:30 a.m.
College of Arts and Sciences
3:00 p.m.
Carson College of Business
Edward R. Murrow College of Communication
College of Education
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
College of Nursing
College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
2024 – May 4
8:00 a.m.
College of Arts and Sciences
School of the Environment
11:30 a.m.
Carson College of Business
Edward R. Murrow College of Communication
College of Education
3:00 p.m.
College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences