Commencement

Add these important deadlines to your calendar. Check your GT email regularly all semester for vital Commencement updates and information.

• Deadlines for ordering academic regalia: Friday, Feb. 23 – Friday, April 5
• Deadline to RSVP to walk in the Commencement ceremony (required): Friday, March 15
• Deadline to Submit Early or Late Walk Request (if applicable): Friday, March 15
• Start of guest ticket distribution via email: Monday, April 15
• Commencement ceremonies: Thursday, May 2 – Saturday, May 4
• President's Graduation Celebration (optional): Friday, May 3. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Order Your Regalia by the Deadline

• All graduates are required to wear approved Georgia Tech regalia to participate in Commencement. 
• Purchase regalia at Grad Fest, Barnes & Noble @ Georgia Tech, or online at techstuff.gatech.edu.
• Custom Ph.D. regalia deadline: Feb. 23. Rental Ph.D. regalia deadline: March 22.
• Bachelor's and master's regalia deadline: April 5.

How to get your regalia

Confirm Your Diploma Mailing Address

• Check your diploma mailing address in OSCAR three weeks prior to Commencement. 
• For mailing address updates, email diplomas@registrar.gatech.edu. 

Download Your GradPass

• All students attending the ceremony are required to have a GradPass. 
• This is your virtual name card that calls and displays your name at the ceremony. 
• It is not a ticket for guests. 
• GradPasses become available two weeks before the ceremony in students' MarchingOrder accounts (this is the account you created when you RSVP'd).

Know What to Do on Commencement Day

• Enter McCamish Pavilion through the Zelnak Basketball Practice Center, located behind McCamish near the parking lot. 
• Wear your regalia; no extras will be available at the venue.
• Avoid bringing personal items. If you must have a bag, make it clear (medical bags excepted). Review the clear bag policy. 
• Sit with your college; seats are not assigned.
• You will be guided to the stage row by row; there is no formal processional.
• Present your GradPass to the Events team before going on stage (Tip: Have a screenshot ready).
• Your name will be announced and displayed on the jumbotron as you receive your faux diploma from the president.
• Get photographed by GradImages before returning to your seat.

Detailed Graduation Day Logistics

Attend the President’s Graduation Celebration (Optional)

• All graduates, families, and friends are invited. 
• Admission is free!
• Friday, May 3, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Location: Exhibition Hall (Midtown Ballroom). 

More Details

Take Your Graduation Photos

• GradImages will photograph each Commencement event and ceremony and email photo proofs one week later. Purchase photos on their website.
• Get your cap and gown portraits taken at Grad Fest.
• Capture personal memories at campus photo hot spots.

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