Commencement

We are in the process of updating our information for Fall 2024. Please check back in mid-September for exact dates and more information.

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

• Summer email registration: Monday, June 10 - Friday, Aug. 2
• Deadlines for ordering academic regalia: Late October
• Deadline to RSVP to walk in the Commencement ceremony (required): Opens October
• Deadline to Submit Early or Late Walk Request (if applicable): Opens September
• Start of guest ticket distribution via email: November
• Commencement ceremonies: Thursday, Dec. 12 – Saturday, Dec. 14

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: October. Rental Ph.D. regalia deadline: October
• Bachelor's and master's regalia deadline: Late October

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 in December in students' MarchingOrder accounts (this is the account you created when you RSVP'd).

Access your GradPass by following these steps:

1. Log into Marching Order.
2. Click "Print GradPass."
3. Confirm graduate name and ceremony information are correct.
4. Print and take a screenshot of your GradPass to avoid issues at the ceremony.

Know What to Do on Commencement Day

• Enter McCamish Pavilion through the Zelnak Basketball Practice Center 30 minutes prior to your ceremony start time. 
  • The entrance to Zelnak is behind McCamish Pavilion, where E65 parking lot is located
• 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

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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