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: 
  • Custom Ph.D. regalia deadline: Friday, Oct. 4
  • Rental Ph.D. regalia deadline: Friday, Nov. 1
  • Bachelor's and Master's regalia deadline: Friday, Nov 15
• 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: Friday, Oct. 4. 
• Rental Ph.D. regalia deadline: Friday, Nov. 1
• Bachelor's and Master's regalia deadline: Friday, Nov. 15

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.

Download the Georgia Tech Fall 2024 Commencement Guidebook

1. Open the photo application on your phone. 

2. Scan the QR code below. 

3. Follow the link from the QR code. 

4. Download the Georgia Tech Guidebook App. 

5. Open the App. 

6. Download the Georgia Tech Fall 2024 Commencement guide. 

7. Open the guide and schedule your Commencement weekend celebrations! 

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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