Complete these steps to graduate and join the Commencement ceremony.
Save These Important Dates
We are in the process of updating our information for Spring 2025. Please check back in late-January 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.
- Deadline to RSVP to walk in the Commencement ceremony (required): Opens Wednesday, Feb. 19.
- Early and Late Walk applications (if applicable) are now open until Friday, March 14.
- Purchase your regalia. See regalia order deadlines here.
- Start of guest ticket distribution via email: Monday, March 31
- Commencement ceremonies: Thursday, May 1 – Saturday, May 3
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: Sunday, Feb. 23
- Rental Ph.D. regalia deadline: Sunday, March 23
- Bachelor's and Master's regalia deadline: Wednesday, April 2
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.
Before Your Ceremony Date
Download Your GradPass
- Grad Passes will be available for download starting on Monday, April 21.
- 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 April in students' Tassel accounts (this is the account you created when you RSVP'd).
Access your GradPass by following these steps:
- Log into Tassel.
- Click "Print GradPass."
- Confirm graduate name and ceremony information are correct.
- Print and take a screenshot of your GradPass to avoid issues at the ceremony.
Download the Georgia Tech Spring 2025 Commencement Guidebook
Get ready for Commencement by downloading the Georgia Tech Guidebook app. Guidebook is a great way to get more information about your ceremony and to set your Commencement weekend schedule! The Spring Commencement Guidebook will be available for download starting March 2025.
Know What to Do on Commencement Day
- For Ph.D. and Bachelor's graduates:
- Enter McCamish Pavilion through the Zelnak Basketball Practice Center 45 minutes prior to your ceremony start time.
- The entrance to Zelnak is behind McCamish Pavilion, where E65 parking lot is located
- Wear your regalia; regalia will not be available for purchase at the venue.
- Avoid bringing personal items. If you must have a bag, make it clear (medical bags excepted). Review the clear bag policy.
- Seats are not assigned; undergraduates will be grouped by college. Doctoral graduates are encouraged to sit with their advisor.
- 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.
- Enter McCamish Pavilion through the Zelnak Basketball Practice Center 45 minutes prior to your ceremony start time.
- For Institute Master's graduates:
- Bobby Dodd Stadium through the Callaway Plaza tunnel 45 minutes prior to your ceremony start time.
- The entrance to the Callaway Plaza tunnel is closest to Gate 5, off of Bobby Dodd Ave.
- Wear your regalia; regalia will not be available for purchase 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.
- Bobby Dodd Stadium through the Callaway Plaza tunnel 45 minutes prior to your ceremony start time.
Before You Leave
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.
Prepare for OIT Service Changes
- Before you depart, understand how your access to services from the Office of Information Technology will change. Review the changes here.