School & department ceremonies

School and Departmental Ceremonies

In addition to the official Commencement ceremony at Husky Stadium, there are over 100 school, college, departmental, and student organization graduation celebrations. Most take place during the week before Commencement or on the morning of Commencement Day. These listings below will be updated for 2025 as information becomes available. Information for all ceremonies will be summarized in our 2025 At-A-Glance Guide, which will be linked as information comes in.

If you need immediate information about a school, college or departmental ceremony, and do not see it linked below, please contact the school/college/department directly.

College of Arts & Sciences

- - American Ethnic Studies
  - American Indian Studies
  - Anthropology
  - Applied Mathematics and Computational Finance & Risk Management (Undergrad & Graduate)
  - Applied & Computational Mathematical Sciences (ACMS)
  - Art – School of Art + Art History + Design
  - Asian Languages and Literature
  - Astronomy
  - Biology
  - Chemistry and Biochemistry
  - Classics
  - Communication
  - Comparative History of Ideas (CHID)
  - Cinema and Media Studies
  - Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
  - Dance Department
  - Disability Studies Program
  - Diversity Minor Program
  - Drama
  - Economics
  - English
  - French and Italian Studies
  - Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
  - Geography
  - Department of German Studies
  - History
  - Integrated Social Sciences
  - Jackson School of International Studies
  - Law, Societies and Justice Program
  - Linguistics
  - Mathematics (Undergraduate)
  - Master of Science in Human Computer Interaction + Design (MHCI+D)
  - Microbiology
  - Museology
  - Music Grand Finale
  - Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
  - Neuroscience
  - Philosophy
  - Physics
  - Political Science
  - Psychology (undergraduate)
  - Master’s Degree in Applied Child & Adolescent Psychology
  - Psychology Ph.D. Hooding
  - Scandinavian Studies
  - Slavic Languages and Literatures
  - Sociology
  - Spanish and Portuguese Studies
  - Speech and Hearing Sciences
  - Statistics

College of Built Environments

- - College of Built Environments (CBE) Graduation Celebration
  - Community, Environment and Planning (CEP)

Michael G. Foster School of Business

- - Undergraduate Graduation Celebration
  - Full-time MBA, Evening MBA & PhD
  - FTMBA Virtual Graduation Celebration
  - MPAcc & MST (Master of Accounting Programs)
  - Master of Supply Chain Management (MSCM)
  - Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA)
  - Master of Science in Entrepreneurship
  - Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS)
  - Executive MBA, Hybrid MBA, and Technology Management MBA (EMBA, TMMBA, GEMBA, HMBA)
  - PhD Program Dean’s Reception

School of Dentistry

- - Investiture of Hoods
  - Oral Health Sciences

College of Education

- - College of Education Graduation Celebration
  - Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership (IAL) (Administration & Coaching)

College of Engineering
Allen School

- - Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
  - Aeronautics and Astronautics
  - Bioengineering
  - Chemical Engineering
  - Civil and Environmental Engineering
  - Electrical & Computer Engineering
  - Human Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE) Graduation Celebration
  - Industrial and Systems Engineering
  - Materials Science and Engineering
  - Mechanical Engineering
  - Master of Human Computer Interaction + Design (MHCI+D)

College of the Environment

- - School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
  - School of Marine and Environmental Affairs
  - School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS)
  - School of Oceanography
  - Earth and Space Sciences
  - Marine Biology
  - Program on the Environment (Environmental Studies)
  - Atmospheric Sciences

Information School

- - Information School Convocation

School of Law

- - Law School Commencement Ceremony

School of Medicine

- - Physicians Oath and Hooding Ceremony
  - School of Medicine PhD Hooding Ceremony
  - Bioengineering (College of Engineering)
  - Medical Laboratory Science
  - Department of Ophthalmology
  - Department of Global Health Graduation Celebration
  - Health Metrics Sciences
  - MEDEX Graduation Celebration–Seattle (TBD Please contact Medex@uw.edu for further information)
  - MEDEX Graduation Celebration–Spokane (TBD Please contact Medex@uw.edu for further information)
  - MEDEX Graduation Celebration–Tacoma (TBD Please contact Medex@uw.edu for further information)
  - MEDEX Graduation Celebration–Anchorage (TBD Please contact Medex@uw.edu for further information)
  - Doctor of Physical Therapy Graduation Celebration
  - Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education
  - Master of Occupational Therapy Graduation Celebration
  - Master of Prosthetics and Orthotics Graduation Celebration
  - Rheumatology Fellowship 2022 Graduation

School of Nursing

- - School of Nursing Convocation

School of Pharmacy

- - Graduate Recognition Ceremony
  - Plein Geriatric Certificate Reception

Evans School of Public Policy & Governance

- - Evans School Convocation

School of Public Health

- - School of Public Health Graduation Celebration
  - Department of Epidemiology Graduation Ceremony
  - Department of Health Systems & Population Health: Community-Oriented Public Health Practice (COPHP) End of Year Celebration
  - Department of Health Systems and Population Health PhD Graduation Celebration
  - Department of Health Systems and Population Health MPH/MS Graduation Celebration
  - MHA Recognition Ceremony
  - EMHA Graduation Celebration
  - Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS)
  - Department of Global Health Graduation Celebration
  - Department of Health Services PhD Graduation Celebration
  - Biostatistics & IPHG Graduation Celebration
  - Nutritional Sciences
  - OMPH Summer Graduation Celebration

School of Social Work

- - Social Work Graduation Celebration

Other UW ceremonies

- - UW Bothell Commencement
  - UW Tacoma Commencement

Commissioning ceremonies

- - Air Force ROTC
  - Department of Naval Science Commissioning (Navy ROTC)
  - Army ROTC

Other celebrations

- - Alumni Association Grad-B-Q
  - Black Graduation and Kente Ceremony
  - Dream Project, Husky Leadership Initiative & Jumpstart Graduation Ceremony
  - Filipino Graduation Celebration
  - FIUTS Graduation Reception
  - Honors Program Graduation
  - Student-Athlete Graduation Reception
  - La Raza Graduation
  - Lavender Graduation
  - Pasifik Graduation Celebration
  - Phi Beta Kappa
  - Native Graduation
  - Robinson Center for Young Scholars
  - UW Academy and Early Entrance Program
  - Veteran Celebration of Excellence and Challenge Coin Ceremony