Students

Graduates who are eligible for any other ceremony are also eligible to attend All Campus Commencement. All graduates are encouraged to attend All Campus Commencement to celebrate with peers, friends, family and faculty.

Registration for college commencements is open to undergraduate students with 135 units by the end of winter 2023 who are completing their degree in fall 2022, winter 2023, spring 2023, summer 2023 or fall 2023.

Exceptions

If you choose to participate in an undergraduate college ceremony, you must attend your home college’s ceremony, unless you have a preapproved exception. Check the list below for possible exceptions.

If one of the circumstances below applies and you are unable to attend your college ceremony, you may request to participate in another college’s ceremony by emailing commencement@ucsd.edu. This is called an “exception request."

How to submit an exception request:
Email your written exception request to commencement@ucsd.edu by midnight on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Include the supporting documentation described below.
You will be notified in writing of the committee’s decision. Supporting documents will be kept confidential and will be securely disposed of after a decision is made.
If you receive an exception, you’ll be assigned to another college ceremony by the reviewing committee. Your request for a specific ceremony is based on availability and not guaranteed.

• You have worked or lived in a college neighborhood other than your home college for two years.
  Provide documentation on campus letterhead from the Residential Life Office or college supervisor confirming the two-year period.
• You have served as a resident adviser, orientation leader or intern at a college other than your home college.
  Provide documentation on campus letterhead from the Dean of Student Affairs stating the college position you held.
• An immediate family member is graduating from an elementary, middle or high school, or a college or university at a time that conflicts with your home college’s ceremony.
  Provide documentation on official letterhead from the school’s principal or dean stating the date and time of the conflicting school’s graduation.
• Religious law prevents you from attending your home college’s commencement ceremony.
  Provide documentation on official organizational letterhead supporting the exception request.

Registration for the Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs commencements is open to graduates who have completed their graduate degree in fall 2022, winter 2023, or who plan to complete in spring or summer 2023.

Registration for the Rady School of Management commencement is open to graduates who have completed their graduate degree in fall 2022, winter 2023, or who plan to complete in spring or summer 2023.

For more information, please visit the Rady School of Management website.

Registration for the School of Global Policy and Strategy commencement is open to graduates who have completed their degree requirements in the 2022-2023 academic year.

For more information, please visit the School of Global Policy and Strategy website.

For more information, please visit the School of Medicine website.

For more information, please visit the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences website.

Registration for the Jacobs School of Engineering Ring Ceremony commencement is open to graduates who have completed their graduate degree in summer 2022, fall 2022, winter 2023, or who plan to complete in spring or summer 2023.

Contact IDEA Engineering Student Center with questions and find more information at Jacobs School of Engineering.

Registration for the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health commencement is open to graduates who have completed their graduate degree in fall 2022, winter 2023, or who plan to complete in spring or summer 2023.

For more information, please visit the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health website.

Registration for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography commencement is open to graduates who have completed their graduate degree in fall 2022, winter 2023, or who plan to complete in spring or summer 2023.

For more information, please consult the Scripps Institution of Oceanography registration form.

International students requesting an invitation letter or VISA information can contact the International Students & Programs Office.