Spring Commencement

Attending Spring Commencement

Spring Commencement, also called May Commencement, recognizes candidates who have completed degree requirements by May 2017 and students who will complete the requirements by the end of August 2017.

The Graduate Commencement Ceremony will be held on Friday, May 5, 2017, at 3 p.m. in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, 1001 E. 17th Street in Bloomington.

The Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 6, 2017, at 10 a.m. in Memorial Stadium, 1001 E. 17th Street in Bloomington.

Students in robes milling about outside the Sample Gates

The crowd at Commencement with cameras in hand

Which ceremony should you attend?

Winter ceremony

All degree candidates who complete requirements between September 1 and December 31

Spring graduate ceremony

Candidates for all master’s, doctorate, and specialist degrees; Ph.D.’s; artist diplomas; and performer diplomas who complete requirements between January 1 and August 31

Spring undergraduate ceremony

Candidates for all bachelor’s and associate degrees who complete requirements between January 1 and August 31

Recognition events

Held by individual schools, departments, and programs before or after the main Commencement exercises