Commencement 2025

Celebrate UCR's 71th Commencement

Faculty Participation

Be a Part of the Celebration!

UCR's ladder-rank faculty, adjunct professors, visiting faculty, lecturers, supervisors of teacher education, librarians, and academics all play a critical role in the education and growth of our students and contribute to their success both inside and outside the classroom. Your participation at Commencement is very meaningful to your students, and we encourage you to attend and join them and their families in celebrating this important milestone!

If you have a Ph.D. or M.F.A. candidate who is graduating this year, it is especially important that you attend to hood them. Ph.D. and M.F.A. hooding for students in all colleges will take place at the Graduate Division Hooding ceremony on Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. at the Student Recreation Center North, main gymnasium.

If you are not hooding a Ph.D. or M.F.A. candidate this year, we encourage you to attend your college/school ceremony. Please refer to the Commencement schedule for the complete list of ceremony dates, times and locations.

If you would like to participate in the School of Medicine (June 6) and Graduate Division (June 7) Hooding ceremonies taking place at SRC, we will provide a complimentary regalia order form and registration link here in March. All submissions must be made by mid-April, 2025.

If you would like to participate in the Toyota Arena college/school ceremonies taking place June 16 and June 17, we will provide a complimentary regalia order form and registration link here in March. All orders will need to be completed by end of April, 2025. 

If you have any questions, please contact the respective Faculty Participation College Coordinator for the ceremony you would like to participate in below (to be updated by March 17):