Schedule

2026 Commencement Ceremonies and Events

All event times currently listed below are confirmed. Please note, additional awards ceremonies and receptions will be added to the schedule as those details are confirmed. Please check back often for updates. Check out our Commencement FAQs for more event details.

Diploma and Hooding Ceremonies

Thursday, May 14, 2026

3:00 p.m. – Graduate Programs Recognition and Hooding Ceremony – School of Liberal Arts, School of Science and Engineering, and Biomedical Sciences Program – Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse

Friday, May 15, 2026

9:00 a.m. – A. B. Freeman School of Business Undergraduate – Caesars Superdome

9:00 a.m. – School of Social Work – Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse

1:00 p.m. – School of Science and Engineering – Undergraduate – Caesars Superdome

1:00 p.m. – School of Architecture and Built Environment – Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse

5:00 p.m. – School of Liberal Arts – Undergraduate – Caesars Superdome

5:00 p.m. – A. B. Freeman School of Business Graduate - Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse

Saturday, May 16, 2026

8:30 a.m. – Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine – Undergraduate – Mahalia Jackson Theater

9:00 a.m. – School of Professional Advancement – Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse

12:00 p.m. – Law School – Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse

12:00 p.m. – School of Medicine – New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

12:30 p.m. – Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine – Graduate – Mahalia Jackson Theater

5:00 p.m. – Unified Commencement Ceremony – Caesars Superdome

Other Commencement Events

Thursday, May 14, 2026

9:00 a.m. – Newcomb-Tulane College Senior Awards Ceremony – Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse

11:00 a.m. – Memory Tulane – Academic Quad, Uptown Campus

11:30 a.m. – Tulane 34 Awards (Invite Only) – Kendall Cram Ballroom, Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life

2:00 p.m. – Under the Oaks – Dixon Theater

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