Students

The Unified Commencement ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 17, 6:00 p.m. at the Caesars Superdome. At this special milestone ceremony, which will feature an academic procession, keynote speaker, and live jazz, President Michael A. Fitts will officially confer degrees upon all Tulane University degree candidates (undergraduate, graduate, and professional). 

The Unified Commencement ceremony will be livestreamed on this website.

In addition to the Unified Commencement ceremony, graduates are invited to the ceremony of the school awarding their degree. At these ceremonies, graduates’ names are called individually as they cross the stage. Visit the 2025 Schedule page for the full list of school ceremonies.

For questions regarding individual school ceremonies and events, please contact the following:

• A. B. Freeman School of Business: Business.Commencement@tulane.edu
• Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine: sphtmgraduation@tulane.edu
• Law School: lawacademicservices@tulane.edu
• School of Architecture and Built Environment: acruz5@tulane.edu
• School of Liberal Arts: libarts@tulane.edu
• School of Medicine: SOMevents@tulane.edu
• School of Professional Advancement: ehoff@tulane.edu
• School of Science and Engineering: sseevents@tulane.edu 
• School of Social Work: tsswgraduation@tulane.edu 

Check back in May for the school ceremonies' livestream information. 

Tickets will be required for everyone (graduates and guests) to enter the Caesars Superdome and student lineup areas. Graduates should have received an email from TUgrad@tulane.edu with the subject line “Register Now for the 2025 Tulane Unified Commencement Ceremony” containing instructions to register and retrieve Unified Commencement tickets via Tassel. Once graduates register, they are able to print tickets and/or send them to guests’ email addresses. 

• Graduates will receive a separate graduate ticket from their guest tickets. 
• Each graduate will receive up to 25 guest tickets (not including the graduate’s ticket).
• All guests 2 years and older must have their own ticket. 
• Graduates can send all tickets to the same email address(es), but the tickets will arrive in individual emails. 
• Graduates can return to their Tassel account at any time by using their registered email address at tulane.tassel.com. 

If you have not received the Tassel registration email, please check your spam folder or email TUgrad@tulane.edu.  

Tickets will not be required for individual ceremonies.

All graduates participating in the Unified Commencement Ceremony should arrive to Gate G on the Plaza Level in their regalia with their graduate ticket, Tulane Splash Card or government-issued ID and proceed to their robing location in the west side Plaza Level seating sections (see locations below) starting at 4:00 p.m. and no later than 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 17. At 5:40 p.m. graduates will be lined up and begin moving from the designated locations. Any graduate arriving late will not be guaranteed a spot in the lineup as part of the procession of graduates onto the floor and may be inserted into the seating on the floor after the procession has concluded.

Graduate robing sections are as follows: 

• School of Architecture and Built Environment: Section 137
• A.B. Freeman School of Business Undergrad: Section 141
• A.B. Freeman School of Business Grad: Section 147
• Law School: Section 139
• School of Liberal Arts Undergrad: Section 143
• School of Liberal Arts Grad: Section 145
• School of Medicine: Section 145
• School of Professional Advancement Undergrad: Section 142
• School of Professional Advancement Grad: Section 144
• Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Undergrad: Section 142
• Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Grad: Section 137
• School of Science and Engineering Undergrad: Section 140
• School of Science and Engineering Grad: Section 137
• School of Social Work: Section 144

See Caesars Superdome Maps for details. 

Parking will be available for purchase at Ceasars Superdome both Friday (school diploma ceremonies) and Saturday (unified ceremony). Parking can be purchased at the following links:

• Friday, May 16 
• Saturday, May 17 

There will also be a shuttle on a continuous loop from the Diboll Garage uptown to the Caesars Superdome Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Graduates and Guests can also arrive via taxi or rideshare drop off by setting their destination to Poydras Street between Lasalle and Loyola (outside the Superdome on Poydras).

The University's Clear Bag Policy will be in effect for Unified Commencement and all other school-based diploma and hooding ceremonies. Approved bags are as follows: 

• Clear totes or bags no larger than 12" x 12" x 6". 
• Small, non-clear clutch bags no larger than 4.5" x 6.5". 
• Plastic, resealable storage bags no larger than one (1) gallon.

The following items are not allowed into any commencement-related event or student line-up areas and will be confiscated: flags, banners, signs of any size or type; alcohol; artificial noisemakers (including drums, thunder sticks, or other instruments); any type of bag not permitted by the Clear Bag Policy; contraband; containers of any kind; bottles and cans; coolers; fireworks; flammables; footballs or throwing objects; glass; laser pointers; outside food and beverages; projectiles; stadium seatback chairs with aluminum/metal; stickers; sticks; bats; poles; clubs; strollers (collapsible umbrella strollers that fit under guest’s seat are permitted); weapons (even with concealed weapons permit); drones; or any other item(s) deemed unacceptable by stadium security and Tulane University. 

• Handheld umbrellas, including graduating students' second line umbrellas, are permitted and will be inspected upon arrival.

Details about any commencement-related changes will be communicated by:

• Updates on the Commencement website.
• Commencement update emails: sign up here.
• Sign up for text alerts by texting tugrad to 888777.Text message updates will be sent by the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response.
• The university's main social media channels (Instagram: @tulaneu, Twitter/X: @Tulane).

It is generally warm and humid in New Orleans in May, so graduates and guests should plan their attire accordingly. While there is no set dress code for most of the activities during commencement weekend, attire usually ranges from business casual to dressier options and is highly dependent on the variety of activities guests have planned. 

All students intending to participate in Commencement exercises must complete their application for graduation by March 31, 2025 to have their names published in the Commencement program. The graduation application link can be accessed through the student tab of the Gibson online portal. If you do not see this link, please contact your academic advisor or program director. Students will receive a confirmation email once their application has been submitted through the Gibson portal. Students can also confirm submission of their graduation application on their degree audit. Questions regarding graduation applications can submitted through the Registrar Support portal.

If a student has chosen to withhold directory information from public disclosure by selecting the confidentiality box in their Gibson account, their name will not appear in the Commencement print program or any other public reports. Additionally, family members of students with confidential records will not receive any communications regarding commencement and graduation activities. If a student would like to update their confidentiality option via Gibson student tab, they must do so by March 31, 2025.

All undergraduate, graduate, and professional students receiving their Tulane degree in May are eligible to apply to be the student speaker for the University Commencement Ceremony. The deadline to apply (5 p.m. CT on Monday, March 24) has passed.

If you have any additional questions, please email the committee at tugrad@tulane.edu.

Tulane University strives to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. To be respectful of those with allergies and environmental sensitivities, we ask that you please refrain from wearing strong fragrances.

To request disability-related accommodations at any Commencement-related event, please contact tugrad@tulane.edu. 

Tulane University will provide reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act with sufficient notice.

Students must wear regalia at all in-person ceremonies to participate and/or cross the stage. We recommend ordering as soon as possible to ensure that regalia arrives in time. The final date for online orders (Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral souvenir regalia) is April 6, 2025 at Oak Hall's Tulane portal. Online orders will ship directly to students. When the online deadline passes, regalia can be purchased in person at the Tulane Bookstore. Any in-store regalia purchases made after April 18, 2025, will incur a $30 late fee. Other regalia deadlines are as follows: 

• PhD Custom set must be ordered by March 2, 2025.
• PhD Rental Set must be ordered by April 6, 2025.
• MD Guest Hooder set must be ordered by April 6, 2025.

For further questions regarding regalia, please contact the Tulane Bookstore at 504-865-5913.

Tulane encourages graduates’ personal expressions of creativity in the decoration of mortar boards or second-line umbrellas. Graduates are permitted to wear stoles and honor cords earned through University Honors, official university-recognized organizations, U.S. military service (veterans who attain the prescribed academic achievement earn special cords), or purchased at the Tulane Bookstore. Personal stoles, cords, and robe decorating are not permitted.

Tulane memorabilia including diploma frames are available to order from the Tulane Bookstore. Contact the bookstore at 504-865-5913 for more information or to place an order by phone.

Show your pride with your Tulane class ring and share your graduation news with official Tulane announcements! Undergraduate students who have completed 60 credit hours and graduate students who have completed half of their required coursework are eligible to purchase their Tulane Ring. Order your rings and announcements from the Balfour website or by calling 1-866-255-3687 weekdays from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Production time for announcements is 7-10 business days. 

Diplomas will be mailed to the diploma mailing address provided by the student on the application for degree. This address can be updated via Gibson Online at the “Update Diploma Address” link found under the Student tab.

The Jambalaya Yearbook will offer several weeks of official Tulane Senior Yearbook and Grad Student Portraits during Spring 2025 semester by Lifetouch/Prestige March 17-21 and April 7-11 in the Kendall Cram Lobby of the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life. Portrait sittings are free, and there is no cost to have to portrait appear in the yearbook. They will include photos in official Tulane regalia and also shots in the student’s professional and/or casual attire—cap and gown will be provided. These are for seniors and grad students only, and appointments are required. Appointments can be made online at https://bit.ly/tuportraits.

Students and parents/families will also have the option to purchase print packages to use for Commencement announcements, LinkedIn photos and as gifts to family and friends. Seniors not wanting to take a Senior Portrait can still have their photo included in the portrait section of the yearbook by uploading a photo of their choice online at tulaneyearbook.com.

Additional information about Senior Portraits and ordering the Tulane Jambalaya Yearbook can be found at tulaneyearbook.com.

Before you turn your tassel, take a walk down memory lane.

The Commencement Planning Team in partnership with Alumni Relations, Student Affairs, and Newcomb-Tulane College invites all NTC graduates to Memory Tulane—a new event on the uptown campus honoring your journey from student to alum. Revisit the places that shaped your time at Tulane: the Bead Three on the Academic Quad, the iconic Tulane University sign in front of Gibson Hall, Yulman Stadium, Bea Field Alumni House and more. Along the way, enjoy pop-up moments with food, giveaways, and photo opportunities to help you capture the feeling of these momentous days bookending this chapter of your Tulane career.

Memory Tulane will take place on Thursday, May 15, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., beginning at the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life. There you will pick up a campus map with markers for each pop-up location, and then you can take one more stroll through the places where your Tulane story began—and if your families are already in town, they can come, too!

More information will be shared with graduates as we get closer to the event. We hope to see you there!