Ceremony Information

Ceremony Schedule

Spring 2023 Commencement will be held at the Yuengling Center basketball arena on the Tampa campus on Friday, May 5 - Sunday, May 7 for students from all three USF campuses. 

Friday, May 5

9:00 a.m. – Bachelor’s degree recipients from the Muma College of Business and the Office of Undergraduate Studies

1:30 p.m. – Bachelor’s degree recipients from the colleges of Nursing and Public Health 

6:30 p.m. – Bachelor’s degree recipients from the colleges of Engineering, Education, and The Arts 

Saturday, May 6

9:00 a.m. – Bachelor’s degree recipients from the following departments of the College of Arts and Sciences: Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communications, Anthropology, Communication, Economics, English, History, Humanities and Cultural Studies, School of Information, School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, Journalism and Digital Communication, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Women’s and Gender Studies, and World Languages 

1:30 p.m. – Bachelor’s degree recipients from the following departments of the College of Arts and Sciences: School of Geosciences, Integrative Biology, Mathematics and Statistics, Molecular Biosciences, Physics, and Psychology 

6:30 p.m. – Bachelor’s degree recipients from the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences and the Chemistry Department of the College of Arts and Sciences 

Sunday, May 7

9:00 a.m. – Master’s and educational specialist degree recipients from the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Muma College of Business, Education, Patel College of Global Sustainability, Graduate Studies, Marine Science, and The Arts 

1:30 p.m. – Master’s degree recipients from the colleges of Behavioral and Community Sciences, Engineering, Morsani College of Medicine, Nursing, Taneja College of Pharmacy, and Public Health 

6:30 p.m. – Doctoral degree recipients from the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Behavioral and Community Sciences, Muma College of Business, Education, Engineering, Marine Science, Morsani College of Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Taneja College of Pharmacy, and The Arts 

REGISTRATION

Registration for students will open the week of February 20 and will close on April 24 , providing students ample time to register to attend. You will be notified via email when registration is available. If you need proof of eligibility to attend Commencement for visa purposes to allow your overseas guests to attend, please contact us and we will assist you. Please note that attending USF Commencement is not required and students receive diplomas in the mail approximately six to eight weeks after the end of the semester regardless of whether or not they attend a ceremony. 

GUEST REGISTRATION AND TICKETS

There are no tickets required for guests to attend Commencement and no limit on how many guests each graduate may bring. Ceremonies are livestreamed via the USF YouTube channel for those guests who are unable to attend.