Ceremony Information

Ceremony Schedule & Registration

Ceremony Schedule

Thursday, May 7, 1:30pm - Master’s and educational specialist degree recipients from the colleges of Arts and Sciences; Muma College of Business; Design, Art and Performance; and Education

Thursday, May 7, 6:00pm - Master’s degree recipients from the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing; and the colleges of Behavioral and Community Sciences, Engineering, Patel College of Global Sustainability, Marine Science, Morsani College of Medicine, Nursing, Taneja College of Pharmacy, and Public Health

Friday, May 8, 9:00am - Doctoral degree recipients from all colleges

Friday, May 8, 1:30pm - Bachelor’s degree recipients from the Economics Department of the College of Arts and Sciences and the following departments of the Muma College of Business: Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance, School of Hospitality and Sport Management, School of Marketing and Innovation, and The Baldwin Group School of Risk Management and Insurance

Friday, May 8, 6:00pm - Bachelor’s degree recipients from the College of Education and the following departments of the Muma College of Business: Lynn Pippenger School of Accountancy, School of Information Systems, and School of Management

Saturday, May 9, 9:00am - Bachelor’s degree recipients from the following departments of the College of Arts and Sciences: Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communications; Anthropology; School of Geosciences; School of Information; School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies; Journalism and Digital Communication; Mathematics and Statistics; Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences; Sustainability Studies; and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Saturday, May 9, 1:30pm - Bachelor’s degree recipients from the following departments of the College of Arts and Sciences: Communication, English, History, Humanities and Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Psychology, Religious Studies, and World Languages

Saturday, May 9, 6:00pm - Bachelor’s degree recipients from the following departments of the College of Arts and Sciences: Chemistry, Integrative Biology, Molecular Biosciences, and Physics

Sunday, May 10, 9:00am - Bachelor’s degree recipients from the colleges of Behavioral and Community Sciences and Design, Art and Performance, and the Office of Undergraduate Studies

Sunday, May 10, 1:30pm - Bachelor’s degree recipients from the colleges of Nursing and Public Health

Sunday, May 10, 6:00pm - Bachelor’s degree recipients from the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing and the College of Engineering

Commencement Registration

Bachelor's and Master's candidates who applied to graduate for the Spring 2026 term through Student Self Service by February 20 will be emailed a personalized Commencement registration link on the week of March 2.

Doctoral candidates will be emailed a personalized Commencement registration link after the ETD deadline has passed.

The deadline to register for Commencement is April 17.

If you would like to participate in the Spring Commencement ceremony but are not earning your degree this Spring, please contact us at commencement@usf.edu by February 20.

Please note:

• The "Graduation Date" listed on Student Self-Service is the date listed on every graduate's diploma and not necessarily the day you participate in Commencement.
• Applying to graduate and registering to participate in Commencement are two different processes.
  
• Participation in Commencement is optional. All eligible graduates will receive their diplomas by mail approximately 6–8 weeks after the semester ends.

Commencement Location

Yuengling Center
12499 USF Bull Run Drive
Tampa, FL 33617

Participation at Commencement is not required and all eligible graduates will receive their diplomas in the mail approximately six to eight weeks after the end of the semester.

GuestS

Ceremonies are livestreamed via the USF YouTube channel for those guests who are unable to attend.