Commencement 2023 at UMass Amherst to Celebrate Undergraduate and Graduate Students in One Ceremony

Commencement for this coming spring at UMass Amherst has been re-envisioned to celebrate the entire Class of 2023—both undergraduate and graduate students—at one ceremony on Friday, May 26, 2023 at 9 a.m. at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.

In addition, graduates will also be honored at a variety of special events. Immediately following Commencement on May 26, a Hooding Ceremony will be held at the stadium for doctoral candidates. Later in the day on Friday and throughout Saturday, Senior Recognition Ceremonies will be held across campus by schools, colleges and other university programs, where undergraduates can have their names called and walk across a stage to be individually recognized.

On Saturday, May 27, the Stockbridge School of Agriculture will conduct its Associate Degrees Commencement at 11 a.m. in Bowker Auditorium.

A special Masters Celebration will be held on Friday, May 12 at the Mullins Center. Graduate students who have earned a master’s or an education specialist degree will have their names called and walk across a stage to be individually recognized.

A list of additional recognition ceremonies can be viewed below. More details will be shared in the coming months and a full schedule of events will be posted on the university’s Commencement website.

Additional Senior Recognition Ceremonies

Thursday, May 25, 2023
  3:00 –   5:00 p.m.  Commonwealth Honors College Celebration of Excellence, Mullins Center  

Friday, May 26, 2023
  1:00 –   2:30 p.m.   College of Engineering, Mullins Center
  1:00 –   2:30 p.m.   University Without Walls, Interdisciplinary Studies, Bromery Center for the Arts
  2:00 –   3:30 p.m.   Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences, Recreation Center
  3:00 –   4:30 p.m.   Bachelor’s Degree with Individual Concentration, Campus Center Auditorium
  3:00 –   5:00 p.m.   College of Natural Sciences, McGuirk Alumni Stadium
  5:00 –   7:00 p.m.   Isenberg School of Management, Mullins Center

Saturday May 27, 2023
  9:00 – 10:30 a.m.   College of Education, Campus Center Auditorium
  9:00 – 10:30 a.m.   Marieb College of Nursing, Bromery Center for the Arts
  9:00 – 11:00 a.m.   School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Mullins Center
11:30 –   1:00 p.m.   College of Humanities and Fine Arts, Recreation Center
  2:00 –   4:00 p.m.   College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Mullins Center