Berkeley Commencement

In addition to the campuswide Commencements in May and December, many departments and student groups hold smaller, more personal graduations in the spring semester only. Each group handles its event independently, and graduates can attend the campuswide Commencement, department graduation, or both. Ask your loved ones about their plans.

Aerospace Studies

African American Studies Black Graduation

American Indian Graduate Program

American Studies (UGIS)

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Ancient History & Mediterranean Archaeology

Anthropology

Architecture (Reception)

The Department of Architecture graduation will be part of the College of Environmental Design Commencement Ceremony this year.

Art Practice

Asian Studies

Astronomy

Buddhist Studies (GBS)

Business, Graduate MBA

Business, MBA for Executives

Business, Ph.D.

Business, Undergraduate

Cal Athletics Student-Athlete Graduation Celebration

Celtic Studies

Chemical Engineering (College of Chemistry)

Chemistry

Chicanx Latinx Graduation Celebration

TIMES: 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Cognitive Science (ISSP)

Comparative Literature

Reception to follow in Ishi Courtyard.

Computer Science, B.A.

The Department of Computer Science, B.A. graduation will be part of the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society Commencement Ceremony this year.

Computing, Data Science, and Society, College of

In order to accommodate requests for additional guest tickets, CDSS will be holding two commencement ceremonies.
TIMES: 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Data Science, B.A.

The Department of Data Science, B.A. graduation will be part of the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society Commencement Ceremony this year.

Disabled Students’ Program

Dutch

Earth and Planetary Science

East Asian Languages & Culture (EALC)

Economics

Please see our website econ.berkeley.edu/commencement and join our edstem for updates edstem.org/us/join/JSg8Dw.

Education, Berkeley School of

Energy and Resources Group

Engineering – Doctoral

Engineering – Graduate

Engineering – Undergraduate

English

Environmental Design, College of

Ethnic Studies

Film & Media

Tickets are $10 each. Limit of 10 per student. Children and babies need tickets. Graduating students do not need to purchase tickets for themselves.
PURCHASE TICKETS: secure-tickets.berkeley.edu/23688

Financial Engineering – Graduate

Folklore Masters Program

French

Reception to follow in Ishi Courtyard.

Gender and Women’s Studies

Geography

Pauley Ballroom is located in the MLK Jr. Student Union. The address for the building is:
2495 Bancroft Way
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720

German

Global Poverty & Practice Minor

Global Studies (ISSP)

Health & Medical Sciences (JMP)

History

History of Art

Information, School of

Integrative Biology

Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major (UGIS)

Italian Studies

Journalism, Graduate School of

Lavender Graduation

The Gender Equity Resource Center and our partners are excited to invite you to the 24 th Lavender Graduation Celebration. Everyone is invited, and there is no fee to attend! In order to manage capacity, we need all those who plan to attend to fill out this registration. Everyone must register — graduates, guests, current students, family, etc — everyone, please. The space is limited and priority for entering will be given to those graduates who register by April 26 th (or whenever we reach capacity, whichever comes first) and then to everyone else on the list in order of when they registered.

No academic regalia (caps and gowns) are required, but feel free to be as fabulous as you wish! Graduating undergraduate students will receive a rainbow tassel. Graduating graduate students will receive a lavender cord.

Law

Legal Studies and Jurisprudence & Social Policy

Linguistics

Mathematics

Media Studies (UGIS)

Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

SPEAKER: Jay Crisostomo, George G. Cameron Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations and Languages; Associate Professor of Assyriology, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Michigan
COMMENCEMENT SPEECH: Sumerian, Science, and Soccer or What Has MELC Ever Done for Us?

Molecular and Cell Biology – Graduate

Molecular and Cell Biology – Undergraduate

Music (Commencement)

Native American Studies

Natural Resources, Rausser College of

Naval Science (Navy ROTC)

Optometry and Vision Science, Herbert Wertheim School of

Pasifika Graduation Celebration

Philosophy

Physics

Pilipinx Graduation

Political Economy (ISSP)

Political Science

Visit the Political Science Department’s commencement page for more information, polisci.berkeley.edu/political-science-cal/commencement/ceremony-details.