Commencement Ceremony

Ceremony Information

Tickets are not required for guest admission to the Commencement ceremony.

To ensure fairness and accommodate all attendees, saving seats is not permitted. We appreciate your cooperation in allowing all guests to find seating as they arrive.

As a reminder, to speed the entry process through the event’s metal detectors, we request -- but don’t require -- graduates and guests leave their bags and purses in their vehicles. Please leave cell phones and keys in your pockets when going through the metal detectors. 

Livestream

Ceremony  

Morning Ceremony: 

Colleges: 

College of Agriculture

Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship

Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering

Gallatin College

Doors will open at 8:30am

Candidate must be checked in for Lineup by 9:20am

Processional begins at 9:40am 

Ceremony begins at 10:00am 

Line up Locations: 

• Undergraduates -  TBA
• Masters- South Tunnel Hallway 
• Doctoral Graduates- Taping room in the South Tunnel
• Faculty - North Tunnel

Afternoon Ceremony: 

Colleges: 

College of Art & Architecture

College of Education, Health, and Human Development

College of Letters & Science

Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing

Doors will open at 1:00pm 

Candidate must be checked in for Lineup by 1:40pm 

Processional begins at 2:10pm 

Ceremony begins at 2:30pm

Line up Locations: 

• Undergraduates -  TBA
• Masters- South Tunnel Hallway 
• Doctoral Graduates- Taping room in the South Tunnel
• Faculty - North Tunnel

Undergraduate candidates, please contact graduation@montana.edu with questions.

Masters and Doctoral candidates, please contact gradsuccess@montana.edu with questions.

Program Name

Please note: The deadline for Spring Undegraduates graduation applications was October 1st and Summer Undergraduates graduation applications was March 1st.Late applications are not guaranteed to appear in the commencement program. If you have applied after the deadline and do not see your name and would like your name included in the commencement program, please email graduation@montana.edu. 

The program is updated every Friday afternoon. 

Capture the moment

After the ceremony, take pictures with your family and friends in photographic locations around campus. Use #CatGrad24 on your social media posts so we can celebrate this accomplishment with you! 

• The Spirit Statue on Alumni Plaza 
• Outside of Montana Hall
• On Romney Oval
• Your favorite campus building
• The Sonny Holland statue outside of Bobcat Athletics Center
• The MSU sign on the corner of Kagy and 11th
• The MSU sign on the corner of College and 11^th

Five-Step Graduation Process

1. Perform an Evaluation in DegreeWorks.
2. Turn in an Online Application via MyInfo for graduation. 
3. Participate in Priority Registration for the upcoming semester.
4. Attend your Commencement ceremony (optional).
5. Receive your Diploma to the mailing address you provide in MyInfo.

Fall 2025 Commencement Ceremonies

Friday, Decemeber 12, 2025 

Processional: 9:40am Ceremony: 10:00am    

Know Before You Go To Commencement 

Questions? 

Email graduation@montana.edu