Ticket Information

Campus-wide Ceremony

Tickets are required for the May campus-wide ceremony. The number of tickets allotted to each graduate is being determined. Please check back later for further updates.

The Registrar's Office will begin to distribute tickets for the campus-wide ceremony on Monday, April 23 from the Customer Service Counter on the first floor of the Mitchell Building. Graduates are encouraged to pick-up tickets by Monday, April 30.

Individual College and School Ceremonies

The individual college or school ceremonies do not require tickets. Some colleges and schools have an RSVP system in place for graduates. Please check with your individual college or school for further details.

Regalia

The University Book Center is the official supplier of commencement regalia for the university, with Oak Hall as the official provider. Caps, gowns, hoods, tassels, invitations, diploma frames and other commemorative accessories are available in the center.

Undergraduate and master's degree students must purchase their regalia. The following items are required and sold as a package: cap, gown, departmental hood (Bachelor of Arts hood has a white collar, Bachelor of Science hood has a gold collar), stole of gratitude and tassel with the official medallion. Regalia will be available for purchase on Monday, April 2. The undergraduate package will cost $106 and the master's degree package will cost $118. Items may be shipped for an additional $6.95.

Doctoral students may choose to rent or buy their regalia. If you choose to rent your regalia, it must be picked up from the Book Center (shipping is not available). The cost to rent regalia is $180 and the cost to purchase regalia is $960. Regalia will be available to order at the beginning of April. Please note that there is a deadline for rentals. Detailed information will be available in early March.

Disability Services

Campus-wide Ceremony

The Comcast Center is equipped with elevators and accessible entrances located to the right of the steps that lead to the main entrance, as well as in the Terrapin Trail Garage. There are many long hallways in the Comcast Center and much walking is required. The University of Maryland does not have wheelchairs available. If you have difficulty walking long distances, consider renting a wheelchair from an off-campus vendor (such as a medical supply store or drug store).

Graduates or guests who need disability accommodations or have questions regarding the accommodations for the campus-wide ceremony may contact the Office of Special Events at events@ur.umd.edu or 301.405.4638.

Individual College and School Ceremonies

For information regarding disability accommodations for the individual college or school ceremonies, please contact the graduating student's individual college or school.

Sign Language Interpreters

Sign language interpreters are available upon request for all ceremonies. Please contact the Disability Support Service at least three weeks before the ceremony at 301.314.7209 or dhhs@umd.edu to make arrangements.

Flowers and Photos

Commencement Flowers will sell roses at the various ceremony sites across campus. Three sizes of flower arrangements are available for $10, $15 and $30. In order to commemorate this milestone in our graduates' lives, GradImages will take photographs of each graduate participating in the campus-wide commencement ceremony prior to the procession and at the majority of the individual college and school ceremonies. While there is no obligation to purchase the prints, the graduate will receive color proofs by mail approximately two weeks after commencement. In order to receive the proofs, please make sure that you complete the company's address card, distributed in the line-up area prior to the procession. For more information, contact GradImages at 800.628.4509 or visit www.gradimages.com.