Commencement

On Commencement Day

NOTE: Balloons are NOT allowed inside the Tsongas Center.

Commencement Day Schedule (Undergraduates) 

Graduation is Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 9 a.m. at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell, 300 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Lowell.

• 8 a.m . Doors to the Tsongas Center will be open to ticket holders
• 8:30 a.m.  All graduating students will assemble by college under a tent, located on the right side of the Tsongas Center in Lot B. 
• 9 a.m.  Student processional begins from tent into Tsongas Center. See Tsongas Center Seating chart by college.

Following the University ceremony, college faculties, graduating students and guests may proceed to college receptions tents adjacent to the Tsongas Center. Look for signs for your college. 

Commencement Day Schedule (Master's and Doctoral Students) 

Graduation is Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 3 p.m. at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell, 300 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Lowell.

• 2 p.m. Doors to the Tsongas Center will be open to ticket holders
• 2:30 p.m.  All graduating students will assemble by college under a tent, located on the right side of the Tsongas Center in Lot B. Note: Doctoral students should line up inside the East Entrance, not in the student line-up tent.
• 3 p.m.  Student processional begins from tent into Tsongas Center. See Tsongas Center Seating chart by college.

Following the University ceremony, college faculties, graduating students and guests may proceed to college receptions tents adjacent to the Tsongas Center. Look for signs for your college.

Commencement Ceremony  

The University Commencement Ceremony will consist of the following for the undergraduate ceremony:

• Greetings from officials of the Commonwealth 
• Awarding of honorary degrees 
• A brief Commencement address 
• Conferral of degrees
• College receptions