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. 

The following items are prohibited and will not be allowed in the venue. 

Alcoholic Beverages 
Balls (inlcuding Beach Balls) 
Bikes, Skateboards, or Scooters
Coolers 
Firearms 
Glass Bottles
Illegal Knives (4" blades or longer) 
Lawn Chairs
Outside Food 
Pets 
Umbrellas 
Signs on Sticks

Ceremony: 

College of Art & Architecture

College of Agriculture

College of Education, Health, and Human Development

Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship

College of Letters & Science

Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing

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

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. 

Program Name

Capture the moment

After the ceremony, take pictures with your family and friends in photographic locations around campus. Use #CatGrad23 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 11th

Spring 2026 Commencement Ceremony

Friday, May 8, 2026 

Morning Processional: TBD Ceremony: TBD

Colleges: TBD 

Afternoon Processional: TBD Ceremony: TBD

Colleges: TBD 

Questions? 

Email graduation@montana.edu