Use the Graduation Checklist to help you complete the journey and enjoy the ceremony and your day to the fullest. Dates and information for Spring 2025 will be updated in the coming months. Please check back for updates.
1. Apply for Graduation
2. Find your Ceremony
Spring Congregation will take place from May 21-23, 2025 and May 26-29, 2025.
Exact dates and times for each ceremony will be available by the end of March.
3. Rent your Graduation Regalia
Rent your graduation regalia (gown, hood and mortarboards) online in advance of your ceremony. Appropriate academic attire is required of all participants.
4. Reserve Guest Tickets (Maximum of Two Per Graduate)
Online reservation for guest tickets for graduation will open closer to congregation. Students who are eligible and approved to graduate are guaranteed 2 (TWO) guest tickets for their ceremony if they reserve their tickets by the deadline. We strongly recommend students reserve their tickets as soon as possible. All tickets must be reserved in advance online. For more information and to reserve your tickets, visit Guest Ticketing.
We cannot guarantee two tickets for students who miss the deadline for reserving tickets in advance. There will be no exceptions for those who miss this reservation window; please arrange your guest tickets accordingly. Any unclaimed tickets from the first round will be added to the extra ticket inventory and distributed evenly in the extra ticket round.
After the initial Ticket Reservation period, extra tickets may become available. Visit Guest Ticketing for more information.
5. Parking at Graduation
- During graduation there is a $10 rate, plus service fees for graduating students and their guests.
- For ceremony days, the Rose Garden Parkade is reserved solely for graduating students and their guests, and the Fraser River Parkade and North Parkade will be used as overflow parking. Note that traffic around the North Parkade may be delayed due to construction.
- Faculty/Staff and Student Parking permits are NOT valid in the Rose Garden Parkade during Congregation. Faculty/Staff permit holders are encouraged to park at the West, Thunderbird or North Parkades.
- Student parking permits valid for the Rose Garden Parkade will be accepted at the West, Thunderbird and North parkades instead.
How do I pay for parking?
- To save time and have one less thing to think about, parking can be purchased as far in advance as 14 days before the ceremony date, using the Honk Mobile App or Honk website and selecting Zone ID 5616 and the graduation date.
- You are also able to pay on the day at the pay stations in the parkades.
6. Prepare for Graduation Day
7. Information for your Family & Guests
8. If you have Accessibility Needs
If you are in need of captioning or interpreting services for a ceremony, please fill out this form by April 23, 2025 (four weeks in advance of graduation) and the Centre for Accessibility will assist with these arrangements. You can also contact 604-822-5844 if you have any questions.
If you are a graduand who has physical accessibility needs/mobility issues, please email ceremonies.graduation@ubc.ca by April 23, 2025.