Tickets will be required to gain entry to Old Campus for Yale’s 325th Commencement Ceremony on Monday, May 18, 2026. Each student receiving a degree from the Graduate School or one of the professional schools will receive two (2) guest tickets. The University will distribute tickets to each graduate when you pick up your regalia. Graduating degree candidates do not need tickets to attend Commencement. Graduating students, along with faculty and fellows, must wear academic regalia to participate. Children ages 3 and under do not require a ticket. However, they cannot occupy a seat and must sit in the lap of a ticketed guest.
Guests who do not have tickets for Old Campus can watch the ceremony on screen as it takes place. The event will be livestreamed to locations across campus and available on the Yale YouTube Channel.
If you have questions about the University Commencement Ceremony, please contact university.events@yale.edu.
Ticket Updates are available including how to request extra tickets.
Tickets are not required to attend the YSOA Diploma Ceremony in the garden of the Yale Art Gallery. The only exception is in the event of an indoor diploma ceremony because of rain, YSOA may need to issue tickets. The YSOA Diploma Ceremony will be live-streamed for your family and friends who cannot attend in person.
Each year, the Community Centers like the Asian-American Cultural Center, the Afro-American Cultural Center, the Yale Native American Cultural Center holds their annual Graduates’ Celebration to formally recognize the achievements of graduating students of Asians, African, Native American, Latinx extraction in culturally-affirming ceremonies that marks the end of their time at Yale. (If you are aware of a community commencement event that we missed, please let us know and we will add it to the list.)
LINKS WILL BE UPDATED AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
All students are invited to participate in any and all of these events.
Please see the see these centers for more information:
Asian American Cultural Center: Graduation Ceremony
Afro American Cultural Center: Black Graduation
La Casa Cultural: Latine Graduation Celebration
Yale Native American Cultural Center: Graduation Ceremony
Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale: Commencement 2024
Office of LGBTQ Resources: Lavender Commencement for Graduate and Professional School Students
