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Graduation Ceremonies
Master’s and Specialist’s Degree Graduation
Graduation information for master’s and specialist’s graduates is provided by the Office of the Registrar. If you have questions about those ceremonies, contact registrar@clemson.edu.
Master’s/Specialist’s Degree CeremoniesDoctoral Commencement Ceremony (hooding ceremony)
Wednesday, December 18th, 2024
Littlejohn Coliseum
3:00 pm
The doctoral commencement ceremony (hooding ceremony) is the official ceremony for doctoral graduates, so doctoral graduates do not participate in the general graduation ceremonies for master’s students and undergraduates.
Confirming Attendance
Doctoral students who apply for graduation will receive an email about a month before the ceremony asking them to confirm whether they will attend the ceremony and to provide further information via a registration link. This email will be delivered to the student's clemson.edu address (not g.clemson.edu) so, as always, soon-to-be graduates should ensure their clemson.edu account is not full or otherwise disabled.
Regalia
Official Clemson doctoral regalia is required for graduates in the doctoral commencement ceremony (hooding ceremony). The deadline for ordering doctoral regalia is several weeks before the ceremony. Dates for the next several ceremonies are on the deadlines page.
You may choose to rent some items (the gown and tam, for example) and purchase others (the hood). Questions about regalia ordering and delivery should be directed to the University Bookstore.
Doctoral Commencement Ceremony Programs
Program Archive
- May 2024
- December 2023
- August 2023
- May 2023
- December 2022
- May 2022
- December 2021
- August 2021
- May 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020 (May 2020 and August 2020 graduates)
- December 2019
- August 2019
- May 2019
- December 2018
- August 2018
- May 2018
- December 2017
- August 2017
- May 2017
- December 2016
- August 2016
- May 2016
- December 2015 (inaugural doctoral commencement ceremony)