Spring 2025 Commencement
It’s time to celebrate our graduating students and their achievements at the University of Northern Colorado. Whether you’re a graduate, guest or faculty member, find all you need to know to be prepared for commencement, including a full schedule of ceremonies, programs, parking information and more.
Ceremony Recap
Tickets
Tickets are required for entry.
Tickets are required for guests to attend the Commencement Ceremonies. Graduating students do not require a ticket. Tickets are assigned to specific ceremonies, are general admission and valid for one guest per ticket. Tickets are issued at no charge and sale of tickets is prohibited. Tickets will be distributed to graduates electronically via BearMail accounts. Guests must obtain tickets from their graduates in advance of the ceremony.
Tickets will not be available at the ceremony entrance door.
Requesting Tickets
- In order to request tickets, a student must first submit their application and be approved for graduation. Students who are eligible to graduate this semester, will receive an email with application instructions from the Registrar (undergraduate students) or the Graduate School (graduate students).
- Graduating students may submit a request to claim UP TO 6 TICKETS prior to the initial ticket request deadline.
- We have implemented a new system for commencement ticketing. Instructions for requesting tickets will be emailed to students at 5 p.m. on February 28. After the initial ticket request deadline, availability of additional tickets will be determined based on the total number of tickets requested compared to the seating capacity of the venue.
- Students who are approved for graduation after the ticket deadline will still need to request tickets through the link they receive in their BearMail. While UNC will make every effort to ensure ticket availability for all graduating students, guest tickets cannot be guaranteed if requested after the initial deadline.
- If additional tickets are available following the initial ticket request deadline, graduating students will receive an email with instructions for requesting additional tickets and the total tickets remaining for their ceremony. Additional tickets may be requested until all remaining tickets are claimed.
- For students who are approved for graduation after the initial ticket deadline, they will receive a ticket request email when their application is reported as approved from Registrar/Graduate School to University Events. Once the student information is uploaded, the student will receive a confirmation email from the ticketing system.
- Graduating students will receive an email when there are no remaining tickets available for their ceremony.
Accessing Tickets
Students who have been approved to graduate will receive ceremony ticket information when their data is uploaded into the ticketing system. This will occur by the end of the following business day after it is received by University Events from Registrar/Graduate School. The email will include instructions to create an account and claim their guest tickets.
Please visit the Commencement FAQ page for more details.
Ticketing Timeline
- February 28: Ticket request details emailed at 5 p.m. to students who have applied for graduation.
- March 31: Deadline at 11:59 p.m. MDT for ticket request with initial allotment of up to 6 tickets/graduating student.
- April 1: Availability of additional tickets emailed at 5 p.m. MDT to students who have applied for graduation. (Dependent upon number of tickets requested by Monday, March 31 deadline.)
- May 1: If a final allotment of tickets remainsavailable, this will be emailed at 5 p.m. MDT to students who have been approved for graduation.
(Dependent upon number of tickets requested by April 30.) This potential final allotment is not guaranteed.
- Graduate Ceremony
- Up to 2 additional tickets (10 total), based on availability
- Undergraduate Ceremonies
- 9 a.m. HSS/MCB: Up to 1 additional ticket (9 total), based on availability
- 12:30 p.m. EBS/PVA: Up to 2 additional tickets (11 total), based on availability
- 3:30 p.m. NHS: Up to 2 additional tickets (11 total), based on availability
- Graduate Ceremony
- May 9: Final ticket request deadline at Noon MDT, based on ticket availability.
Accommodations
If there may be barriers to accessing any Commencement events and you need to request disability accommodations contact the Disability Resource Center with any questions you may have by phone 970-351-2289 or email DRC@unco.edu.
FALL 2025 COMMENCEMENT
Ceremony Dates and Details
Save the date for Fall 2025 Commencement on Friday, December 12 and Saturday, December 13! Ceremony times and ticket details will be posted at the start of the Fall semester.
