Commencement 2024 is on Thursday, May 23rd!
May degree application will open on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Everyone must apply for their degree. It will also have you approve your diploma name. NOTE: once your diploma is printed, you can no longer change it (eg. to add or remove a middle name).
If you need a letter of invitation for visa purposes for relatives coming to the United States from abroad, please email us with their full legal names, country of origin, and relationship to you so we can write one for you.
Harvard's Official Commencement website
2024 Commencement: Student Speech Competition
Harvard College Class Day Exercises
Affinity Celebrations List - Sign up here by April 26th!
Messages from the FAS Registrar's Office for Seniors:
Add or update your diploma name in my.harvard
May 2024 Degree Applications Now Open
Emails sent to parents and/or seniors - February 2024:
[Beth's email] Commencement Information for Seniors and Senior Survey (02/23)
Emails sent to parents and/or seniors - December 2023:
Class of 2024: Engage with Harvard Alumni in the New Year (12/08)
Harvard College Class of 2024 Commencement Updates (12/15)
Commencement Day Schedule – May 23 - Lowell
6:15am Bagpiper alert
6:30am Senior Class Breakfast, Dining Hall
7:25am Senior procession to Harvard Yard forms at the front gate of Lowell House
8:00am Senior Service with Harvard Chaplains, Plaza
9:00am Morning Commencement Exercises begins, Tercentenary Theater
12:15pm Morning Commencement Exercises end, Tercentenary Theater
12:15-1:30pm Commencement Lunch for Seniors & their guests, Lowell Courtyard and Dining Hall
1:30-2:45pm Diploma Ceremony, Lowell Courtyard