Congratulations Class of 2025!
Welcome Families and Friends!
SCS Masters Diploma Ceremony 2025
- Friday, 9 May 2025
11:30 AM ET
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall
4141 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15213
Regalia Required for Faculty/Graduates
Refreshments to Follow
Student Check-in begins 10:30 AM ET
Graduates: Proceed to the hallway on the RIGHT to enter the auditorium.
The Guide will direct you to assigned seating sections, by program.
Faculty: Proceed to the hallway on the LEFT and follow the corridor to the end.
Please be at the facility by 11:00 am latest.
In person program with Livestream
SCS Doctoral Hooding and Diploma Ceremony 2025
- Saturday, 10 May 2025
11:00 AM ET
– For Registered Ph.D. Candidates and their Guests
Carnegie Music Hall
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
–Robing and Assembly - The Grand Hall (outside the auditorium)
–Reception to Follow Ceremony
Student and Faculty Check-in begins 10:10 am ET
Regalia required for Faculty and Doctoral Candidates
Faculty: Upon entry to the auditorium lobby, please take the corridor to your left to the end.
Please be at the facility by 10:40 am at the very latest. You will be lined up for procession.
Doctoral Candidates: Please bring your hood .
Please drape the hood on your arm.
Graduates will have an assigned seat on the Main Floor of the Music Hall.
In-person program with Livestream
With Guest Speaker: Dr. Tom Murphy, VII (a.k.a. Tom VII)
General Purpose Advice for Someone Exactly in Your Situation
Dr. Tom Murphy VII, Ph.D (CS '01, CS PhD'08) or simply "Tom 7" ,
is a computer scientist just like you. In graduate school he studied
programming languages and modal logic under Bob Harper and Karl Crary.
Since then he works at a big ol' technology company. You have certainly
used his software! You will learn more...
The President’s Reception in Honor of Doctoral Graduates
- Saturday, 10 May 2025
Program: 4:00-6:00 PM ET
Tepper Building Atrium, Carnegie Mellon Campus
- An opportunity for the university to recognize and celebrate your accomplishments along
with your guests, advisors, department heads, university leadership and peers from across the university.
PhD Graduates Register Here
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CMU Main Commencement Ceremony for all Graduates - Class of 2025
- Sunday, 11 May 2025
10:00 AM ET
Gesling Stadium - Opens to Guests at 8:00 AM
9:00 AM - Robing and Processional for Undergraduate, Master's and Doctoral Graduates - Gates Hillman 5th Floor Pausch Bridge Entry
9:15 AM - Procession of Undergraduate, Master's and Doctoral Graduates to the Stadium
New this year: ALL Faculty Members participating in the main commencement ceremony should report to the
in Danforth Lounge in the Cohon University Center. You will process as a group toward Gesling Stadium and into special seating sections
on the field.
Additional Instructions
All visitors/guests should be seated by the time the procession begins.
In-person program with Livestream
SCS Undergraduate Diploma Ceremony 2025
- Sunday, 11 May 2025
1:30 PM ET
Carnegie Music Hall
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15213
Regalia Required for Faculty/Graduates
Tickets Required: Students will receive the tickets for their Guests
Reception to Follow
Students Check-in begins 1:00 pm ET
Please enter the Music Hall via the corridor to the RIGHT.
Follow the corridor to the Guide at the room entrance.
Take your assigned seat by academic program
Faculty Platform Please arrive by 12:30-1:00 pm ET
Go to the LEFT corridor surrounding the auditorium, to the end of the hallway.
In person program with Livestream
Inquiries? commencement@cs.cmu.edu
SCS Processionals to Gesling Stadium
Faculty Marshal - Tom Cortina, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Assisting Marshal - Reid Simmons, Research Professor of Robotics and Computer Science, Director, Undergraduate AI Program
Graduate Marshal - David Garlan, Associate Dean for Master's Program, ,and Professor, School of Computer Science
Sunday, May 11 | 9:00 am | Undergraduate Candidates - Assemble in the Lobby, Gates Hall 5th Floor,
Pausch Bridge Entry
Sunday, May 11 | 9:00 am | Masters Candidates - Assemble in the 5200 Corridor (Helix Side), Gates Hall 5th Floor
Pausch Bridge Entry
Sunday, May 11 | 9:00 am | Ph.D. Candidates - Assemble in the Citadel Commons Study Area by the
5th Floor Pausch Bridge Entry
Sunday, May 11 | 9:00 am | Faculty - Assemble in the Danforth Lounge, Cohen University Center, 2nd Floor
Main CMU Commencement Ceremony
Stadium Map
SCS Honors Medals and Cord Distribution - Undergraduate Candidates
Friday, May 9 | 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Reddy Conference Room, Gates Hillman 4405
Saturday, May 10 | 10:00 am - 2:00 pm | Reddy Conference Room, Gates Hillman 4405
Travel or schedule conflicts? Please check in with the Undergraduate Office on the 4th floor.
Parking Information for Commencement Weekend (for all ceremonial locations)
Shuttle Services for Commencement Weekend (for all ceremonial locations)
