Commencement

Tickets and Seating

Aerial view of Commencement with thousands of guests and hundreds of graduates

Commencement

Tickets and Seating

  • Friday: There are no tickets required for the Friday ceremonies, which will be indoors.

  • Saturday: Tickets will be needed for the ceremonies. The ceremonies and the livestream simulcast will be held in the M&T Bank Arena on the York Hill Campus. Log into the Ticket Portal

  • Sunday: Tickets will not be needed. The ceremonies will be held on the Quad on the Mount Carmel Campus.

Tickets and Seating

Ticket Details

  • Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine: No tickets required

  • School of Law: No tickets required

  • Undergraduate and graduate programs in the College of Arts & Sciences and the Schools of Business, Computing & Engineering, Communications, Education, Health Sciences, and Nursing:

    • Ceremonies are held outdoors rain or shine. No tickets are required outdoors.

    • In the case of inclement weather, the ceremonies will move indoors to the M&T Bank Arena and will require tickets. All eligible graduates will receive tickets in the basketball arena (for the live ceremony) and tickets to the hockey arena (for the livestream on the scoreboard).

    • If held indoors, all graduates will receive information about ceremony changes in their email.

Receiving Inclement Weather Tickets

All eligible graduates taking part in the Saturday and Sunday ceremonies were emailed their inclement weather tickets to their Quinnipiac account. For additional indoor ticket information, please check your email for details, and log into the ticket portal.

Children 3 and over require a ticket.

All graduates will only be provided the number of tickets outlined in their email; there are no additional tickets available. However the ceremony will be livestreamed on this website.

Inclement Weather Ticket Policy

Guest Tickets May Not Be Sold

Any attempt to sell or produce mass copies of electronic tickets will be considered a misuse of Quinnipiac University property. Any and all such misuse of Quinnipiac University property will result in the conduct being reported to the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities, which may ultimately result in disciplinary action, on a case-by-case basis, and as deemed appropriate. Additionally, upon notification of or the receipt of information related to a student's misuse of allocated tickets, the Office of the Registrar reserves the right to reallocate any and all such tickets to other students.

Seating

Seating for both outdoor and indoor ceremonies will be general admission. Should you need assistance, staff will be available to assist you in finding a seat. 

Inclement weather tickets should either be printed clearly (no fading ink) or displayed on a mobile device for entry to the ceremony.

Seating will be outdoors on a flat grassy surface for the Saturday and Sunday ceremonies. If these ceremonies move indoors due to inclement weather, indoor seating will be in a tiered arena.

Seating for the Friday ceremonies (Schools of Medicine and Law) will be indoors in the tiered arena seating.

Seating for those with disabilities will be available and wheelchairs can be accommodated in both indoor and outdoor locations. Staff will be able to assist you on arrival. Please note the outdoor seating is on grass. The university does not provide wheelchairs.

Arrival, Parking and Accessible Parking Information

Parking will be available on the Mount Carmel Campus for the outdoor ceremonies and at the York Hill Campus for the indoor ceremonies. When graduates and guests arrive on campus, parking staff will be on hand to direct traffic. Accessible parking is available, and pre-registration is not required. 

Guest Arrival and Parking

Entrance to the ceremony location will open 90 minutes prior to each ceremony. In the event the indoor inclement weather plan is activated, guests with tickets will be able to access the ceremony seating with their tickets beginning 90 minutes prior to the ceremony that the ticket is for.

Graduate Arrival and Parking

Graduates are expected to arrive to line up 90 minutes before their respective ceremony. Information will be posted and emailed to graduates regarding parking and line up locations.

Accessible Parking and Assistance

Accessible parking is available. If you require accessible parking, please let the parking staff know upon arrival and they will assist you. Pre-registration is not required. 

Shuttles and golf carts will be provided to those needing assistance getting to the Quadrangle (or into the M&T Bank Arena for Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine and School of Law ceremonies). 

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