The Commencement Committee has shared their plans for in-person Commencement celebrations. Recognizing that changes may be necessary as Commencement approaches, the current plans are for in-person events as follows:
- Commencement (open to all Graduate School students who graduated August 2021, December 2021, and will graduate May 2022 and August 2022): The university will host two in-person Commencement ceremonies, each with a traditional procession from the Arts Quad, on Saturday, May 28 at Schoellkopf Field.
- Guests: The four guest limit has been lifted.
- The Ph.D. Recognition ceremony: The Ph.D. Recognition ceremony will be on Saturday evening, May 28th, after the Schoellkopf events, and will be open to doctoral candidates who graduated August 2021, December 2021, and will graduate May 2022 and August 2022.
- Other events: College, school, and departmental events will occur throughout Commencement weekend.
Which ceremony should I attend?
Cornell University will host in-person Spring 2022 Commencement events to recognize August 2021, December 2021, May 2022, and August 2022 graduates. To accommodate more participants, the commencement ceremony will be split into two separate events in Schoellkopf Stadium on Saturday, May 28, 2022.
Graduates may attend either ceremony following their fields of study. Assignments will not be made as tickets are no longer needed. Refer to the Commencement website for more details announced soon.
Fields at First Ceremony on Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
- Animal Science (M.P.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Applied Economics and Management (M.P.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Architecture (M.A., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Art (M.F.A.)
- Atmospheric Science (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Biological and Environmental Engineering (M.P.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- City and Regional Planning (M.A., M.R.P., Ph.D.)
- Communication (Ph.D.)
- Computational Biology (Ph.D.)
- Design and Environmental Analysis (M.A., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Development Sociology (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Ph.D.)
- Education (Ph.D.)
- Entomology (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Fiber Science and Apparel Design (M.A., M.P.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Food Science and Technology (M.F.S., M.P.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Global Development (M.P.S.)
- Horticulture (M.P.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Hotel Administration (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Human Development (M.A., Ph.D.)
- Integrative Plant Science (M.P.S.)
- Landscape Architecture (M.A., M.L.A., M.P.S.)
- Management (M.S., PhD.)
- Microbiology (Ph.D.)
- Natural Resources and the Environment (M.P.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Neurology and Behavior (Ph.D.)
- Nutrition (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Plant Biology (M.P.S., Ph.D.)
- Plant Breeding (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Policy Analysis and Management (M.H.A., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Public Affairs (M.P.A.)
- Real Estate (M.P.S.)
- Regional Science (M.A., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Soil and Crop Sciences (M.P.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Statistics (M.P.S., Ph.D.)
Fields at Second Ceremony on Saturday 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Aerospace Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Africana Studies (Ph.D.)
- Anthropology (M.A., Ph.D.)
- Applied Information Systems (M.S.)
- Applied Mathematics (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Applied Physics (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Archaeology (M.A.)
- Asian Literature, Religion, and Culture (Ph.D.)
- Asian Studies (M.A.)
- Astronomy and Space Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Biomedical and Biological Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Biomedical Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Biophysics (Ph.D.)
- Chemical Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Chemistry and Chemical Biology (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Civil and Environmental Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Classics (M.A., Ph.D.)
- Comparative Biomedical Sciences (M.P.H., M.P.S.)
- Comparative Literature (Ph.D.)
- Computer Science (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Economics (Ph.D.)
- Electrical and Computer Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
- English Language and Literature (M.A., M.F.A., Ph.D.)
- Genetics, Genomics, and Development (Ph.D.)
- Geological Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Germanic Studies (Ph.D.)
- Government (M.A., Ph.D.)
- History (M.A., Ph.D.)
- History of Art, Archaeology, and Visual Studies (Ph.D.)
- Industrial and Labor Relations (M.I.L.R., M.P.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Information Science (M.P.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Law (J.S.D.)
- Linguistics (M.A., Ph.D.)
- Materials Science and Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Mathematics (Ph.D.)
- Mechanical Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Medieval Studies (Ph.D.)
- Music (D.M.A., Ph.D.)
- Near Eastern Studies (Ph.D.)
- Operations Research and Information Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Performing and Media Arts (M.A., Ph.D.)
- Philosophy (M.A., Ph.D.)
- Physics (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Psychology (Ph.D.)
- Public Health and Planetary Health (M.P.H.)
- Romance Studies (Ph.D.)
- Science and Technology Studies (Ph.D.)
- Sociology (M.A., Ph.D.)
- Systems Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (Ph.D.)
The Commencement website is updated regularly. Please check it for ticket and other important information.
A University Doctoral Recognition Ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 28th at 5:00 p.m. at Barton Hall.
