Cornell University will host two spring 2026 Commencement events in Schoellkopf Field on Saturday, May 23, 2026.
The lists below are a rough guide; Graduate School graduates may attend either ceremony, and assignments will not be made. Refer to the Commencement website for more details.
Fields at First Ceremony on Saturday 10 - 11 a.m.
- Animal Science (M.P.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Applied Economics and Management (M.P.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Applied Information Systems (M.S.)
- Architecture (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology (Ph.D.)
- Biological and Environmental Engineering (M.P.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- City and Regional Planning (M.A., M.R.P., M.R.P./M.L.A., Ph.D.)
- Communication (Ph.D.)
- Computational Biology (Ph.D.)
- Design and Environmental Analysis (M.A., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Design Technology (M.S.)
- Development Studies (Ph.D.)
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Entomology (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Fiber Science and Apparel Design (M.P.S., M.A., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Food Science and Technology (M.F.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Global Development (M.P.S.)
- Horticulture (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Hotel Administration (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Industrial and Labor Relations (M.I.L.R., M.I.L.R./M.B.A., M.P.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Integrative Plant Science (M.P.S.)
- Landscape Architecture (M.L.A., M.P.S., M.R.P./M.L.A.)
- Management (Ph.D.)
- 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 (Ph.D.)
- Plant Breeding (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Psychological Sciences and Human Development (M.A., Ph.D.)
- Public Policy (Ph.D.)
- Regional Science (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Soil and Crop Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Statistics (M.P.S., Ph.D.)
Fields at Second Ceremony on Saturday 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
- Aerospace Engineering (Ph.D.)
- Africana Studies (Ph.D.)
- Anthropology (Ph.D.)
- Applied Mathematics (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 (Ph.D.)
- Atmospheric Science (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Biomedical and Biological Sciences (Ph.D.)
- Biomedical Engineering (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 (Ph.D.)
- Comparative Biomedical Sciences (M.P.S.)
- Comparative Literature (Ph.D.)
- Computer Science (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Economics (Ph.D.)
- Electrical and Computer Engineering (Ph.D.)
- English Language and Literature (M.F.A., Ph.D.)
- Genetics, Genomics, and Development (Ph.D.)
- Geological Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Germanic Studies (Ph.D.)
- Government (Ph.D.)
- History (Ph.D.)
- History of Art, Archaeology, and Visual Studies (Ph.D.)
- Information Science (M.P.S., Ph.D.)
- Law (J.S.D.)
- Linguistics (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 (Ph.D.)
- Performing and Media Arts (Ph.D.)
- Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Physics (Ph.D.)
- Public Health and Planetary Health (M.P.H.)
- Romance Studies (Ph.D.)
- Science and Technology Studies (Ph.D.)
- Sociology (Ph.D.)
- Systems Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (Ph.D.)
