Class of 2021
Schedule of Events
Commencement Weekend is May 21-23, 2021, for the Class of 2021
The University Commencement Exercises and Commencement Mass will be held on Sunday, May 23, outdoors in Notre Dame Stadium. Diploma ceremonies are held throughout the weekend.
Gates open: Entry into events is 60 minutes for all Notre Dame Stadium events and 30 minutes for all Eck Baseball Stadium events.
Ceremonies can be viewed via the web at the Live Webcast page
| Date | Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, May 21 | 7:00pm | Mendoza College of Business Undergraduate Diploma Ceremony | Notre Dame Stadium |
| Saturday, May 22 | 9:00am | Graduate School Commencement Ceremony | Notre Dame Stadium |
| Saturday, May 22 | 9:00am | ROTC Commissioning Ceremony | Frank Eck Baseball Stadium |
| Saturday, May 22 | 12:00pm | Law School Hooding Ceremony | Frank Eck Baseball Stadium |
| Saturday, May 22 | 12:30pm | College of Science Undergraduate Diploma Ceremony | Notre Dame Stadium |
| Saturday, May 22 | 3:00pm | School of Architecture Undergraduate and Graduate Diploma Ceremony | Frank Eck Baseball Stadium |
| Saturday, May 22 | 4:00pm | Mendoza College of Business Graduate Diploma Ceremony | Notre Dame Stadium |
| Saturday, May 22 | 5:30pm | Keough School of Global Affairs Graduate Ceremony | Frank Eck Baseball Stadium |
| Saturday, May 22 | 7:30pm | College of Engineering Undergraduate Diploma Ceremony | Notre Dame Stadium |
| Sunday, May 23 | 9:30am | Commencement Mass (Academic Procession begins at 9:00am) | Notre Dame Stadium |
| Sunday, May 23 | 11:00am | University Commencement Ceremony | Notre Dame Stadium |
| Sunday, May 23 | 2:00pm | College of Arts & Letters Undergraduate Diploma Ceremony | Notre Dame Stadium |
Severe Weather:
In the event of severe weather, diploma and hooding ceremonies will be moved indoors to either the Joyce Center or the Compton Family Ice Arena. Should conditions necessitate a move indoors, our priority will be to seat our graduates. Please note, distanced seating in the severe weather locations may not permit us to accommodate any in-person guests. The University will communicate a decision on guest attendance in the event a diploma/hooding ceremony is moved indoors.
In an effort to maximize the number of guests per graduate, guest ticket allotments have been calculated based on the capacity of each venue and number of graduates participating in each ceremony. Specifically, the number of guest tickets to be provided in the event of a move indoors is as follows:
- College of Arts and Letters: 1 guest ticket (Purcell Pavilion)
- College of Science: 2 guest tickets (Purcell Pavilion)
- College of Engineering: 2 guest tickets (Purcell Pavilion)
- Graduate School: 4 guest tickets (Purcell Pavilion)
- Mendoza College of Business graduate: 2 guest tickets (Purcell Pavilion)
- Mendoza College of Business undergraduate: 2 guest tickets (Purcell Pavilion)
- Keough School of Global Affairs: 4 guest tickets (Compton Family Ice Arena)
- Law School: 4 guest tickets (Compton Family Ice Arena)
- ROTC: 4 guest tickets (Compton Family Ice Arena)
- School of Architecture: 4 guest tickets (Compton Family Ice Arena)