Friday, May 31, 2024
Class Day
2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Main Quadrangle
5801 South Ellis Avenue
Class Day is a College tradition, bringing together students, friends, and family on the day before Convocation. The program will feature a keynote speaker, student speakers and the presentation of College awards. Melina Hale, dean of The College, invites students and their family members to join this special occasion before attending the Dessert Reception at the Museum of Science and Industry.
Dessert Reception
7:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Museum of Science and Industry
5700 South Lake Shore Drive
Saturday, June 1, 2024
Event Schedule
7:00 a.m. | The Main Quadrangles open to all guests. Seating is first-come, first-served. |
8:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m. | All candidates line up in designated areas. |
The College: Bartlett Quadrangle | |
8:45 a.m. | All guests are requested to be in their seats as the candidate processions begin. |
9:15 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | The 538th Convocation of the University of Chicago. |
11:00 a.m.-Noon | Lunch distribution at ceremony sites. |
Noon | All graduates line up for processions |
12:15 p.m. | All guests are requested to be in their seats. |
12:30 p.m. | Diploma ceremonies begin |
The 538th Convocation, during which degrees are officially conferred to all graduates, will be held on the Main Quadrangle on Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 9:15 a.m. CDT.
This is a University-wide ceremony involving degree candidates from all divisions and schools. It will include the presentation of honorary degrees and an address from the Convocation speaker. Convocation Addresses consistently focus on the pursuit of knowledge and the power of ideas. The University president, A. Paul Alivisatos, will verbally confer degrees on candidates by division and school. Each division and school will host a separate ceremony where degree candidates will be honored individually through the presentation of diplomas. Please see below for the College Diploma Ceremony schedule and locations, following the University-wide ceremony.
Please note – beginning with degrees conferred at the end of Spring Quarter 2023, Bachelor’s diplomas will display up to four declared major programs of study for each graduating College student, instead of a single major. More information on the change is available here.
College Diploma Luncheons and Ceremonies
Diploma Ceremonies | House Communities | Ceremony Location |
Burton-Judson Courts | Chamberlin, Coulter, Dodd-Mead, Linn-Mathews, Salisbury, and Vincent |
Midway Skating Rink |
Campus North Residential Commons East | Behar, Boyer, Dougan-Niklason, and Yuen | Amos Alonzo Stagg Field |
Campus North Residential Commons West | Rogers, Strongin, Thangaraj, and Trott | Gerald Ratner Athletics Center, Competition Gym |
International House and Stony Island Hall | Booth, Breckinridge, Phoenix, Shorey, Stony Island, and Thompson | Midway Plaisance Northeast |
Max Palevsky Residential Commons | Alper, Flint, Graham, Hoover, May, Rickert, Wallace, and Woodward | Main Quadrangle |
Renee Granville-Grossman Residential Commons East | Cathey, Crown, Jannotta, and Wendt | Midway Plaisance Northeast |
Renee Granville-Grossman Residential Commons West | DelGiorno, Halperin, Keller, and Kenwood | Midway Plaisance Northwest |
Snell-Hitchcock Hall | Hitchcock and Snell | David Rubenstein Forum, Friedman Hall |
Woodlawn Residential Commons | Baker, Casner, Chenn, Eka, Fama, Gallo, Han, Liew, Markovitz, Rustandy, and Yovovich | Campus South Athletic Field |
For questions, please contact College Programming and Orientation at seniors@uchicago.edu