Commencement Ticket Information

Engineering Students who wish to participate in the 2024 Commencement should follow each step below.  Following each step will ensure you meet all eligibility requirements to participate in your respective ceremony and be activated for student ticket ordering.  

We also ask that your email address in MyUCLA is kept up to date and that you pay attention to messages that may be coming from the UCLA engineering domain @seas.ucla.edu. This includes making sure your spam filters are updated so that commencement messages do not go to junk/spam.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Students who elect to participate in commencement agree to remain for the full length of the ceremony out of respect for your fellow students and their families.

​Step 1 (REQUIRED)

Students need to convey their intent to graduate directly with your engineering student affairs office no later than Monday, April 15, 2024.

• FALL 2023 graduates with degrees conferred are automatically eligible to participate and may proceed to Steps 2 – 4

• WINTER 2024 graduates should automatically be eligible to participate and may proceed to Steps 2 – 4

• SPRING 2024 and SUMMER 2024 are eligible to participate and will receive updates if they complete or have completed Steps 1 – 4

• FALL 2024 students are not automatically eligible to participate in the engineering commencement.  Students who wish to  “walk/participate” this year should review the “SPECIAL REQUEST” information below and complete  Step 1 

SPECIAL REQUEST –  THESE ARE FALL 2024 DEGREE CANDIDATES WHO WISH TO “WALK” THIS SPRING

Fall 2024 students cannot move on to the next steps without having completed STEP 1 (notified your student affairs unit) and indicating they are Special Request by Monday, April 15, 2024.

Undergraduates who complete the degree audit process (STEP 1 above) and indicate YES on the Special Request Option of the degree candidacy form are automatically approved!  Please begin to pay attention to e-mail notices from commencement@seas.ucla.edu (make sure they do NOT go to your spam folder) and you can now move on to STEP 2 below.

Graduates who informed their graduate student affairs office and provided their information(STEP 1 above) are also automatically approved!  Please begin to pay attention to e-mail notices from commencement@seas.ucla.edu (make sure they do NOT go to your spam folder) and you can now move on to STEP 2 below.

If you recently completed STEP 1 then please allow 48-72 business hours to move on to the next step and gain access to the Exit Survey.

Step 2 (REQUIRED)

Login/Complete your respective Exit Survey

Please select your respective Exit Survey.

We ask that you set aside 15-20 minutes to complete the survey in one sitting and that you
do not exit or close out as this may result in an error.

Once logged in PHD/MS/MEng students select the yellow banner at the top.  If you do not see the banner notification; this means you have not been added to the survey.  Please review STEP 1 (notify your graduate student affairs unit of your intent to graduate).

​Step 3A

ORDER YOUR STUDENT TICKET AND YOUR GUEST TICKETS

THE ORDERING PERIOD BEGINS – FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2024 12:00PM (NOON)

THE ORDERING PERIOD ENDS – FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2024 11:59PM

Tickets are NOT first come, First Served.   Students will have three weeks to complete their ticket orders.

Login to MyUCLA (Beginning Friday, May 3 at 12 noon)
Select Academics
Select Commencement (in the Graduation category)

TICKET DETAILS:
Eligible engineering students will be able to login to MyUCLA during the active ordering period and can order their student ticket and up to 10 guest tickets as follow:

• (1) one student participation ticket (required)
• (4) guest tickets total, where the first four (4) guest tickets are free (optional)
  (6) wait listed guest tickets*; Additional guest tickets after the first four will be at a cost of $20.00 per ticket (optional)

*We fully expect to release all the wait list tickets, but out of caution we will review overall requests before releasing the additional tickets to ensure we do not exceed any venue capacities.   All students and their guests are required to have a ticket to gain entrance into Pauley Pavilion and the student line up.

ABOUT THE CEREMONY:

• UNDERGRADUATE (BS) – Saturday, June 15, 2024  12:30PM – 3:00PM (estimated  2 1/2 hours)
  All students participating will have their names read, will cross the stage, and have photos taken by Grad Images (the official campus photo team)
• GRADUATE (MEng/MS/PHD) – Sunday, June 16, 2023  1:00PM – 3:30PM (estimated 2 1/2 hours)
  All students participating will have their names read, will cross the stage, and have photos taken by Grad Images (the official campus photo team)
  Additionally, PHD students will be hooded on stage.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Students who elect to participate in commencement agree to remain for the full length of the ceremony out of respect for your fellow students and their families.

​Step 3B 

In MyUCLA – VERIFY YOUR YOUR NAME LISTING and UPDATE YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS

ALL STUDENTS “WALKING”  WILL HAVE THEIR NAMES ANNOUNCED AS THEY CROSS THE STAGE FOR THE CEREMONY  (This is separate from the online program brochure)
Please note that for crossing the stage at commencement  graduates will be given a name reader card at the student line up where you will write how you want your name announced as you cross the stage.
Attending the ceremony is optional and separate from your name spelling/publishing for the commencement online/printed program.

FALL 2023, WINTER 2024, SPRING 2024, and SUMMER 2024 STUDENTS ARE THE STUDENTS WHO ARE LISTED AND INCLUDED IN THE ONLINE/PRINTED PROGRAM BROCHURE.  NOTE: FALL 2024 Students – You are NOT listed in this year’s program brochure and do not have access to verify your name spelling.  Reminder, you have been approved to “Walk” this year as a Special Request.  Your are officially part of next year’s graduating class.

VERIFY Privacy Restrictions → Check your MyUCLA Privacy Status

Login to MyUCLA
select Settings (at the very top)
select Privacy Options
Review your settings

• All Public Information setting set to “Release”; will allow for student name to be listed in any commencement brochure/materials.
• All Public Information setting set to “Do Not Release” will NOT be published in any commencement brochure/materials.

Students who have FERPA RESTRICTIONS will NOT be published in any commencement materials even if they have a “Release” option for All Public Information as FERPA overrides all privacy option settings.

• If you have a FERPA Restriction (your status will be set to “Selected”) and would like your information to appear in the Commencement Program, please see the Registrar’s Office about removing the restriction.
• If your FERPA Restriction is set to “Not Selected,” you do not need to contact the Registrar’s Office

Please make these changes by Monday, May 13, 2024 to ensure we include your name in the online/printed program brochure

VERIFY YOUR LISTED NAME – To best assure your name is listed in the program as you prefer please check the program feature beginning in MyUCLA Friday, May 3, 2024 (when ticket ordering begins) and make any edits no later than Monday, May 13!

Confirm the Spelling of your Name (BS, MS, MEng, PHD)*
Confirm Dissertation Title (PHD Only)**
Confirm Faculty Advisor (PHD only)**

*Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024, and Summer 2024 students will be able to Login to MyUCLA when ticket ordering begins to edit their name and to add special accents and punctuation.
**Specific to PHD Students ONLY, you will be able to edit or provide your Dissertation Title and your Faculty Advisor(s).

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​Step 4 – Review Ticket Delivery and Billing Process

Commencement tickets are completely digital/mobile and accessible using Apple Wallet/Google Pay & Print at Home.
The UCLA Central Ticket Office (CTO) will be sending digital electronic tickets via e-mail to your e-mail address (as it is indicated in MyUCLA).  The tickets will be sent from cto@tickets.ucla.edu.
Please make sure your SPAM Filters do not block cto@tickets.ucla.edu 

Distribution by e-mail will begin Tuesday, May 28, 2024 through June 13, 2024 and occur on a rolling basis as CTO begins to fulfill all orders.   

You will receive e-mail messages from cto@tickets.ucla.edu that contain links for you to receive your tickets.  You will receive one e-mail message for your student participation ticket and one e-mail message for your guest tickets.  Be sure you check the email account you have on record in MyUCLA, and check that email account’s spam folder for your ticket messages.  Check your spam folder frequently, as you don’t want to miss receiving your tickets.  Some email providers empty spam folders regularly!

NOTE: If you are attending multiple ceremonies, for example you are a double major with the College of Letters and Science or you are PHD student also participating in the Graduate Division Hooding then note that you will receive separate student ticket e-mails and separate guest e-mails for each ceremony.  Therefore, you may receive a total of four email messages with links for you to claim your tickets for each ceremony.
We advise you pay close attention to your e-mail notices and digital ticket information.

THE BILLING PROCESS

Charges related to Commencement events will be posted to your Bruin Bill.  There will be two billing cycles where you may see charges posted.

• First Billing Cycle:  TBD
• Second Billing Cycle: TBD

Charges for tickets are assessed when the order is placed in MyUCLA .  The first four guest tickets are free; each additional guest ticket will be charged $20.00.  Once ordered, students are charged for guest tickets and parking permits whether or not they are picked up or used.  NO REFUNDS ARE ISSUED.

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REVIEW COMMENCEMENT FAQs

Engineering Commencement FAQ – Students please review commencement frequently asked questions (FAQs) including student line up information, guest info, etc.

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