TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets will be required for both students participating and their guests.
Students wishing to participate should begin by reviewing at minimum STEP 1 below so that they are aware of the process to become eligible to order tickets. The ordering period will take place in Spring quarter. Please continue to check back at this page for updates to ticketing information.
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 no later than Friday, April 18, 2025.
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FALL 2024 graduates with degrees conferred are automatically eligible to participate and may proceed to Steps 2 – 5
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WINTER 2025 graduates should automatically be eligible to participate and may proceed to Steps 2 – 5
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SPRING 2025 and SUMMER 2025 are eligible to participate and will receive updates if they complete or have completed Steps 1 – 5
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FALL 2025 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
UNDERGRADUATES
Engineering Undergraduates for Spring 2025*, Summer 2025 and Fall 2025 indicate they plan to graduate by completing the required online degree audit process. Please make sure you have completed the degree audit process no later than Friday, April 18, 2025. It is the degree audit process that flags an undergraduate for commencement and allows them to move on to the senior exit survey and commencement ticketing. *NOTE SPRING 2025 students should have completed the degree audit process last quarter, Winter 2025.
GRADUATES (MEng/MS/PHD)
If you are a degree candidate (regardless of whether you plan to participate in any commencement related activities) we ask that you begin by completing the Commencement Form for graduate students, no later than Friday, April 18, 2025, 11:59pm.
The Commencement Form is NOW CLOSED. Students are advised to check in with their Graduate Student Affairs Office. See contacts below.
Completing the form is the first step in identifying you as a degree candidate and determining your eligibility to participate in commencement, activate you for commencement ticketing (when it becomes available), and to be included in the commencement
printed program brochure.
ENGINEERING GRADUATE (MS/PHD) DEPARTMENT CONTACTS
Students who have questions about their degree requirements and paperwork/forms needed can contact their respective Graduate Departments:
| Department | Contact | |
| Bioengineering | Lili Bulhoes | lili@seas.ucla.edu |
| Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | Lesly Navas | cbegrad@seas.ucla.edu |
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | Stacey Fong | ceesao@seas.ucla.edu |
| Computer Science |
MS contact: Juliana Alvarez PHD contact: Helen Tran |
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| Electrical and Computer Engineering | ECEOGSA Staff (Tatyana, Ylena, and Deeona) | eerequest@seas.ucla.edu |
| Materials Science & Engineering | Jasmine Agustin |
OR submit the MSE dept. form: https://forms.gle/GnH2DkQbzc5ZMigF8 |
| Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
MS Contact: Martha Contreras PhD Contact: Abel Lebon |
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| Master of Science in Engineering Online Program | Alisa Janesajawan | alisa@seas.ucla.edu |
| Master of Engineering (MEng) Program | Sunfield Lee | https://sa.ucla.edu/messagecenter/onestop/ home/postmessage?topicid=980 |
SPECIAL REQUEST – THESE ARE FALL 2025 DEGREE CANDIDATES WHO WISH TO “WALK” THIS SPRING
Fall 2025 students cannot move on to the next steps without having completed STEP 1 and indicating they are Special Request by Friday, April 18, 2025.
B.S. 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.
Ph.D., M.S., M.Eng. Graduates who completed STEP 1 and selected “Yes, I am a Special Request to walk this June 2025” 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.
Students will receive a confirmation e-mail once they have completed the entire survey. Students who complete the survey beginning Friday, May 2 may need to wait 72 hours (3 business days) to access ticket ordering via MyUCLA. If you are having issues accessing the survey, please make sure you have completed STEP 1 (initiating the degree audit process for undergraduates).
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. Students who complete the survey beginning Friday, May 2 may need to wait 72 hours (3 business days) to access ticket ordering via MyUCLA. Please review STEP 1 (notify your graduate student affairs unit of your intent to graduate).
If you do not have access to the survey please make sure you have completed STEP 1.
Step 3 (OPTIONAL) – Complete Online Name Card Registration
Engineering students will have the option to complete an online name card registration form.* This will also allow us to display your name on the Pauley screen as it is announced while you cross the stage. The online form will ask how you would like your name displayed, as well as, the phonetic spelling of your name (your name the way it sounds). For help on your phonetic spelling, the form will have an example but you can also reference these guidelines.
Beginning the week of May 5, 2025, students will receive a customized link to their official UCLA email on file from commencement@seas.ucla.edu. Please make sure to update your filters so that emails from commencement@seas.ucla.edu do not go to your Spam/Trash folder.
Students who have FERPA, ALL PUBLIC INFORMATION and/or PRIVACY EMAIL RESTRICTIONS will NOT be sent an email with a link to complete the Online Name Card Registration. A generic card will be available for you to complete the phonetic spelling and pronunciation of your name. Your name will NOT be displayed on the Pauley screen during the ceremony as it is announced while you cross the stage.
Students who update their FERPA, ALL PUBLIC INFORMATION and/or PRIVACY EMAIL RESTRICTIONS after May 5, 2025 should send a message via MyUCLA Message Center so that we know to send you a link to complete the Online Name Card Registration. Please make these changes by Friday, May 16, 2025 to ensure that we can send you the link to the online name card registration before the deadline below.
*Please note that you will be asked to provide your preferred email address on this link and, if you do so, you are consenting to receiving pictures and messages from GradImages, who are the photographers for our commencement ceremonies.
THE DEADLINE TO COMPLETE THE ONLINE NAME CARD REGISTRATION IS FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2025.
This is a hard deadline that cannot change. The name cards will be available for pick-up during Finals Week at 6426 Boelter Hall.
Submitting your name card is NOT a commencement ticket. Students MUST order their commencement tickets through MyUCLA (see Step 4 below).
Step 4A – ORDER YOUR STUDENT TICKET AND YOUR GUEST TICKETS
THE TICKET ORDERING PERIOD HAS ENDED
Students had three weeks to place their student ticket (required) and their guest tickets (up to 4 free, plus 6 more guest tickets ($20 per additional ticket) that were released for a total of 10 total possible tickets. If you missed the deadline or are inquiring about additional tickets, please read below.
All late ticket and extra ticket requests will be reviewed and are subject to availability
LATE TICKET REQUESTS Students who missed the deadline and would like to participate and order tickets can contact us through the MyUCLA engineering commencement message center and provide the following information no later than Wednesday, June 11, 2025 – 5 PM.
It is expected that you have logged in/completed your respective Exit Survey.
- Degree Term:
- Degree Type (BS/MS/MEng./PHD):
- CEREMONY: Saturday, June 14, 2025 (BS) or Sunday, June 15, 2025 (PHD/MS/MENG)
- Guest Tickets No. (10 max):
- Acknowledgement – Yes, I confirm that I understand that the first 4 tickets are free. Additional tickets beyond 4 will incur a $20.00 charge; no refunds.
- Did you complete/login to the Exit Survey?
- Reason: Why did you miss the deadline?
EXTRA TICKET REQUESTS Students who already ordered tickets, but would like to be considered for more tickets beyond their current order can submit requests through the engineering commencement message center and provide the following information no later than Wednesday, June 11, 2025 – 5 PM.
- CEREMONY: Saturday, June 14, 2025 (BS) or Sunday, June 15, 2025 (PHD/MS/MENG)
- NO. OF EXTRA TICKETS BEING REQUESTED:
- Acknowledgement – Yes, I confirm that I understand that the first 4 tickets are free. Additional tickets beyond 4 will incur a $20.00 charge; no refunds.
- Reason for extra tickets:
ABOUT THE CEREMONY:
- UNDERGRADUATE (BS) – Saturday, June 14, 2025 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 15, 2025 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 4B – VERIFY YOUR NAME LISTING and UPDATE YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS on MyUCLA
Students were asked to update their privacy settings AND verify their lived names being used for the printed/online program by Friday, May 16, 2025 (for the MyUCLA Commencement Name feature). All deadlines have passed for making these updates. Students that still had privacy restrictions will be removed from the program.
Students can go to the Commencement Program Brochure Page to review a current DRAFT of the program: https://commencement.seas.ucla.edu/2025-program/
NOTE: ALL STUDENTS “WALKING” WILL HAVE THEIR NAMES ANNOUNCED AS THEY CROSS THE STAGE FOR THE CEREMONY (This is separate from the printed/online program brochure) For crossing the stage at commencement, graduates will have a printed version of the online name card (see Step 3 above) that will be available for pick up at 6426 Boelter Hall during Finals Week.
Attending the ceremony is optional and separate from your name spelling/publishing for the commencement online/printed program.
Step 5 – 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 from cto@tickets.ucla.edu will begin Tuesday, May 27, 2025 through June 13, 2025 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: Thursday, May 29, 2025
- Second Billing Cycle: Tuesday, June 17, 2025
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 whether or not they are picked up or used. NO REFUNDS ARE ISSUED.
