Spring 2024 Commencement

The information contained on this web page will help you meet the requirements and deadlines so that you may graduate on time. Please pay attention to deadlines and information contained in this web page as well as that sent to you as failure to do so may result in fees and may prevent you from graduating as you anticipate.

As you near the completion of your degree, you will receive notices from the Registrar's Office encouraging you to contact your academic advisor who, with you, will review your degree requirements to determine when you should apply to graduate. After we receive your application to graduate, we review your academic file to determine that you have met or will meet the requirements for your degree. At that time, all substitution forms must be submitted if not already provided to the Registrar's Office.

If you are an undergraduate student, you must have completed your Community Service by the first week of your final semester.

Spring 2024 Ceremony and Mass Information

Baccalaureate Masses for ALL candidates

Friday, May 10, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. and/or 6:30 p.m.

Chapel of the Incarnate Word
University of the Incarnate Word
4503 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209
(Ticket Required)

Commencement for Professional, Doctoral, Graduate, and Undergraduate Degrees (2 ceremonies)

Joe and Harry Freeman Coliseum
3201 E. Houston Street, San Antonio, TX 78219
(Ticket Required)

Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 10 a.m.

• College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
• Dreeben School of Education
• H-E-B School of Business and Administration
• School of Mathematics, Science and Engineering
• School of Media and Design
• School of Professional Studies

Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 3:00 p.m.

• Ila Faye Miller School of Nursing and Health Professions
• Feik School of Pharmacy
• Rosenberg School of Optometry
• School of Rehabilitation Sciences
• School of Osteopathic Medicine

Commencement Participation Policies

Your participation in the Commencement ceremonies is contingent upon you meeting the following conditions:

• You may participate in only one Commencement ceremony per degree. If you previously participated in a Commencement ceremony for the degree you wish to receive, you may not participate in subsequent Commencement ceremonies.
• You must be continuously enrolled in courses required to complete your degree. If you drop required courses, you are not eligible to participate in the ceremonies.
• Your balance in the Business Office must be clear, with no holds remaining on your account.
• Your attendance in the Commencement ceremonies does not indicate that you completed your degree.

Want the maximum number of tickets?

• Apply to graduate by the posted deadline (see Academic Calendar)
• Resolve graduation deficiencies early
• Do not change your schedule once you are cleared to graduate
• Return all required forms on time

It is important that you respond to requests for information from you so that we will know whether or not to anticipate both your graduation and your participation in the Commencement ceremonies.

• Application Process
• Cap and Gown Information
• Commencement Photography
• Commencement Communication
• Degree Requirements
• Diploma Replacement Form (PDF)
• Disability Services
• UIW Facilities and Maps
• Ceremony and Baccalaureate Blessing Information (PDF)
• Graduation Honors
• Honor Cords/Sashes
• Live Web-Streaming
  • The virtual ceremony will also be saved for later viewing at the link above in the "ON DEMAND" tab

  All other questions regarding Commencement should be directed to graduation@uiwtx.edu.

  University of the Incarnate Word
  4301 Broadway
  San Antonio, TX 78209
  Phone: 210.829.6000
  1.800.749.WORD

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