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May 9, 2025
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As the birthplace of public higher education, the University of Georgia has fostered a tradition of academic excellence, intellectual inquiry, and service to others since 1785. For our graduates, Commencement is a beginning, the start of the next chapter in their lives.

Whether you’re participating in the undergraduate Commencement ceremony or supporting your graduate, this information will help you prepare for and navigate graduation day.

                           

Keepsakes

Programs

Digital programs will be available to download for the Undergraduate Commencement ceremony.

The program will contain the names of those who applied for Spring and Summer 2025 graduation. In order to appear in the program, candidates for degrees must when applying for graduation.

If you would like to receive a printed copy of the full Spring 2025 Commencement program, please fill out this form by June 6, 2025.  Limit is two per graduate.

A summary program featuring the order of events will be handed out at the ceremony.

Download Program

Diploma Frames and UGA Merchandise

UGA merchandise, including diploma frames, can be purchased from the University of Georgia Bookstore located next to Sanford Stadium as well as online at Jostens.

UGA Bookstore

Jostens

UGA Balfour

Academic Regalia (Cap & Gown)

Appropriate academic regalia must be worn by candidates to participate in the Undergraduate Commencement ceremony.

Candidates should wear their tassels on the right side prior to their degree being conferred and on the left side afterward. The mortarboard on the cap should be parallel to the ground.

Program-Specific Colors

With the exception of the honors tassels, the color of tassels are indicative of the academic subject area.

The colors associated with these subject areas are as follows:

Subject Area Color
Agriculture maize
Arts, Letters, Humanities white
Business and Accountancy drab
Education light blue
Engineering orange
Fine Arts and Landscape Architecture brown
Forestry and Natural Resources russet
Family and Consumer Sciences maroon
Journalism and Mass Communication crimson
Law purple
Music pink
Pharmacy olive green
Public Administration peacock blue
Public Health salmon pink
Science golden yellow
Social Work citron
Veterinary Science gray

Honors Tassels

Review complete information regarding respective standards for honors graduation.

Undergraduate students who anticipate graduating with honors may wear an honors tassel:

Honors Designation Tassel Color
Summa Cum Laude Red, Silver and Black
Magna Cum Laude Red and Silver
Cum Laude Red and Black