Commencement

Event Details and Schedules

Ph.D. Hooding Ceremony (May 14) 

The Ph.D. Hooding Ceremony will take place on Friday, May 14, at McCormick Auditorium in Hermann Hall on Mies Campus beginning at 10:30 a.m. (CDT). 

View the Ceremony Livestream on YouTube Here

Illinois Tech Commencement (May 15)

There will be two separate, combined college/school-level ceremonies held on Saturday, May 15, 2027, at University of Illinois Chicago’s Credit Union 1 Arena. The first combined ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. (CDT). The second combined ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. (CDT). The colleges and schools for each ceremony will be confirmed during the spring semester. 

May 15 Commencement Schedule

Ceremony One

7 a.m.—Student and faculty marshals check-in begins

8 a.m.—Doors open (all guests must arrive prior to 8:45 a.m. and will need a ticket to enter)

9 a.m.—The first ceremony begins

View the Ceremony Livestream on YouTube Here


Ceremony Two

Noon—Student and faculty marshals check-in begins

1 p.m.—Doors open (all guests must arrive prior to 1:45 p.m. and will need a ticket to enter)

2 p.m.—The second ceremony begins

View the Ceremony Livestream on YouTube Here


All May 15 Commencement celebrations will be held at Credit Union 1 Arena.

Chicago-Kent Commencement (May 16)

The Chicago-Kent College of Law Commencement ceremony will take place on Sunday, May 16, 2027, at The Isadore and Sadie Dorin Forum—UIC Forum. For more information, please visit the Chicago-Kent Commencement website.