Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement

9:00 a.m.
Center for the Arts, UB North Campus

Graduating students participating in commencement wear academic apparel.  Order early to make sure you get the appropriate items on time.

Arrival time for graduates will be 7:30 a.m.  Anticipated ceremony length is approximately 1.5 hours.  

Deliberate disruption or prevention of the peaceful and orderly conduct of classes, lectures, events, meetings and other University activities is strictly prohibited.

Only graduating students may participate in the graduation ceremony, including walking in the processional and crossing the stage. The University will make limited exceptions when a graduating student requires assistance due to a disability. Students needing accommodations: please refer to Accommodations For Individuals With Disabilities below.

Eligible students will appear in the program book. Your legal name as it appears in HUB will be used for the commencement program book. If you are participating in the 2025 commencement ceremony, you may request how your name should appear in the program book when you register. If you are not participating in the ceremony and would like your Preferred Diploma Name listed in the program book, please email the appropriate ceremony coordinator listed below. Program book content will reflect the data available in HUB as of early April, 2025.

A photographer from GradImages will be at commencement to take a posed photograph of you, as well as a candid photograph of your special moment of recognition and handshake. 

Tickets will be required for guests to attend. More information will be provided to students who register to participate in the ceremony. 

This ceremony is intended and scheduled only for bachelor’s, master’s and PhD students within the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, as well as students graduating from the Roswell Park Graduate Division, who have applied for graduation (degree) indicating one of the following graduation terms:

• Summer 2024 (Aug. ’24 degree conferral)
• Fall 2025 (Feb. ’25 degree conferral)
• Spring 2025 (June ’25 degree conferral)

Students should check with their advisers to make sure all degree requirements have been met.

This spring’s ceremony is not intended for students whose graduation term is later than this spring. However, if there are extenuating circumstances, please contact Kelli Hickey (undergrads) or Beth White (graduate students).

The Office of the Registrar will mail a printed diploma, free of charge, to your permanent address approximately four to six weeks after the conferral date. Students are responsible for making address changes; these should be made by the term conferral date to ensure that you receive your diploma.

Students who graduated June 2020 and later  have the option to purchase a certified electronic diploma (CeDiploma) for $15.95. Notification will be sent to your UB email, from info@credentialtrust.com, approximately 3-6 weeks after your degree conferral date.