University Commencement

After years of sacrifice and hard work, you are going to earn your degree—an important milestone.

It's time to celebrate this very significant accomplishment. Be sure to join the graduation festivities, in recognition of your achievement, as proud family, friends, faculty, and staff cheer you on. 

Please keep checking back as additional ceremony details will be added as we get closer to the event.

Rutgers University Commencement

Rutgers University–New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
Sunday, May 19, 2019
10 a.m.
HighPoint.com Stadium
Piscataway, New Jersey

Join your fellow students as we celebrate our graduates. Individual schools and colleges will hold convocations on the day of or in the days surrounding Commencement. Tickets are not required to attend the event at the stadium. From March 25–April 22, students must register online for required Commencement Parking Hangtags for themselves and their guests. Note that parking permits issued by Rutgers Department of Transportation Services for use during the year will not be valid for parking on campuses in Piscataway and New Brunswick on Sunday, May 19.

Rutgers University–Newark Commencement

Wednesday, May 22, 2019
9 a.m.
Prudential Center
Newark, New Jersey

We look forward to seeing you for Commencement and school ceremonies.

Commencement Speaker: Dorothy Roberts, a global scholar, law professor, and social justice activist, will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree and will also deliver the Rutgers University–Newark keynote address.
 

Rutgers University–Camden commencement

Wednesday, May 22 and Thursday, May 23, 2019
BB&T Pavilion
Camden, New Jersey

Join us in recognizing the accomplishments of our graduating students at Commencement and school ceremonies.