UCLA Commencement Schedule 2008
This schedule is tentative and subject to change. We will have a confirmed schedule by mid-May, please check back periodically until then.



College & Professional School Ceremonies


UCLA School of Law Ceremony
Dickson Court North
Friday, May 9, 3:30 PM


UCLA School of Medicine Hippocratic Oath Ceremony
Dickson Court North
Friday, May 30, 5:00 PM

UCLA School of Dentistry Ceremony
Royce Hall
Sunday, June 1, 10:00 AM

UCLA Graduate Division Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
Royce Hall
Thursday, June 12, 7:00 PM

The UCLA School of Public Affairs Ceremony
Royce Hall
Friday, June 13, 9:00 AM

UCLA College of Letters & Science Honors Ceremony
Royce Hall
Friday, June 13, 3:00 PM

UCLA Anderson School Ceremony
Wilson Plaza
Friday, June 13, 4:00 PM

UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television Ceremony (315kb PDF)
Dickson Court North
Friday, June 13, 4:00 PM

UCLA College of Letters & Science Ceremony
Pauley Pavilion
Friday, June 13, 5:00 PM

UCLA School of Public Health Ceremony
Royce Hall
Friday, June 13, 5:30 PM

UCLA School of Nursing Ceremony
Royce Hall
Saturday, June 14, 8:00 AM

Henry Samueli School of Engineering Ceremony
Pauley Pavilion
Saturday, June 14, 12:30 PM

UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies Ceremony
Wilson Plaza
Saturday, June 14, 4:00 PM

UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture Ceremony
Dickson Court North
Saturday, June 14, 4:00 PM

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Departmental Graduations
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Computational & Systems Biology
Faculty Center
Friday, June 13, 12:00 PM

American Indian Studies Graduation
Bradley Int. Hall
Friday, June 13, 7:00 PM

Psychology Undergrad Graduation
Pauley Pavilion
Saturday, June 14, 8:00 AM

Sociology Graduation
Wilson Plaza
Saturday, June 14, 9:00 AM

Physiological Science Graduation
Court of Sciences
Saturday, June 14, 9:00 AM

Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Graduation
Kerckhoff Patio
Saturday, June 14, 9:00 AM

History Graduation
Dickson Court North
Saturday, June 14, 9:00 AM

Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Graduation
Ackerman Grand Ballroom
Saturday, June 14, 9:00 AM

Geography Graduation
Schoenberg Hall
Saturday, June 14, 9:30 AM

Women's Studies Graduation

(Reception begins at 8:30 a.m.)
UCLAAnderson School, Korn Hall
Saturday, June 14, 10:00 AM

Chicana/o Studies Graduation
Covel Commons Grand Horizon
Saturday, June 14, 10:00 AM

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Graduation
Kerckhoff Hall, Young Grand Salon
Saturday, June 14, 10:30 AM

Afro-American Studies Graduation
Fowler Museum, Lenart Auditorium
(Reception directly following in the amphitheater)
Saturday, June 14, 11:30 AM

Psychology Graduation for Doctoral Students
Schoenberg Hall
Saturday, June 14, 12:00 PM

Statistics Graduation
IPAM/Portola Building
Saturday, June 14, 12:30 PM

Earth and Space Sciences Graduation
Young Hall Patio
Saturday, June 14, 1:00 PM

Humanities I Graduation*
Royce Hall
Saturday, June 14, 1:00 PM

Neuroscience Graduation
Ackerman Grand Ballroom
Saturday, June 14, 1:00 PM

Humanities II Graduation*
Royce Hall
Saturday, June 14, 3:30 PM

Physics & Astronomy Graduation
Schoenberg Hall
Saturday, June 14, 4:00 PM

Chemistry / Biochemistry Graduation
Court of Sciences
Saturday, June 14, 5:00 PM

Economics Graduation
Pauley Pavilion
Saturday, June 14, 6:00 PM

Anthropology Graduation
Kerckhoff Patio
Saturday, June 14, 6:00 PM

International Institute Graduation*
Royce Hall
Saturday, June 14, 6:30 PM

Political Science Graduation
Pauley Pavilion
Sunday, June 15, 9:00 AM

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduation
Wilson Plaza
Sunday, June 15, 9:00 AM

Mathematics Graduation
Court of Sciences
Sunday, June 15, 9:00 AM

Communication Studies Graduation
Royce Hall
Sunday, June 15, 10:30 AM

Asian American Studies Graduation
Schoenberg Hall
Sunday, June 15, 12:30 PM

English Graduation
Pauley Pavilion
Sunday, June 15, 12:30 PM

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Graduation-Related Student Celebrations


Phi Beta Kappa Initiation
Dickson Court North
Thursday, June 12, 5:30 PM

Lavender Celebration
UCLAAnderson School, Korn Hall
Saturday, June 14, 12:30 PM

Samahang Pilipino Student Celebration
Royce Hall
Sunday, June 15, 2:00 PM

South Asian Middle Eastern Celebration
UCLAAnderson School, Korn Hall
Sunday, June 15, 2:00 PM

Asian Pacific Islander Student Celebration
Dickson Court North
Sunday, June 15, 3:00 PM

Military Science/Army ROTC Commissioning
Covel Commons, Grand Horizon Room
Sunday, June 15, 3:00 PM

Raza Student Celebration
Pauley Pavilion
Sunday, June 15, 4:00 PM

African Student Union Celebration
Royce Hall
Sunday, June 15, 5:00 PM

Human Complex Systems Society Celebration
Humanities A51
Sunday, June 15, 6:30 PM

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Humanities I Departments Humanities II Departments
Comparative Literature Art History
East Asian Languages & Cultures Classics
French & Francophone Studies Linguistics
Germanic Languages Musicology
Italian Philosophy
Romance Linguistics and Literatures Study of Religion
Scandinavian Section Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
Slavic Languages & Literatures History-Art History
Spanish and Portuguese Applied Linguistics


International Institute
African Studies
East Asian Studies
European Studies
Global Studies
International Development Studies
Islamic Studies
Latin American Studies
Middle Eastern and North African Studies
South East Asian Studies

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