Convocation and Commencement
Graduate Information

Registration

• Register to Participate in Graduation Activities: Complete the graduation formand claim your guest tickets. Graduates will receive an email in March with instructions to complete the form and request tickets. This form will be due TBD.
  • Ticket limits: Graduating students who are participating in the ceremony will receive up to five (5) guest tickets for Harvard Chan Convocation. Graduating students do not need tickets to participate in the ceremonies. This is a strict limit set by our venues to ensure we can accommodate all graduates who wish to participate, and we are not able to make exceptions.
  • Commencement Tickets: Graduating students who are participating in the ceremony can receive up to two (2) guest tickets for Harvard University Commencement. Graduating students do not need tickets to participate in the ceremonies. This is a strict limit set by our venues to ensure we can accommodate all graduates who wish to participate, and we are not able to make exceptions.
    • To obtain Commencement tickets, graduating students must complete the Graduating Student Satisfaction survey.

Regalia

• Secure Academic Regalia: All graduating students participating in Convocation and Commencement are required to wear official Harvard regalia as approved by the Harvard University Commencement Office. Rent regalia here or purchase regalia here. For any questions and customer service, please contact harvardsupport@herffjones.com. 
  • Dates TBD.
  • PhDs: If you want to pick up your regalia in Longwood, please select HSPH as your school. If you want to pick up your regalia in Cambridge, please select GSAS as your school.
• Regalia Hardship fund: Students who are unable to cover the cost of regalia rental due to genuine economic hardship may request confidential assistance through a form, date TBD.
• Pick Up Regalia at Countway Library
  • Dates and Times TBD.
• Regalia Returns to
  • Countway only, Date TBD.
• The hours of regalia pick-up and drop-off are fixed hours, and this is not a 24/7 self-service operation.  If students arrive at Countway outside of those hours, the library staff will not be able to help them and they should return during the proper hours.

Tickets

• Pick up your tickets for Harvard University Commencement on Dates TBD in Kresge G4 from 10am-4pm. To obtain Commencement tickets, graduating students must complete the Graduating Student Satisfaction survey.
• Your tickets for Harvard Chan Convocation can be accessed via after completing your graduation form.

Miscellaneous

• Attend Graduation Q and A Sessions: Have questions about regalia, tickets, ceremonies, or celebrations? Join us where we’ll cover everything you need to know to prepare for the big day!
  • Dates TBD

• Submit speeches to the Harvard Chan Student Speaker Contest by Dates TBD to compete to speak at Convocation 
• Submit speeches to the Harvard University Student Orations Contest by Dates TBD to compete to speak at Commencement. NOTE: the submission link will not be active until earlyMarch 2026.
• Attend Grad Fair. Find everything you need to know about graduation at Grad Fair on Dates TBD.
• Participate in the Class Photo, Dates TBD Class Photo prints will be available for purchase. Rain date is Date TBD
• Nominate yourself or someone you know for graduation awards.
• Submit photos and gradvice to this survey. These photos will be included in a slideshow shown to in-person guests as they wait for the ceremony to begin, and on the live stream. We will also be collecting “Gradvice,” post-graduation advice, to be used for our incoming students during future Orientations.
• Harvard Chan School is continuing a beloved tradition for Convocation 2027: The reading of the preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Fill out the Graduating Student Satisfaction (Click here for the survey link) and Post-Graduation Plans Surveys (Click here for the survey link).
• Run for class officer positions. The nomination submission period will be open on Dates TBD