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Fall 2025 Commencement

A UNCW graduate with diploma in hand.
A UNCW graduate with diploma in hand.
Photo: Jeff Janowski/UNCW

The fall 2025 commencement ceremonies are scheduled to take place in Trask Coliseum on Saturday, Dec. 13.

Graduate Programs Ceremony (includes master's and doctoral graduates from the five colleges)
9 a.m.

Undergraduate ceremony schedule:
1 p.m.  
Cameron School of Business, College of Health and Human Services and Watson College of Education 
5 p.m. 
College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts and College of Science and Engineering

Doors open one hour before the ceremony start time. Graduates are required to report to Hanover Gym no later than 45 minutes prior to the ceremony start time. Each ceremony is expected to last approximately two hours.

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