Graduation is your opportunity to shine and to celebrate your accomplishments with family, friends, faculty and students.
This year, Montclair State University undergraduate students will have two opportunities to celebrate the achievement of their degree – at the large, formal Commencement ceremony where degrees are conferred, held on Friday, May 24, 2019 at Prudential Center in Newark, and at smaller, college-based Convocations held on campus.
More information about Commencement will be added to the Undergraduate Commencement website in the months to come; information about Convocations will be provided by schools and colleges.
Graduate students will have Commencement ceremonies only—one on Saturday, January 19, 2019 (exclusively for August 2018, December 2018 and January 2019 graduates) and another to be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 (exclusively for May 2019 graduates).
The Graduate School Commencement — Winter
Please note – The start time for the Graduate Commencement ceremony has been changed to 10 a.m. due to forecasted inclement weather. The event should conclude before noon. We are making this change for the safety of our graduates and guests. Please allow ample travel time.
Saturday, January 19, 2019 — 10 a.m.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
1 Center Street
Newark, NJ 07102
For master’s and doctoral candidates who completed their requirements in August 2018, December 2018 or January 2019.
The Graduate School Commencement
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 — 7 p.m.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
1 Center Street
Newark, NJ 07102
For master’s and doctoral candidates who completed their requirements by May 2019.
Undergraduate Commencement
Friday, May 24, 2019 — 11 a.m.
Prudential Center
25 Lafayette Street
Newark, NJ 07102
For bachelor’s candidates who completed their requirements in August 2018, December 2018, January 2019 or May 2019.
Undergraduate Convocation Dates
There will be six (6) undergraduate College/School Convocations, organized by the respective Colleges and Schools. The Dean will preside, individual names will be read, and the distinctive traditions and spirit of each school or college will be celebrated. These ceremonies will be scheduled as follows:
- College of Education and Human Services
- Date:Thursday, May 16, at 1 p.m.
- Location: Sprague Field
- School of Nursing
- Date: Thursday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m.
- Location: Presentation Hall, SCM
- College of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Date: Friday, May 17, at 1 p.m.
- Location: Sprague Field
- College of the Arts
- Date: Friday, May 17, at 7 p.m.
- Location: Sprague Field
- College of Science and Mathematics
- Date: Saturday, May 18, at 1 p.m.
- Location: Sprague Field
- Feliciano School of Business
- Date: Saturday, May 18, at 7 p.m.
- Location: Sprague Field
Check this spring with your individual school or college Dean’s office for details on Convocations.