To protect the safety of the University community and others, and in accordance with Governor Murphy’s Executive Orders, commencement and graduation convocations are postponed until a future date. We will update this page with more information as it becomes available.
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 May 2020 at Prudential Center in Newark, and at smaller, college-based Convocations held on campus.
Graduate students will have Commencement ceremonies only—one on Friday, January 17, 2020 (exclusively for August 2019, December 2019 and January 2020 graduates) and another to be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 (exclusively for May 2020 graduates).
The Graduate School Commencement — Winter
Friday, January 17, 2020 — 7 p.m.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
1 Center Street
Newark, NJ 07102
For master’s and doctoral candidates who completed their requirements in August 2019, December 2019 or January 2020.
The Graduate School Commencement — Spring
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 — 7 p.m.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
1 Center Street
Newark, NJ 07102
For master’s and doctoral candidates who completed their requirements in May 2020.
Undergraduate Commencement — May 2020
For bachelor’s candidates who completed their requirements in August 2019, December 2019, January 2020 or May 2020.
Friday, May 22, 2020 – 11 a.m.
Prudential Center
25 Lafayette Street
Newark, NJ 07102
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:
- School of Nursing
- Date: Wednesday, May 13, at 6 p.m.
- Location: University Hall, Conference Center
- College of Science and Mathematics
- Date: Thursday, May 14, at 1 p.m.
- Location: Sprague Field
- Feliciano School of Business
- Date: Thursday, May 14, at 7 p.m.
- Location: Sprague Field
- College of Education and Human Services
- Date: Friday, May 15, at 1 p.m.
- Location: Sprague Field
- College of the Arts
- Date: Friday, May 15, at 7 p.m.
- Location: Sprague Field
- College of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Date: Saturday, May 16, at 11 a.m.
- Location: Sprague Field
Visit your individual school or college Dean’s office for details on Convocations.