Celebrating the Class of 2024

The Weitzman Commencement Ceremony will be held the evening of Saturday, May 18, 2024 on Penn's campus:

• 4:30pm: Light Reception at Meyerson Hall for graduates, their families/guests, faculty and staff
• 5:30pm: Graduates lineup for academic procession
• 5:30pm (approx): Doors open for guests at Irvine Auditorium
• 6:00pm: Ceremony begins
• 8:30pm (approx): Dessert Reception in Meyerson Galleries and Weitzman Plaza

This ceremony is for Weitzman students who will complete their degree requirements in May 2024 or completed the degree requirements in August 2023 or December 2023.

Guests need a ticket to attend the Weitzman Commencement Ceremony in Irvine Auditorium. Guests do not need a ticket to attend the University Commencement Ceremony on Franklin Field. Graduates do not need a ticket for themselves at either ceremony.

Only the graduating student can request guest tickets through their Penn email address; guests may not request tickets for themselves. August 2023, December 2023, and expected May 2024 graduates will be sent ticket information in early spring 2024.

Family and friends who do not have a ticket but will be on campus may watch the broadcast of the ceremony that will be live-streamed in the overflow room: Amado Recital Hall (in Irvine Auditorium). Seating in the overflow room is available on a first-come, first-served basis; there are no tickets for overflow seating.

The Weitzman Commencement ceremony will be live-streamed on the Wetizman YouTube channel. (More details will be shared closer to Commencement.)

The University of Pennsylvania Commencement Ceremony will be held the morning of Monday, May 20th on Franklin Field.

Disability seating tickets for the University ceremony need to be requested separately from ticket requests for the Weitzman Ceremony.

Information for graduates and guests can be found on the University's Commencement website.

Graduating students may purchase/order their academic regalia (cap and gown) from the Penn Bookstore during the Graduation Fair (Wednesday, March 20 - Friday, March 22, 2024). Masters students purchase souvenir regalia; doctoral students will be able to rent or purchase their regalia.

Academic Regalia is required for participation in the Weitzman and University ceremonies. Hood colors vary by degree program:

• Dark Blue: Ph.D. Architecture and Ph.D. City and Regional Planning
• Golden Yellow: Master of Science in Architecture, Master of Science in Design and Master of Science in Historic Preservation
• Brown: Master of Architecture, Master of City and Regional Planning, Master of Environmental Building Design, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Landscape Architecture, and Master of Urban Spatial Analytics.

There will be a professional photographer at the Weitzman Commencement Ceremony, and each graduate will be photographed when they are on stage. Photos will be available for viewing and downloading on the Weitzman Flickr at the end of May. Graduates will be notified via email to their Penn Outlook account when they are available. 

Students who need a letter for international guests can download a template from ISSS and request an enrollment verification letter from Weitzman Student Services by contacting des-studentservices@design.upenn.edu.

There are separate processes for reserving wheelchair seating at the Weitzman and University commencement ceremonies:

• Instructions for requesting accessible seating at the University Commencement ceremony on Franklin Field are available here.
• Instructions for requesting wheelchair seating and other accessibility accommodations at the Weitzman Commencement Ceremony will be sent to students in spring 2024.

Presented annually, the Weitzman Year End Show brings together work by graduating students across the School to capture new directions in architecture, landscape architecture, city and regional planning, historic preservation, and the fine arts. For 2024, the School will mount an in-person exhibition at Meyerson Hall that will be on view from Saturday, May 18 through early June. A companion website offers a deep dive into the individual agendas of emerging designers, planners, preservationists, and historians, with statements of intent from participating graduates and links to their professional websites. Individual thesis projects in architecture, planning, and preservation are presented alongside collaborative studio-based works.

Review the Weitzman graduation policies and procedures here.