Stuart Weitzman School of Design
102 Meyerson Hall
210 South 34th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The Weitzman Graduation Ceremony will be held the evening of Saturday, May 17, 2025 on Penn's campus:
This ceremony is for Weitzman students who will complete their degree requirements in May 2025, completed the degree requirements in August 2024 or December 2024, or are expected to earn the MSD-AAD degree in August 2025.
*Only the names of graduates in attendance will be read at the ceremony in Irvine.
All guests (with the exception of children under one year old) 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 2024, December 2024, expected May 2025 graduates, and expected MSD-AAD August 2025 graduates will be sent ticket information in early spring 2025.
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. 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 Weitzman School YouTube channel.
The University of Pennsylvania Commencement Ceremony will be held the morning of Monday, May 19th 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 (dates TBA, March 2025). 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:
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 Graduation and University Commencement ceremonies:
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 2025, the School will mount an in-person exhibition at Meyerson Hall that will be on view from Saturday, May 17 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.
