Welcome to our Commencement site, where graduating students, families, faculty, and staff can find detailed information on ceremonies, deadlines, and what needs to happen throughout the year in the time leading up to Commencement day!
Please join us for our first event of the season: the Class of 2025 Graduation Kick-Off in the Brooklyn campus Student Union on November 22, 2024 from 11:30am-2:00pm. See the Class of 2025 timeline below for details.
In May 2025, Pratt Institute will host a commencement ceremony to celebrate the hard work, resilience, and achievements of our Summer 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025, and Summer 2025 graduates. We will announce the ceremony date before the end of the fall semester.
If you have completed your credit requirements (or will complete them by Summer 2025), then fill out the Graduation Application (GradApp) by December 11, 2024. This application will let us know you have completed your journey at Pratt Institute and are ready to receive your diploma! This will also get you on the mailing list for information about the commencement ceremony.
Graduating is the administrative process to complete your degree and receive your diploma, while Commencement is the ceremony to celebrate that achievement! You can graduate without attending commencement, but you cannot attend commencement without graduating. Click here to apply to graduate on Student Self Service.
Calling all Pratt Musicians and Vocalists! Audition for the opportunity to perform at Pratt Institute’s 2025 Commencement Ceremony.
“Far Above Cayuga’s Waters”, composed by Archibald Croswell Weeks and Wilmot Moses Smith is the Pratt Institute anthem, or Alma Mater. Each year, as part of the commencement ceremony at Radio City Music Hall, the Alma Mater is performed by one or more graduating students.
If you would like the opportunity to perform this piece on stage for the Class of 2025 and their guests, please submit your audition video via this form by March 7, 2025.
