Engineering Recognition Ceremonies

KU Graduate at Graduation

Overview

KU Engineering hosts two graduate recognition ceremonies each year. If you intend to participate or “walk,” please make appropriate arrangements for your regalia as it is required in all graduation ceremonies. During the ceremony, engineering administration, engineering department leadership, and faculty will be present to congratulate students.

Special seating is available for guests with limited mobility. For the spring ceremony, to ensure all guests with mobility concerns are accommodated, we ask that parties limit their use of reserved seating to those who need it and one additional companion.

The recognition ceremony is also a time to honor outstanding master's and doctoral students, seniors in each major, as well as the Locke Award for Outstanding Senior, which is selected from that group. The School recognizes several faculty award winners, including the Gould Award winners for Outstanding Faculty Adviser and Outstanding Faculty Educator. Engineering students are encouraged to nominate faculty for the two Gould awards.

Each ceremony is livestreamed with a link available on the School of Engineering homepage, posted the day of the ceremony.

Undergraduate Information
Graduate Student Information

University Commencement

The University of Kansas holds one university-wide Commencement ceremony each spring and several school-level recognition events that same weekend. All students who have graduated in that academic year (includes summer, fall, and spring graduates) are invited to attend the university’s official ceremony, which takes place the Sunday after finals in the spring semester. The "walk down the Hill" is a fun tradition where students often bring balloons or decorate caps and gowns.

When a student applies for graduation in Enroll & Pay, this indicates to university officials of your potential participation in University Commencement. There is not a separate RSVP form for University Commencement.

Doctoral students are also invited to attend the annual Doctoral Hooding Ceremony hosted by the KU Office of Graduate Studies in the spring.