A sea of graduates in sunken garden celebrating and throwing their hats while confetti rains down

Commencement

Welcome to the LMU 2025 Commencement and Grad celebrations in Los Angeles! Join us in celebrating our graduates at this significant milestone of academic achievement.

Event Information

The Big Day

Undergraduate Commencement

Graduates seated during the graduation ceremony listening to featured speakers

Saturday, May 17
10:00 a.m.
Sunken Garden

The ticket portal closed on April 11. For questions, please email commencementtickets@lmu.edu.

Graduate and LMU Loyola Law School Commencement

Graduate students wearing red graduation robes processing to their seats

Sunday, May 18
10:00 a.m.
Sunken Garden

The ticket portal closed on April 11. For questions, please email commencementtickets@lmu.edu.

Pre-Commencement Events

A graduate being congratulated by a faculty member, both of whom are wearing graduation gowns

After LMU

Tuesday, Apr. 29 – Thursday, May 1
10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
LMU Campus Bookstore

Muslim Student Life Graduation Celebration

Tuesday, April 29
7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
The Cave (below Sacred Heart Chapel)

Confetti in the air as graduates celebrate in Sunken Garden

BCLA "Senior Sip" Celebration

Wednesday, May 14
5:30 – 7 p.m.
The Hill, Malone Student Center, fourth floor

A series of multi-colored sashes laid across a table before being distributed to the graduates

Lavender Grad Celebration

Thursday, May 15
10 – 11:30 a.m.
Bruce Featherston Life Sciences Building, FEA 120

Reception from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Hannon Courtyard

All Asian and Pacific Islander graduates in their cap and gowns wearing their new sashes

Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Grad Ceremony

Thursday, May 15
3:30 – 5 p.m.
Bruce Featherston Life Sciences Building, FEA 120

Reception from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. in Hannon Courtyard

All of the LatinX graduates cheering in their cap and gowns outside of Sacred Heart Chapel

Día de Reconocimiento

Thursday, May 15
5 – 7 p.m.
Drollinger Family Stage

Reception from 7 – 8 p.m. in the Sculpture Garden

All of the SOE doctoral graduates in their cap and gowns after being hooded

School of Education Doctoral Hooding Ceremony

Friday, May 16
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Ahmanson Auditorium, University Hall 1000

Reception from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in the University Hall East Atrium

Roski Dining Hall full of attendees participating in a toast

International Grad Celebration

Friday, May 16
10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Roski Dining Hall

A faculty member shaking the hand of a graduate, both of whom are dressed in graduation attire

LMU Loyola Law School Hooding Ceremony

Friday, May 16
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
LMU Loyola Law School Campus

Students smiling and clapping along with other graduates wearing their cap and gowns

Kente Grad Ceremony

Friday, May 16
2 – 4 p.m.
Drollinger Family Stage

Reception from 4 – 6 p.m. at The Mbongi Spot

Students celebrating graduation in the Jewish tradition of holding a tallit overhead, which is a type of blanket that has symbolic significance in rituals and as a form of covering and protection

Graduation Shabbat

Friday, May 16
6 – 8 p.m.
The Hill, Malone Student Center, fourth floor

A priest on stage performing mass and smiling to the audience

Commencement Mass

Friday, May 16
5:30 – 7 p.m.
Drollinger Family Stage

Get in the Spirit

Pre-Order Flowers and Leis

A bouquet of red flowers laid on a table

You may pre-order flowers and leis, and pick them up at the booth located near the west entrance to Sunken Garden before the ceremony begins.

Additional gifts are available at the LMU Bookstore website.

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