Skip to main content

Tickets

Information 

To enter Commencement or School Convocations, all guests must have an e-ticket displayed on a device or a hard copy printed ticket. Graduates DO NOT need a ticket for themselves, only tickets for their guests.  

Please note, children 3 and under who will sit in a caregiver’s lap do not need tickets; every one of your guests who will use a seat needs a ticket. 

Tickets for Ceremonies 

Please only take the number of tickets that you need for your guests and donate back tickets that your guests are not going to use.

Dates & How to Order

The ticket website will open in the Winter Quarter 2025

Log-in instructions for the NU Graduation ticket website are sent to eligible students via email. If you have not received instructions when the ticketing website opens, please send an email to the Graduation Office (graduation@northwestern.edu) noting your school name. 

Inside the ticketing system you will be able to order tickets for all of your eligible ceremonies. 

Only eligible students are able to order tickets. Please review the details below about each ceremony before ordering your tickets.  

The 166th Annual Commencement

Ticketing information will be provided in the Winter Quarter 2025.

Bienen School of Music

Ticketing information will be provided in the Winter Quarter 2025.

The Family Institute

Ticketing information will be provided in the Winter Quarter 2025.

The Graduate School PhD and MFA Hooding Ceremony

Ticketing information will be provided in the Winter Quarter 2025.

Kellogg School of Management

McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science – Undergraduate Convocation

Ticketing information will be provided in the Winter Quarter 2025.

McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science – Graduate & Hooding Ceremony

Ticketing information will be provided in the Winter Quarter 2025.

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Ticketing information will be provided in the Winter Quarter 2025.

School of Communication

Ticketing information will be provided in the Winter Quarter 2025.

School of Education & Social Policy

Ticketing information will be provided in the Winter Quarter 2025.

School of Professional Studies

Ticketing information will be provided in the Winter Quarter 2025.

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Ticketing information will be provided in the Winter Quarter 2025.

Waitlist Tickets 

You may request additional tickets through the Waitlist Tickets feature. The pool of waitlist tickets is made up of tickets not claimed during the initial ordering period or returned by graduates whose guests can no longer attend.

Waitlist tickets are directly tied to capacity, and it is not guaranteed that you will receive the requested waitlist tickets. 

Once you receive notification that you have been awarded waitlist tickets, you have 72 hours to log into your ticket account and complete your cart to accept the tickets. Tickets not claimed within 72 hours will be returned to the waitlist pool to be distributed to another student. 

Instructions on how to accept your waitlist tickets can be found here.

How to Transfer Tickets to Your Guests

tickettransfer2024.png

 

Accessibility Accommodations

Requesting seating for a guest who uses a wheelchair 

All tickets are general admission. When ordering tickets, the system will prompt you to enter how many guests in your party require accessible seating for a guest who uses a wheelchair. Please note: every wheelchair space has one companion seat included. Because these spaces are limited and in high demand, we are not able to seat entire parties. 

Requesting other accessibility accommodations 

Northwestern University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all events and programs. Accommodations such as sign language interpreters, accessible seating, and presentation materials in alternate formats may be provided upon request. Please contact the Graduation Office at graduation@northwestern.edu or 847-491-3600 by June 1, 2025. Every reasonable effort will be made to implement accommodations in an effective and timely manner.

Questions 

Please contact the Graduation Office for any questions you may have.