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Commencement  information

The Cap and Gown Agency is proud to continue offering eco-friendly caps and gowns for students that are made from 100 percent, post-consumer recycled plastic bottles. 

The Cap and Gown Agency, a student-run organization, coordinates the ordering and distribution of commencement gowns for undergraduates and the graduate & professional students of Yale.

Cap & Gown Order Deadlines 

2024 Ordering Schedule:

Guide to Academic Regalia

Avoid late fees: place your orders with payment by March 29th!

All Students - NO Returns – Attire is yours to KEEP!

Ordering Information

ONLINE Ordering . 

The Cap and Gown Agency has provided students with a convenient way to place their cap and gown orders online with the option to pay by credit card or student account billing. Note: if you opt to pay by student charge, student account billing will be available through 4 pm on March 29 to students who currently have the privilege of charging designated goods and services to their student accounts. Students can access online ordering through the Yale Hub   . After logging into the Main Menu, click on Commencement Menu , then Order Cap & Gown and follow the instructions.

Yale College Seniors:  

Seniors can pick up their attire at Payne Whitney Gym at the distribution times listed below.   The cap, gown and tassel fee is $34.00* and are yours to keep.

GRADUATE and PROFESSIONAL Students:

The fee for the Master’s cap, gown, hood and tassel is $63.00*; separately, the fee for the Master’s hood is $27.00* and the gown is $36.00*.

The fee for the Doctoral cap, gown, hood and tassel is $72.00*; separately, the fee for the Doctoral hood is $31.00* and the gown is $41.00*.

• Students receiving a degree from the Law School are required to purchase a tam. The cost for the Master’s gown, hood and tam is $89.00* and Doctoral gown, hood, and tam is $98.00*.

Note: No refunds will be given after the order deadline of April 10, 2024

*Price does not include CT Sales tax of 6.35%

Faculty Rental Attire: 

Faculty should return the completed rental order form and payment to the designated contact person listed for their appropriate school or college. This list and other information are available at  commencement.yale.edu . For your convenience, faculty attire will be delivered to the designated contact person the week of the commencement ceremony.  Questions - contact [email protected] . 

Purchase of Custom Regalia:

All keepsake robes are black, and all gowns and hoods are intended for relatively limited use. Degree candidates who wish to purchase custom Yale regalia (i.e. “Yale blue” doctoral or master’s gown, faille hood, doctoral tam or cap) may order directly from the Custom Department of Oak Hall Industries. Please note that “Yale blue” gowns are not available through the student Cap & Gown Agency.

Distribution Schedule Class of 2024

Attire may be picked up at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium John J. Lee Amphitheater, located to the right of the main entrance, during the hours listed below. Please bring your Yale I.D. If you are unable to pick up your attire at any of these times, you must make arrangements for someone else to pick it up for you. The person who is picking up your attire must present their Yale I.D. (or a valid official I.D.) with a note and your signature giving them permission to pick up your attire.

There will be a very limited number of extra caps, gowns and hoods available during  regalia distribution.  All extras will be on a first-come, first-served basis.  At that time, an additional $10.00 late fee, will be added to the attire cost. 

Q. How can a student pay for her/his commencement attire?

A. Students can order online and pay by credit card or student charge (for those students who currently have the privilege of charging designated goods and services to their student accounts, charging will be available to them until 4 pm on March 29). 

Q. What if I am graduating with two degrees?

A.   You will have the option of selecting a “Primay” degree which will determine your gown selections and a “Joint” degree  option to purchase a second hood if you desire. 

Q. What if I can’t pick up the gown myself?

A. If you are unable to pick up your attire at any of these times, you must make arrangements for someone else to pick it up for you. The person who is picking up your attire must present their Yale I.D. (or a valid official photo I.D.) with a note and your signature giving them permission to pick up your attire.

Q. Where can I find more information about commencement?

A. Go to commencement.yale.edu

If you have any more questions or comments, please contact us at [email protected] .

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Guide to Academic Regalia

Please see here on the specifics of what cap, gowns and hoods to order.

Avoid late fees: place your orders with payment by March 29th!  All Students - NO Returns – Attire is yours to KEEP!

If students miss the April 10 deadline, there will be a very limited number of extra caps, gowns, and hoods available during regalia distribution. All extras will be on a first-come, first-come, first-served basis. At that time, an additional $10.00 late fee will be added to the attire cost. Only credit card payments will be accepted. You may borrow a gown from a previous YSOA graduate but be sure to borrow the cap, gown and architecture hood.

Ordering Information

ONLINE Ordering here .

The Cap and Gown Agency has provided students with a convenient way to place their cap and gown orders online with the option to pay by credit card or student account billing. Note: if you opt to pay by student charge, student account billing will be available through 4 pm on March 29 to students who currently have the privilege of charging designated goods and services to their student accounts.Students can access online ordering through the Yale Hub . After logging into the Main Menu, click on Commencement Menu, then Order Cap & Gown and follow the instructions.

The fee for the Master’s cap, gown, hood and tassel is $68.00*; separately, the fee for the Master’s hood is $27.00* and the gown is $41.00*.

The fee for the Doctoral cap, gown, hood and tassel is $72.00*; separately, the fee for the Doctoral hood is $31.00* and the gown is $41.00*.

Note: No refunds will be given after the order deadline.

*Price does not include CT Sales tax of 6.35%

Distribution Schedule Class of 2024

Attire may be picked up at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium John J. Lee Amphitheater, located to the right of the main entrance, during the hours listed below. Please bring your Yale I.D. If you are unable to pick up your attire at any of these times, you must make arrangements for someone else to pick it up for you. The person who is picking up your attire must present their Yale I.D. (or a valid official I.D.) with a note and your signature giving them permission to pick up your attire.

There will be a very limited number of extra caps, gowns and hoods available during regalia distribution. All extras will be on a first-come, first-served basis. At that time, an additional $10.00 late fee, will be added to the attire cost.

How to Don the Gown

For instruction about how to don your cap and gown, please watch this video starring Phil and Kate: Commencement Regalia Video .

How can a student pay for her/his commencement attire?

Students can order online and pay by credit card or student charge (for those students who currently have the privilege of charging designated goods and services to their student accounts, charging will be available to them until 4 pm on March 29).

What if I am graduating with two degrees?

You will have the option of selecting a “Primary” degree which will determine your gown selections and a “Joint” degree option to purchase a second hood if you desire.

What If I can't pick up the gown myself?

If you are unable to pick up your attire at any of these times, you must make arrangements for someone else to pick it up for you. The person who is picking up your attire must present their Yale I.D. (or a valid official photo I.D.) with a note and your signature giving them permission to pick up your attire.

Where can I find more information about commencement?

Go to commencement.yale.edu

If you have any more questions or comments, please contact [email protected] .

University Commencement and GSAS Degree Ceremony

The university's  Commencement website  will contain a great deal of relevant information including payment of bills, ordering your cap & gown ( deadline: April  10 ), and travel information for guests. Please check there regularly for questions not addressed below.

Please note that, due to capacity limitations, recipients of  en route  Master's degrees are not included in the Commencement ceremonies.

This page will be updated with more information about the Graduate School's commencement activities as it becomes available. Please reach out to  [email protected]  with any questions you may have.

This year, Yale will celebrate the Class of 2024 with an in-person University Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 20 at 10:30 am (graduates arrive at the   McDougal Center at 8:30 am). Graduate students will receive two (2) tickets to the Old Campus ceremony. In order to receive tickets, graduates must  register  their attendance. Registration will be sent to all eligible students at the end of March.

The Graduate School will host its Diploma Ceremony in Woolsey Hall for all terminal MA, MS, MPhil, and PhD degree recipients immediately following the  University ceremony. December 2023 and May 2024 graduates are invited to attend these activities. Due to capacity limitations, recipients of en route Master's  degrees are not included in the Commencement ceremonies. The diploma ceremony will not be ticketed.

Please note that you must submit your dissertation by the March 15 deadline in order to walk in the May Commencement. December 2023 graduates are  allowed to walk in the May 2024 Commencement.

2024 COMMENCEMENT SCHEDULE

NB: The schedule below is tentative. Please check back regularly for any changes.

Sunday, May 19

1:00pm  - On the Sunday before Commencement, the GSAS holds its Convocation Ceremony at the Yale University Art Gallery where academic prizes are awarded to select students. Students receiving prizes will be notified in advance.

Monday, May 20

8:30am  - Graduates gather in Caulkins Courtyard at the McDougal Center (135 Prospect Street) to process to Cross Campus and join the University Procession

10:30am  - University Commencement exercises begin on Old Campus. At the end of the ceremony, graduates and guests should make their way to Woolsey Hall (500 College Street) and take their seats.

12:00pm  - Immediately following the University Commencement on Old Campus, the GSAS Degree Ceremony will take place in Woolsey Hall. A reception will follow on Cross Campus.

Academic Regalia - Deadline: April 10

Academic regalia is required to participate in the Commencement Activities. Information about how to order academic regalia can be found  here .  Orders must  be placed by April 10 to avoid late fees.  Please note that caps and gowns ordered via Yale’s portal are made of GreenWeaver material and intended for 1-2  uses. Yale Blue robes, velvet tams, and custom hoods are all considered custom regalia and must be ordered directly through  Oak Hall .

Diplomas are handed to graduates in-person during the GSAS Diploma Ceremony. If you do not plan to attend the Diploma Ceremony, please see the  University Registrar’s Office  diploma page  for information regarding diploma pick up. To edit the name you wish to appear on your diploma, and add your  diploma mailing address and diploma email address, take the following steps by  Monday, April 10 at noon :

• Log into  Yale Hub .
• From the Main Menu, select the “Commencement” tab and click on the link in the Diploma Name box.
• Complete the form and submit it online. Note: if you have legally changed your name, you must include official documentation confirming the name change.
• All students should enter a diploma address and diploma email address that will be active six to ten weeks following commencement. Failure to enter a valid diploma address will result in not receiving your diploma.

Accommodations and General Information

Please be aware that New Haven hotels sell out early for Yale’s Commencement. If you have access to a vehicle, you may consider a hotel or Airbnb rental in  the greater New Haven area. Towns like Hamden, Branford, West Haven, Milford and Orange are all within a short driving distance. Additional information  regarding area lodging, parking, shuttles, services for the disabled, and more is available on the  Yale Commencement website .

The University Commencement Ceremony and GSAS Diploma Ceremony will be live-streamed via the  Yale YouTube channel . The direct link to the GSAS  ceremony can be found here.

Order Academic Regalia by April 10!

Academic regalia is required to participate in Commencement activities. Use the link below to order your one-time use, black regalia through Yale Associated Student Agencies. PhD candidates interested in custom Yale Blue regalia should contact Oak Hall (oakhalli.com) as early as possible, as custom regalia can take several weeks to arrive.

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A guide to graduation fashion.

A graduation cap and gown may not seem like much of a fashion statement, but the regalia donned on Commencement day reveals a lot about the wearer — at least academically.

Graduates receiving bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees all wear different graduation robes, while faculty and administrators may be dressed in varied, sometimes exotic, Commencement costumes.

It’s all part of a tradition that dates back to the 12 th and 13 th centuries. Students at Oxford and Cambridge universities at that time dressed like clerics (as, indeed, a large percentage of them were) — every day donning robes with hoods, in part to keep warm in unheated classrooms. Over time, skullcaps replaced hoods as headwear, and those caps in turn eventually morphed into the familiar mortarboard (so named for its resemblance to the bricklayer’s tool).

Over the centuries, academic apparel became standardized, with rules regarding the garments’ length, shape, etc. The American Council on Education even appointed a committee to create a code for academic costumes in 1932. Those guidelines — with a few revisions — are still followed today, although individual institutions sometimes add their unique twists.

The garment known as the “cap and gown” can consist of three separate pieces: a mortarboard or tam (with tassel), a gown, and a hood. For the past several years, the gowns worn by Yale graduates have been made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic bottles using “GreenWeaver” technology developed by Oak Hall Industries of Salem, Virginia.

The sleeves of the gown vary according to the degree the candidate will receive: open, pointed, and untrimmed for a bachelor’s degree; oblong and untrimmed for a master’s; and bell-shaped with three velvet bars for a doctorate.

At Yale, bachelor’s degree candidates do not wear a hood. Should they don academic dress anytime after receiving their degree, they are entitled — according to code — to wear three-foot-long hoods. Master’s candidates and degree-holders wear hoods that are three-and-a-half feet in length, while those of doctoral candidates and holders are four feet long.

The color of the hood’s lining reveals the wearer’s area of study. At Yale, these are:

Liberal Arts (B.A., M.A.) — white

Science (B.S., M.S.) — gold-yellow

Architecture — violet blue

Art and Drama — brown

Divinity — scarlet

Forestry — russet

Law — purple

Management — sapphire blue

Medicine — green

Music — pink

Nursing — apricot

Public Health — salmon pink

Engineering — orange

The color for Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Philosophy degrees, regardless of department, is dark blue .

All graduating Yale students, regardless of their degrees, wear black mortarboards. The tassels may be black or the color of the student’s degree, while those earning doctorates can wear tassels of gold thread or gold metal.

Some graduate and professional students like to personalize their headgear with symbols of their chosen field: greenery for the School of Forestry & Environmental Sciences; halos for the Divinity School; miniature structures for the School of Architecture; and medical paraphernalia for the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health, for example.

It is the tradition at some institutions for graduating students to wear the tassel on the right at the start of Commencement ceremonies, and then switch it to the left after receiving their degrees. Yale policy, however, calls for it to remain firmly on the left “in use.”

The non-graduating members of the Commencement procession can provide a colorful contrast to the black-clad graduates. University alumni can wear “Yale blue” gowns with the appropriate hood, while graduates of other universities can sport robes reflecting the colors and traditions of their particular alma maters.

Headwear among the non-students varies, with some choosing to remain bare-headed, others donning mortarboards, and still others (Ph.D. holders primarily) sporting “beefeaters” — i.e., six- to eight-sided velvet tams, also known as “Tudor bonnets.”

How to don your academic finery: A primer • Your robe may have covered zippers, hooks, or buttons; fasten them all securely. • If you’re wearing a hood, roll the edge outward so that the inside colors show. The end of the hood should look something like a fin. • Adjust the gown so it is sitting comfortably on your shoulders. It should fall below your knee, but not so low that it is a tripping hazard. • Fasten your tassel to the button on the top of the mortarboard. • Place the cap on your head so that the point is in the middle of your forehead. • Adjust the mortarboard so that it is parallel to the ground. • Place the tassel to the left. • Prepare to march into the future!

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Commencement History

Commencement 1702–2024

The first Commencement of the Collegiate School was held on September 16, 1702, in Saybrook, Connecticut, in the house of the Reverend Thomas Buckingham, one of the founders of the institution. The Reverend James Pierpont, minister of the First Church of Christ in New Haven (Center Church), was one of the leaders in founding the school and served as a fellow from 1701 to 1714. The first Commencement in New Haven, with a graduating class of five, was held at Center Church in 1717.

On September 10, 1718, at the first public ceremony of Commencement, the institution was named Yale College in honor of its first benefactor, the Honorable Elihu Yale, of Wrexham, Wales. The name Yale University was authorized in 1887.

Except for private ceremonies during the American Revolution, Yale Commencement exercises were conducted in the church until 1895, when they were transferred to Battell Chapel. In 1903, Commencement was held for the first time in Woolsey Hall; it continued there until 1950, when the postwar increase in the size of graduating classes necessitated a move to the present location on Old Campus.

Assembly and Procession

The academic procession is under the direction of members of the faculty and administration appointed annually to serve as marshals. Degree candidates in Yale College assemble in the courtyards of their residential colleges and march, behind their individual college banners, to Cross Campus, where they join the candidates for graduate and professional degrees to await the formation of the procession. The senior marshal and chief procession marshal, the colors, the president’s banners, and the band leave from the Noah Porter Gateway and proceed down Elm Street to the New Haven green, followed by the Yale College candidates. Upon entering the green, the files of candidates separate, move to the edges of the walk leading around Center Church, and continue until they reach College Street opposite Phelps Archway. They then stand facing the walk to await the party of the Yale Corporation, the university’s board of trustees (university banner, chief marshal, university officers, Corporation members, and honorary degree recipients), which passes through the groups of candidates for graduate and professional degrees who are assembled on Cross Campus, and proceeds down Elm Street followed by the banners and deans of Yale College and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. When the Corporation and Yale College parties reach the green, they pass between the files of seniors, who thereafter follow in procession through Phelps Archway and down the center aisle of Old Campus.

In the meantime, after the Corporation party has passed through Cross Campus, the candidates for graduate and professional degrees proceed through the Noah Porter Gateway to Elm Street and enter Old Campus through Miller Gate and the High Street Gate under the direction of their faculty marshals.

The national, state, and city flags; the university, Yale College, and president’s banners; and the banners of the residential colleges, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the professional schools are led by the senior marshal in procession to the platform.

Academic Costume

Academic gowns represent a tradition handed down from the universities of the Middle Ages. These institutions were founded by the church, and the students, being clerics, were obliged to wear the prescribed gowns at all times. Round caps later became square mortarboards; the hoods, originally cowls attached to the gowns, could be slipped over the head for warmth.

Many European universities have distinctive caps and gowns that differ from those commonly worn in this country. Some of the gowns are of bright colors, and some are embellished with fur. The usual color for academic gowns in the United States is black. Those holding Yale master’s and doctoral degrees, however, may wear Yale blue. The bachelor’s gown is worn closed; the master’s and doctor’s may be worn open or closed. The shape of the sleeve is the distinguishing mark of the gowns: bachelor’s, long pointed sleeves; master’s, oblong sleeves open at the wrist; doctor’s, bell-shaped with three velvet bars on each sleeve. Yale candidates for professional degrees requiring at least three years of graduate study, such as the J.D. or M.Div., are permitted to wear the doctor’s gown.

Caps are black, as are the tassels for B.A. and B.S. degrees; tassels for the Ph.D. degrees are gold, and those for other graduate and professional degrees may be the color corresponding to the border of the hoods.

The hoods are lined with the color of the institution that awarded the degree to the wearer. The color of the border or collar of the hood designates the degree: liberal arts, white; science, golden yellow; philosophy, dark blue; architecture, blue-violet; art and drama, brown; divinity, scarlet; engineering, orange; environment, russet; global affairs, peacock blue; law, purple; management, sapphire blue; medicine, green; music, pink; nursing, apricot; public health, salmon.

Honorary degree hoods are distinguished as follows: doctor of divinity (D.D.), scarlet; doctor of laws (LL.D.), purple; doctor of music (Mus.D.), pink; doctor of letters (Litt.D.), white; doctor of science (Sc.D.), golden yellow; doctor of humane letters (L.H.D.), white; doctor of fine arts (D.F.A. Hon.), brown; doctor of social science (S.Sc.D.), cream; doctor of medical sciences (D.M.S.), green; doctor of humanities (D.Hum.), white; doctor of engineering and technology (D.Eng. & Tech.), orange.

University Insignia

The university mace, emblem of the authority of the president and trustees, is carried by the chief marshal. It was given to the university by Professor Samuel Simons Sanford, M.A.H. 1894, and has been used in academic processions since 1904. The mace, made of silver gilt, weighs twenty-four pounds and is forty-seven inches long. At the foot of the shaft is an acorn, out of which come oak leaves, the symbol of strength. These leaves surround a sphere on which appear the seal and name of the donor. On the shaft are engraved the names of all the presidents of the university. Above the main shaft is a spherical section with a design of raised elm leaves surmounted by a cup that bears the arms of the university, of New Haven, of Connecticut, and of the United States. On the rim of the cup are four winged figures representing art, science, law, and theology. Rising above these figures is a deep blue sphere of lapis lazuli topped by a small pinecone, ancient symbol of immortality.

The senior marshal of the faculty carries a mace presented to the university in 1948 by Loomis Havemeyer, Ph.B. 1910, Ph.D. 1915. It is believed to be an eighteenth-century Dutch bandmaster’s baton. The shaft is of wood with a richly decorated silver knob.

The chief procession marshal’s mace consists of a wooden shaft surmounted by the head of a “yale”—a fabulous and mythical beast of ancient lineage—made and formerly carried in processions by the late Theodore Sizer, M.A.H. 1931, professor of the history of art and pursuivant of arms to the university.

The Old Campus marshal carries a mace fashioned from a slender staff surmounted by a section of the Old Yale Fence in miniature.

The faculty marshal of each residential college carries a mace especially designated for that college, while the student marshals carry wooden batons. Distinctive maces are also carried by the marshals of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the professional schools. Each of these areas also has its own heraldic banner. Derived from the arms illustrated on these pages and carried by students, many of these banners were designed by Professor Sizer and, more recently, under the direction of university printer John Gambell, M.F.A. 1981.

Ceremony and Degrees

During the ceremony, student marshals receive symbolic diplomas for the degrees in course as they are announced. When the benediction has been pronounced, the band begins the recessional. Following the banners, the president and chief marshal lead the Corporation party off the platform. The new graduates are then led from Old Campus.

The first bachelor of arts degree at Yale (then the Collegiate School) was awarded solely on examination to Nathaniel Chauncey (fellow 1746–1752) in 1702. John Hart, B.A. 1703 (tutor 1703–1705), received the first degree in course. The first doctor of philosophy degree awarded in the United States was conferred at Yale in 1861. Other degrees at Yale were first conferred as follows: medicine, 1814; law, 1843; engineering, 1860; divinity, 1867; master of arts in course, 1876; fine arts, 1891; music, 1894; master of science, 1899; environment, 1902; public health, 1920; nursing, 1926; drama, 1931; architecture, 1942; management, 1978. The bachelor of philosophy degree was conferred from 1852 to 1931, and the bachelor of liberal studies from 1984 to 2013. The tradition of awarding honorary degrees at Yale was begun with four master’s degrees in 1702.

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2024 cap and gown orders now being taken.

The following message was sent to members of the Yale College Class of 2024 on February 23, 2024.

Dear Students,

It’s time to  order your caps and gowns ! The cap and gown order form is open. Orders must be placed by March 29 at 4:00 p.m. 

More information about  regalia  can be found on the Commencement website. A reminder email with pick-up information will be sent in early May.

Best wishes, Yale Commencement Office 

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Academic Robes At Graduation

Do law professors who want to wear a robe specific to their JD granting institution purchase the "PhD" special robe? For example, Harvard and Yale JDs do not wear the crimson and navy robes that Harvard and Yale Ph.D recipients wear at graduation. Harvard JDs wear a black robe with three stripes on the sleeve. Yet law professors with Harvard JDs usually wear the crimson robe when they wear their regalia at their teaching institution's graduation. Any thoughts appreciated.

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