Commencement Ceremonies for the 162nd Academic Year
The Concordia-Chicago community is excited to celebrate our Summer 2025 EdS and Master’s graduates and Fall EdS and Master’s candidates during our Fall Ceremony on December 12, 2025. The celebration of our Summer and Fall 2025 Doctoral and Undergraduate graduates and Spring 2026 Doctoral and Undergraduate candidates and Spring 2026 EdS and Master’s candidates will take place at our Spring Ceremonies on April 30-May 1, 2026.
Schedule of Events
Fall 2025
- Friday, December 12, 2025
- EdS/Master’s Ceremony, 10 a.m., Geiseman Gymnasium
Spring 2026
- Thursday, April 30
- Doctoral Ceremony, 4 p.m., Geiseman Gymnasium
- Friday, May 1
- EdS/Master’s Ceremony, 10 a.m., Geiseman Gymnasium
- Bachelor’s Ceremony, 3 p.m., Geiseman Gymnasium
Ceremony Registration
Fall 2025: All Summer and Fall 2025 EdS/Master’s graduates who wish to participate in the in-person ceremony must register online. The deadline for registration to participate in the ceremony is Friday, October 31, 2025.
Spring 2026: All Summer and Fall 2025 Doctoral and Bachelor’s graduates who wish to participate in the in-person ceremony must register online. The deadline for registration to participate in the ceremony is Friday, March 27, 2026.
Academic Apparel
- Appropriate academic regalia is required to participate in the ceremony and is the responsibility of the student. Students should order their regalia through our campus partner, Jostens.
- Undergraduate students order their regalia online and pay for it and pick it up at the Campus Store beginning December 3. Faculty, Graduate and Doctoral students pay online and regalia is shipped to the address you indicate at the time of order. Regalia orders for the Fall ceremony are due on Friday, October 31.