Commencement Information - USC Viterbi | Current Students (2024)

• Tickets will be required for the Viterbi School of Engineering commencement ceremony. More details to come.

• Any graduate who has indicated Fall 2023, Spring 2024, and Summer 2024 graduation terms will be invited to register for the Viterbi Commencement Ceremony through Marching Order.

• Graduates can check their STARS Report for their grad terms and update them throughMy USC OASIS. For questions related to the grad term, please get in touch with your department academic advisor. The contact information is below.

• Graduates must be dressed in a cap and gown to participate in the ceremony. All graduates will go through a metal detector to enter the Galen Center The following items are prohibited: bags, backpacks, airhorns, and balloons. These items will be confiscated at the door, withno exceptions.

• Graduates must line updetails are forthcoming.

• For information on how to order USC custom graduate announcements, please visit theUSC Bookstore website.

Students have the option to purchase or rent their regalia. See below for more information.

Rent Regalia

• For cap and gown (regalia) purchase information, please visit the USC Bookstore website

• Rent Regalia. Students who rent regalia may keep the cap and tassel. The gown and hood should be returned immediately following the ceremony at the drop location near the ceremony or at the USC Bookstore.

Purchase Regalia

• For cap and gown (regalia) purchase information, please visit the USC Bookstore website

• Purchase Regalia

Grad Packs

• Grad Packs are a convenient one stop shop of the most popular graduation items. Most Graduation Packages include USC Custom Gown/Hood Rental with Souvenir Cap & USC Tassel, Announcement Essentials plus a 2024 Keychain Tassel and a Diploma frame. To learn more about Grad Packs, please visitUSC Grad Packs.

• Special instructions for master’s degree and doctoral students: please be very clear when you inform the staff what degree you are earning, to make sure you get the right color trim on your hood. Please see below and review thecolor key for regaliafor additional details.

• Eligible Viterbi undergraduate graduates will receive honor cords from the Viterbi School of Engineering in April. Details for pick up sent directly to the graduate. Please note: it is university policy that honor cords are for undergraduate graduates only.

• A minimum overall grade point average of 3.5 for cum laude, 3.7 for magna cum laude, and 3.9 for summa cum laude is required for honors cords. Graduates must meet these averages for both residence work attempted, and combined transferred and residence work attempted. Note that the grade point average calculation is truncated, not rounded. University honors are noted on academic transcripts and the diploma.

TheUSC Registrar’s Officeoversees the distribution of university diplomas, in compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). To learn more about how your diploma will be distributed to you, please visitDiploma – Office of Academic Records and Registrar.

Visit your respective Viterbi Commencement website to view reception information.

Viterbi Undergraduate Commencement
Viterbi Masters Commencement
Viterbi Ph.D Hooding

General Admission

• All guests need tickets. For information, about ticketing please visit the following link.https://commencement.usc.edu/graduates/ticketing-information/

ADA Accommodation(s)/Effective Communication

• When graduates register their guests, they should note if any guest(s) require a Sign Language Interpreter for the ceremony or need accommodations for limited mobility, impaired hearing and more. Due to the venue’s space limitations, onlyoneguest may accompany the guest in the ADA effective communication seating area.

Wheelchair Access

• When graduates register their guests, they should note if any guest(s) require wheelchair seating for the duration of the ceremony. Due to the venue’s space limitations, onlyoneguest may accompany the guest in the wheelchair seating area. Upon arrival at the wheelchair seating area, please check-in with staff with your ticket ready.

• *Please note, there is a limited number of wheelchair accessible seats in the Galen Center. We will do all that we can to accommodate all guest needs.

• Details are forthcoming.

• All guests will go through a metal detector to enter the Galen Center.

• Clear Bag Policy: To provide a safer environment for the public and significantly expedite guest entry into the venue, Galen Center enforces a clear bag policy that limits the size and type of bags that may be brought into the arena for all events (one clear bag no larger than 12” x 6” x 12” per person).

Step 1: Submit your Application for Graduation

• Verify that you are graduating!
  • Students can verify their graduation date by checking their STARS Report on OASIS. Graduation dates will be listed by semester – fall 2023, spring 2024, summer 2024 and fall 2024. If this information is incorrect, please contact your department advisor.

• Submit your application for graduation with your Viterbi Academic Department
• • All master's students must complete a Master's Application for Graduation online at http://myviterbi.usc.edu. This application informs department advisors that you plan to complete your degree requirements in a specified term, and prompts your advisor to complete a degree check.
  • Please note that this application or degree check is not automatically generated.

Step 2: Register to participate in your Viterbi Commencement ceremony via Marching Order

• Submit your registration to participate in your respective graduation ceremony
  • Marching Order is the online student Commencement registration platform.
  • Graduates will receive an official email from Marching Order with instructions on registering to participate in your graduation ceremony starting on January 31, 2024

• Tickets will be required for the Viterbi School of Engineering commencement ceremony. More details to come.

Out-of-Cycle students can complete the UG Out-of-Cycle Commencement Request Form 2024 or MS Out-of-Cycle Commencement Request Form 2024. Once submitted, the Viterbi Admission and Student Engagement Office (VASE) will review and provide further instructions.

Students must submit an out-of-cycle form to participate in the Viterbi Ceremonies.

• • UG Out-of-Cycle Commencement Request Form 2024
  • MS Out-of-Cycle Commencement Request Form 2024

Once the out of cycle is approved, the graduate will receive an email from our registration platform, Marching Order, to register for Commencement.

For any questions, contact viterbi.commencement@vase.usc.edu.

You can find this information and access to the letter template by following this link: https://ois.usc.edu/invitation-letter/

Students must submit an out-of-cycle form to participate in the Viterbi Ceremonies.

• • UG Out-of-Cycle Commencement Request Form 2024
  • MS Out-of-Cycle Commencement Request Form 2024

Once the out of cycle is approved, the graduate will receive an email from our registration platform, Marching Order, to register for Commencement.

Commencement registration opens on January 31st. Once registration opens the graduate can use the confirmation email for his documentation that he is participating in Commencement.

We do not generate letters of confirmation for visa purposes.

For any questions, contact viterbi.commencement@vase.usc.edu.

Visit https://usc.marchingorder.com for Marching Order technical issues and updated information.

For any questions, contact viterbi.commencement@vase.usc.edu.