Tentative Schedule of Commencement Events
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Dean’s Reception
Student Center at Harvard Griffin GSAS, Lehman Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Thursday, May 23, 2024
6:45 a.m.–7:15 a.m. Degree Candidates Arrive at the Lawns at Richards Hall
33-35 Oxford Street (behind Perkins Hall), Cambridge, Massachusetts
~7:30 a.m. Parade and Academic Procession
Oxford Street into Tercentenary Theatre via the Old Yard
9:45 a.m. Commencement Morning Exercises Begin
Tercentenary Theatre
12:15 p.m. Commencement Morning Exercises Conclude
Tercentenary Theatre to Sanders Theatre
12:30 p.m. – ~4:00 p.m. Champagne Reception and Luncheon
33-35 Oxford Street (behind Perkins Hall), Cambridge, Massachusetts
12:30 p.m. Diploma Awarding Ceremonies
Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
4:00 p.m. PhD Hooding Ceremony for Engineering and Applied Sciences
Science and Engineering Complex, 150 Western Ave., Boston, Massachusetts
5:00 p.m. HMS-affiliated PhD Program Hooding Ceremony
Harvard Medical School
