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Hooding Ceremony

Doctoral Hooding Ceremony

Celebration - Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Who: PhD graduates, mentors and their invited guest information and ticket request here. 
What: Introduction and Hooding of PhD graduates. 
Where: Leadership Hall, Medical School Teaching Facility (MSTF)
When: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 4pm

Parking:  The nearest parking garage is the Penn Street Garage at the corner of West Pratt St & Penn St, Baltimore, MD 21201.  Click here for a campus map. Photographer: An official photographer will take pictures of the graduate with the mentor(s).

Graduates and Mentors should line up in MSTF Atrium at 3:15pm, dressed in regalia. The Ceremony will take place from 4pm followed by a reception.

Mentors:  Submit introductions by May 1, 2025. Mentor instructions to come. 

 

 

MS and Certificate Ceremony

Celebration - Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 1pm

Who: Masters and Certificate Graduates. Submit ticket request here
When: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 1pm
Where: Leadership Hall, Medical School Teaching Facility (MSTF)

Graduates should arrive at 12:30pm in MSTF Atrium.  The nearest parking garage is the Penn Street Garage at the corner of West Pratt St & Penn St, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Click here for a campus map. 

During the month of March, students will receive the bill for their diploma and graduation fee. Students should contact Student Accounting (6-2930) with any questions. Diplomas will not be released to students with outstanding balances. For an additional fee, hoods can be mailed internationally. Please contact gradinfo@umaryland.edu

If you have placed a confidentiality flag on your student account, your name will not appear in any Graduation materials including the Commencement Program, Doctoral Hooding Program, List of Award Recipients, etc. To remove your Confidentiality Flag before graduation, log-in to your SURFS account and make changes by April 1, 2025.

For most recent information regarding your diploma and degree, see the Office of the Registrar: 

Graduation - Office of the Registrar (umaryland.edu)

Approximately 2 weeks after the end of the semester, your degree will be posted on your transcript. 

For more information, contact the Office of the Registrar at registrar@umaryland.edu noting your name and student identification number. 

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