UC Santa Barbara Commencement 2013

Chancellor Yang addresses the commencement audience. View of the graduating class seated at commencemenet. Three graduating men give the 'hang loose' sign. A graduate poses for a photo with his family. Looking down on the commencement ceremony from high above.

UC Santa Barbara is in the midst of planning Class of 2013 commencement! Complete details on the June commencement ceremonies will be posted on this page as they become available.

For a full list of the 2013 Commencement schedule please click here.

Registering for Commencement 2013

  • Commencement PASS 1
    February 25, 2013 - April 15, 2013
    Seniors with at least 164 units completed or in progress during the winter 2013 quarter are eligible to make a reservation for a spring 2013 Commencement ceremony using GOLD. During PASS I, seniors can make a reservation only for the ceremony to which their major is assigned for this pass.
  • Commencement PASS 2
    April 22, 2013 - May 24, 2013
    Seniors with at least 164 units completed or in progress during the spring 2013 quarter are eligible to make a reservation for a spring 2013 Commencement ceremony using GOLD. (During PASS 2, eligible undergraduate students can reserve any open and available ceremony, regardless of major.)
  • Declaring Candidacy
    Declaring candidacy to receive an official degree and making a commencement reservation require two separate actions on GOLD.

Commencement Reservations for Graduate Students
Doctoral and master's students
must register by Friday, May 3, 2013. For more information about Graduate Division Commencement please refer to http://graddiv.ucsb.edu/commencement.

If you have questions regarding Commencement, contact the Public Events Office
at 805-893-2117 or email commencement@ia.ucsb.edu.

This event will be photographed or recorded.