Commencement and Graduation

2025 Integrative Biology Commencement Ceremony

Date: Wednesday, May 21, 7:00 pm

Location: Zellerbach Auditorium
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kelly Haston, IB alumna class of 2002
Undergraduate Student Speaker: TBA
Tickets: $15/tickets are available for purchase from Cal Performances, either from the box office or online. Student participants who fill out our commencement registration form by April 25 will be eligible for two free guest tickets.
 
Students graduating Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Summer 2025, and Fall 2025 are eligible to participate. Students may only participate in one IB ceremony and participating in commencement does not mean requirements have been verified (see below for more information on Commencement vs Graduation).
 

Timeline:

  • April 10 – IB commencement registration opens. Emails will be sent to all eligible students with information to register. Please fill out both the general commencement and IB specific registrations.
  • April 25 – Deadline to register for commencement. 
  • May 17: General Commencement
  • IB Commencement: Wednesday, May 21, 7:00pm

We will send updates regarding Commencement through the graduates' Berkeley email. So please make sure you are checking your email for important announcements and updates. If you're not getting our commencement emails, request to join the list (must be logged in to CalNet).

Additional Commencement Information

Campus-wide Commencement vs. IB Commencement
The campus-wide commencement ceremony (also known as General Commencement) and the IB commencement ceremony are two different events. General Commencement celebrates all majors who are graduating at UCB and the IB commencement ceremony is restricted to IB undergraduate and graduate students only. Students interested in participating in the campus-wide commencement should visit the commencement website. The information on this page pertains only to our departmental ceremony.

Commencement vs. Graduation
Commencement and graduation are two separate things. Commencement is a ceremony, a celebration for you and your family of the completion (or near completion!) of your college years. Participating in commencement does not mean that you have graduated. Graduation is the process by which you receive a degree from Berkeley. Students need to be on the degree list for the term in which all requirements for graduation will be completed. See Graduation and Transcripts and Diplomas for more information. 

Diplomas
Diplomas will be sent to all graduating seniors at no charge. Diplomas are mailed four months after graduation to the diploma mailing address in Cal Central. Make sure to check and update this address prior to graduation.