Commencement Ceremony

Students who are eligible to participate in commencement ceremonies will need to complete the registration process within 45 days prior to the ceremony date.

Students may order regalia and announcements from the University’s third-party vendors. The third-party vendor’s website and contact information are published on https://www.nu.edu/national-university-2024-commencement.

Students who have not yet completed degree requirements are eligible to participate in commencement ceremonies when they meet the requirements outlined below.

• Associate degree students must be within 3 courses of program completion
• Bachelor degree students must be within 3 courses of program completion
• Master degree students must be within 3 courses of program completion
• Doctoral students must have passed their dissertation defense or completed their applied doctoral project 45 calendar days prior to the commencement ceremony.
• Juris Doctor students must be in their last term or within 12 semester credits of program completion 45 calendar days prior to the commencement ceremony event date.

Note: Students who attend commencement ceremonies prior to completing their degree requirements are not guaranteed degree conferral. Academic standards must be met in order for a degree to be awarded. Students may fail to meet these standards after attending commencement ceremonies.