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UT Tyler Commencement

UT Tyler Commencement

The University of Texas at Tyler Graduation

UT Tyler will stream the commencement ceremonies live from the UT Tyler home page. Bookmark this page for live feed.

Live feed will begin approximately 5 minutes before ceremony.

Commencement Live Stream

Commencement Live Stream with Closed Captioning

Spring 2013 Commencement

Friday, May 10, 2013

3 p.m. - College of Nursing and Health Sciences
6 p.m. - College of Arts and Sciences

Saturday, May 11, 2013
10 a.m. - College of Business and Technology
1 p.m. - College of Education and Psychology AND College of Engineering and Computer Science


Summer Commencement

Students who graduate with their degrees in August are eligible to participate in the fall commencement ceremony in December. All August graduates are listed in the commencement program for the fall ceremonies. Early participation in the spring commencement ceremonies is not available as an option for summer graduates.

Additional Information

To better accommodate graduates and their families, we've enhanced our commencement procedures to include ticketed seating, additional viewing locations and online streaming of the ceremonies.

  • Tickets are required for admission.
  • Number of tickets issued depends upon the number of graduates for each college.
  • Wheelchair spaces are available.
  • No replacement tickets will be issued for lost, stolen or destroyed tickets.
  • Online streaming will be available during the graduation ceremonies on the UT Tyler website

Additional Viewing Locations
Additional seating will be available in FAC 1009 for guests to view the live ceremony via video broadcasting. Tickets will not be required for these locations and seating will be first-come, first-served.

The doors to the Cowan Center will open one hour prior to the start of the ceremony.  Candidates for graduation should arrive 30 minutes prior to the start of the commencement ceremony.  If you wish to have a commencement photo made, arrive one hour prior to the ceremony.  Delk Photography will be available to take photos.  You may sit for photos and purchase proofs, but are not obligated to order.  A photo is taken of each candidate as they cross the stage.  Purchase is not necessary.  To view, proof and purchase the photo, contact the photographer at www.delkphoto.com

For more information, contact the UT Tyler Registrar's Office or the Enrollment Services Center at 903.566.7180.

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  • More Graduation Information

    Information about applying for graduation, diploma's, honors and more can be found on the Registrar Graduation site.

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