Graduate Commencement (MS, PhD)

Every year, our CFANS community eagerly anticipates Commencement and the opportunity to congratulate and celebrate our graduates in a ceremony befitting such a momentous occasion. Our graduate students contribute to the immense diversity of research that happens across our college, and commencement is one place where we get to celebrate them.

Information for Graduates

Students are invited to participate in CFANS Graduate Commencement if they are scheduled to complete their master’s, professional, or doctoral degree from any program in the University of Minnesota College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, May Term 2022, or Summer 2022. Also, for the 2022 Commencement, students who previously graduated in academic years 2020 and 2021 will be invited to return and be recognized for their academic accomplishments at the in-person 2022 ceremony.

Information for Families and Guests

CFANS Graduate Commencement 2022 will be held on Saturday, May 7, 2022 at Ted Mann Concert Hall. The ceremony will begin at 1:00 p.m. 

Information for Families and Guests unable to attend in-person

CFANS Graduate Commencement 2022 will begin livestreaming on the ceremony page linked at 1 p.m. (CT) on Saturday, May 7, 2022. A recording of the ceremony will be available immediately to follow.