WEST LAFAYETTE — More than 10,000 Purdue University graduates will take their next giant leap during nine spring commencement ceremonies, May 14-16, at Elliott Hall of Music. This marks the second consecutive year the university has surpassed 10,000 graduates during spring commencement. Purdue also conducts a winter commencement.
The Class of 2026 in spring, the largest to date for Purdue’s main campus (West Lafayette, Indianapolis, and online), includes 7,748 undergraduates, 2,296 graduate students, 268 students from professional programs, and 90 students from Purdue Polytechnic Institute’s statewide programs.
Commencement division dates and times
All associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees will be conferred during their respective college’s ceremony. All PhD and professional doctoral degrees will be conferred during the Division VII ceremony. Here is a list of dates and times:
- Division I: Thursday, May 14, 9:30 a.m.
- College of Education
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- School of Mechanical Engineering
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
- Engineering Administration
- Division II: Thursday, May 14, 2:30 p.m.
- Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering
- Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- School of Engineering Education, including interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary education
- School of Sustainability Engineering and Environmental Engineering
- School of Nuclear Engineering
- Division III: Thursday, May 14, 7 p.m.
- College of Science, all majors except the Department of Computer Science
- School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Division IV: Friday, May 15, 9:30 a.m.
- College of Agriculture, including the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
- School of Materials Engineering
- Division V: Friday, May 15, 2:30 p.m.
- College of Science, Department of Computer Science only
- College of Liberal Arts
- Division VI: Friday, May 15, 7 p.m.
- Purdue Polytechnic Institute
- Division VII: Saturday, May 16, 9:30 a.m. Includes all PhD and professional doctoral degrees.
- Doctor of Audiology
- Doctor of Nursing Practice
- Doctor of Pharmacy
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctor of Technology
- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
- Division VIII: Saturday, May 16, 2:30 p.m.
- College of Health and Human Sciences
- Joint and special programs
- Division IX: Saturday, May 16, 7 p.m.
- Mitch Daniels School of Business
- College of Pharmacy
Admission tickets required
The doors to Elliott Hall will open 90 minutes before each ceremony, and tickets are required for entry. Each graduation candidate may request up to four tickets. Only clear bags or small clutch bags are permitted in Elliott Hall, and all bags will be checked. The ceremonies will be livestreamed from the Purdue News YouTube channel and linked on the Purdue commencement website before each ceremony begins.
Student responders
- Tanmaee Ledalla of Hyderabad, India, who is to receive a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the College of Engineering, will be the student responder in the Thursday morning (Division I) ceremony.
- Evelyn McCarthy of Columbus, Ohio, who is to receive a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the College of Engineering, will be the student responder in the Thursday afternoon (Division II) ceremony.
- Nehemiah Boyd of Indianapolis, who is to receive a Bachelor of Science in neurobiology and physiology from the College of Science, will be the student responder in the Thursday evening (Division III) ceremony.
- Lucas Lyons of Portland, Indiana, who is to receive a Bachelor of Science in agricultural education from the College of Agriculture, will be the student responder in the Friday morning (Division IV) ceremony.
- Raja Ali of Indianapolis, who is to receive a Bachelor of Science in computer science from the College of Science, will be the student responder in the Friday afternoon (Division V) ceremony.
- Harrison Kane of New Albany, Indiana, who is to receive a Bachelor of Science in professional flight technology from Purdue Polytechnic Institute, will be the student responder in the Friday evening (Division VI) ceremony.
- Isabella Tobin of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, who is to receive a Doctor of Pharmacy from the College of Pharmacy, will be the student responder in the Saturday morning (Division VII) ceremony.
- Cord Billings of Lafayette, who is to receive a Bachelor of Science in human services from the College of Health and Human Sciences, will be the student responder in the Saturday afternoon (Division VIII) ceremony.
- Filippa Rodriguez, who has resided in both Italy and Colombia and is to receive a Bachelor of Science in business analytics and information management, will be the student responder in the Saturday evening (Division IX) ceremony.
About Purdue University
Purdue University is a public research university leading with excellence at scale. Ranked among the top 10 public universities in the United States, Purdue discovers, disseminates, and deploys knowledge with a quality and at a scale second to none. More than 106,000 students study at Purdue across multiple campuses, locations, and modalities, including more than 57,000 at our main campus locations in West Lafayette and Indianapolis. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue’s main campus has frozen tuition for 14 years in a row. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap — including its integrated, comprehensive Indianapolis urban expansion; the Mitch Daniels School of Business; Purdue Computes; and the One Health initiative — at https://www.purdue.edu/president/strategic-initiatives.
