Registration and Tickets

Guest tickets are required for admission to commencement. Each ceremony has its own specific ticket allotment based on the estimated number of graduating students and the capacity of the venue. Graduating students will be able to reserve tickets for their guests to attend the upcoming Winter Commencement beginning on Thursday, October 9, 2025. Ticket allotment information for the upcoming Winter Commencement will be announced approximately a week prior to the ticketing process beginning. We encourage our graduating students to continue to check their university email account regularly.

Guest tickets and graduate Stage Passes will be distributed to graduating student's university email account the Tuesday prior to the ceremony.* Children under the age of 2 who will sit on the lap of an adult during the entire ceremony do not require a ticket. All other guests will need a ticket to attend the ceremony.

*Tickets are not guaranteed, and the event is subject to change.

The university may be able to offer additional guest tickets through a waitlist process. When registering on the Tassel website, graduating students will be able to indicate if they would like to be considered for additional guest tickets, if more become available. The university does not guarantee additional tickets will become available. The waitlist opportunity depends on the number of guests and graduating student tickets reserved. If additional tickets are released to those on the waitlist, this will not take place until a few weeks prior to the ceremony. We do not accept email requests for additional tickets.

Once the registration process begins in Tassel, if you need to change or cancel your registration or any of your guest tickets, please log on to the Tassel website to edit your registration form. If you have any trouble or you are cancelling after the registration deadline has passed, please email commencement@umassglobal.edu.