Commencement 2026

Viterbi students who graduate in Fall 2025, Spring 2026 and Summer 2026 are invited to participate in the 2026 Viterbi Commencement Ceremony.

Graduates can check their STARS Report for their grad terms and update them through My USC OASIS.  For questions related to the grad term, please get in touch with your department academic advisor. 

Starting in mid-February, Viterbi students with grad terms of Fall 2025, Spring 2026 and Summer 2026 will receive an email from our Viterbi commencement registration platform Tassel (formally known as Marching Order). Students are required to register on Tassel to participate in the Viterbi ceremony. Registration closes on March 31, 2026.

Graduates must be dressed in regalia (cap and gown) to participate in the ceremony.

All graduates will go through a metal detector to enter the Galen Center.  The following items are prohibited: bags, backpacks, airhorns, and balloons. 

Students have the option to purchase or rent their cap and gown (regalia), please visit the USC Bookstore website for more information.

Rent Regalia. Students who rent regalia may keep the cap and tassel. The gown and hood should be returned immediately following the ceremony at the drop location near the ceremony or at the USC Bookstore.

Purchase Regalia

Special instructions for master’s degree and doctoral students: please be very clear when you inform the staff what degree you are earning, to make sure you get the right color trim on your hood.  Please see below and review the color key for regalia for additional details.

Grad Packs are a convenient one stop shop of the most popular graduation items.  To learn more about Grad Packs, please visit USC Grad Packs.  

Eligible Viterbi  undergraduate graduates will receive honor cords from the Viterbi School of Engineering in April. Details for pick up sent directly to the graduate. Please note: it is university policy that honor cords are for undergraduate graduates only.

A minimum overall grade point average of 3.5 for cum laude, 3.7 for magna cum laude, and 3.9 for summa cum laude is required for honors cords. Graduates must meet these averages for both residence work attempted, and combined transferred and residence work attempted. Note that the grade point average calculation is truncated, not rounded. University honors are noted on academic transcripts and the diploma.

For information on how to order USC custom graduate announcements, class rings, and diploma frames, please visit the USC Bookstore.

Stoles, or sashes, are optional purchases and can be ordered with the USC logo or embroidered university seal, and can be customized with fraternity/sorority crests, graduation year, or other commemorative marks. Stoles can be purchased at the USC Bookstore or online.  

Typically, your @usc.edu student account will be disabled six (6) months after your conferred degree date. For additional information and assistance, please contact the USC ITS department via email or call (213) 740-5555.