Virginia Tech will host commencement ceremonies at various locations on campus starting Wednesday and running through Sunday. The university will celebrate both graduating seniors and graduate students, along with their families.

The commencement ceremonies begin Wednesday with three colleges holding events. The Graduate School’s ceremony starts at 10 a.m. ET at Cassell Coliseum. The Pamplin College of Business Ceremony One begins at 3:30 p.m. at Lane Stadium, and the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine will honor its Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Public Health graduates at 6 p.m. in the Moss Arts Center. The day’s events end with Pamplin College of Business holding its Ceremony Two at 7 p.m. in Lane Stadium.

Please note that all ceremonies at the Moss Arts Center require tickets for guests to enter. Please contact the respective colleges for more information.

The remainder of the week will include additional ceremonies for those receiving degrees. All commencement ceremonies will be held at Lane Stadium unless otherwise noted. Find the complete commencement schedule online.

On Friday, the University Commencement ceremony begins at 8:30 a.m. ET at Lane Stadium. Mehul Sanghani ’98, chief executive officer and founder of Octo, will deliver the keynote address. Sanghani, who graduated from Virginia Tech with bachelor’s degrees in industrial and systems engineering and psychology, founded his technology firm that focuses on national security at the age of 30 with encouragement from his family and others. Since its inception in 2006, the company has experienced exponential success under his leadership.

Two students will serve as the speakers at the graduate school ceremony: Mohannad Ismail, who is receiving a Ph.D. in computer engineering, and Manal Almutlaq, who is receiving a Ph.D. in architecture and design research.

Virginia Tech will honor 6,355 bachelor’s degree candidates from all colleges throughout the week. This year, 3,088 graduating Hokies completed their baccalaureate degree programs with honors, having achieved cumulative GPAs of at least 3.4 on a 4.0 scale.

Here’s a look at the number of bachelor’s degrees being awarded from each college:

  • College of Engineering: 1,895
  • Pamplin College of Business: 1,295
  • College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences: 988
  • College of Science: 981
  • College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: 549
  • College of Architecture, Arts, and Design: 311
  • College of Natural Resources and Environments: 208
  • Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (public health): 96

Note: The Bachelor of Science in public health is offered by the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.

In all, 1,586 students will be receiving graduate degrees. A total of 249 Ph.D. recipients are expected for hooding at the Blacksburg commencement and an additional 18 in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area.

Here’s a look at the number of graduate degrees being awarded:

  • Master’s degrees: 1,135
  • Ph.D.’s: 267
  • Advanced graduate certificates: 154
  • Ed.D.’s: 23
  • Education specialists: 7

The Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine plans to hand out Doctor of Veterinary Medicines to 125 recipients on Friday. The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine honored 41 graduates at its ceremony May 4.

The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets is recognizing 265 graduates from its program. Of those, 224 will be entering service in the military as commissioned officers: 102 in the U.S. Army, 65 in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps, and 57 in the U.S Air Force. In addition, 41 are Citizen-Leader Track graduates.

In addition, Virginia Tech will be hosting multiple cultural achievement ceremonies throughout the week. Those include Aliyah (a celebration of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students); American Indian and Indigenous (for Native students); APIDA (for Asian Pacific Islander Desi American students); Donning of the Kente (for those of African American heritage); First Together (for first-generation undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. candidates); Gesta Latina (for student of Hispanic or Latino descent); Disabilities Community; Lavender (for LGBTQ+ graduates), Disability Community Ceremony (for disabled students); Veterans (for student graduates who are veterans of military service), and Recovery Community (for student graduates who have overcome addictions).

Find the complete schedule for all cultural achievement ceremonies online.

For those with questions about commencement, please visit the university's commencement FAQ web page. For other information related to commencement, please visit the university's commencement site.

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