2025 Commencement Weekend at Duke Chapel

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2025!

As part of commencement weekend, the following services and ceremonies will be held in Duke Chapel; also see below for ceremonies elsewhere on campus that are hosted by Religious Life groups. Click the links below for event information and the livestream, when available.

FRIDAY, MAY 9

9:00 a.m.—Combined Air Force and Navy ROTC Commissioning Ceremony (watch the livestream)

1:00 p.m.— University Baccalaureate (watch the livestream)

4:00 p.m.— University Baccalaureate (watch the livestream)

7:00 p.m.—Hippocratic Oath Ceremony (watch the livestream)

SATURDAY, MAY 10

10:00 a.m.—PhD Hooding Ceremony for Humanities and Social Sciences (watch the livestream)

1:30 p.m.—PhD Hooding Ceremony for Biomedical Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Engineering (watch the livestream)

6:30 p.m.—Divinity Baccalaureate Service and Hooding Ceremony (watch the livestream)

SUNDAY, MAY 11

12-noon—Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Diploma Ceremony (watch the livestream)

Religious Life Baccalaureate Services

• Hindu Baccalaureate Service—Thursday, May 8, at 6:00 p.m. in Room 0016 of the Westbrook Building of Duke Divinity School
   
• Jewish Baccalaureate Ceremony—Friday, May 9, at 4:00 p.m. in the Freeman Center for Jewish Life
   
• Baccalaureate Catholic Mass—Saturday, May 10, at 4:30 p.m. in Baldwin Auditorium