Graduation & Commencement
Graduation is an exciting time at AUM! The Registrar’s Office is here to ensure that students have a positive and memorable graduation experience.
Application Deadlines:
Students nearing completion of their degree requirements should apply for graduation when registering for their final semester. Dates for all graduation application submission can also be found on the Academic Calendar.
10/13/2025 – 01/26/2026
02/24/2026 – 06/15/2026
02/24/2026 – 08/31/2026
Graduation Application Process
- Meet with your advisor and confirm that you are on track to graduate at the end of the term.
- Complete the online Graduation Application through MyAUM account by the deadline to apply for the current semester. A confirmation page will be displayed showing your application has been accepted. It is highly recommended that you print this page for your own records.
- Pay the non-refundable graduation fee ($85 for undergraduates and $98 for graduate students). This fee will be posted to your student account.
- All relevant information concerning graduation will be sent to you by email. Please be sure to frequently check your AUM email. All graduation communication will go through AUM email addresses only.
Planning for the Big Day
Graduation is the completion of all graduation requirements and official posting of a student’s degree to his/her academic record. Commencement is the ceremony in which students who are eligible to graduate participate. Although AUM has three graduation awarding dates per year (May, August, and December), there are only two commencement ceremonies (May and December).
While degrees are awarded three times during the year (May, August, and December), there are only two formal commencement ceremonies (May and December). The December commencement program includes those students who had graduated during the previous August as well as those students finishing their program in December.
Graduates order regalia (caps and gowns) at https://gradsupply.com/aum/ . All regalia questions should go to the AUM Bookstore at [email protected] and 334-244-3578.
University regulations require that all degree candidates be enrolled during the term of graduation. If a student fails to graduate in the term for which application is made, the applicant must reapply in a subsequent term. (The graduation fee will not be assessed for reapplication.)
To re-apply, please contact [email protected].
Diplomas will be mailed to graduates approximately three weeks after commencement to the address provided on the graduation application. Graduates may email [email protected] to confirm or change the mailing address. The company that produces the diplomas will send an email to the graduate’s AUM email address when the diploma has been sent via UPS. Digital diplomas are only available to AUM graduates of Spring 2024 or later.
The non-refundable graduation fee ($85 for undergraduates and $98 for graduate students) will be posted to your student account. You will be notified by email when the fee has been assessed to your account.
If a graduate has a disability and requires assistance, contact the Registrar’s Office by October 31, 2025 at 334-244-3125 or email [email protected]. While there will not be any preceding seating reservations, there will be staff to assist with guest seating and wheelchair access seating.
If you qualify, academic honor cords and/or military honor cords will be distributed during the pre-ceremony. (Please contact the specific organizations for honorary scholastic cords. If you are receiving a cord from another organization, pick it up from the sponsor in advance of commencement.)
Graduates will check in at 221 Taylor Center at 8:30 A.M. for the morning ceremony and at 12:30 P.M. for the afternoon ceremony.
Candidates are encouraged to wear black clothing under the gown. Comfortable black dress shoes are recommended since you will be doing a lot of walking. The tassel on your mortar board hangs on the right of the cap as you enter the ceremony. During the ceremony when the degrees are conferred, you will move it to the left.
Before 9:40 A.M. for the morning ceremony and before 1:40 P.M. for the afternoon ceremony.
Due to a larger than normal graduating class, we recommend inviting 8 guests. Guests do not need tickets.
You may order invitations from any vendor of your choosing.
Making a class gift is a way to commemorate your graduation and the first step to starting your legacy of alumni involvement. Graduating students who give at least $20.XX (class of 20XX) will receive a commemorative medallion to wear at Commencement.
For more information, please contact the Alumni Association at [email protected] or 334-244-3369.
Contact [email protected] or the Registrar’s Office at (334) 244-3125.
Complete the Request for Replacement Diploma (also located on the Registrar’s page of the AUM website) along with $35 and mail to:
Auburn University at Montgomery
Registrar’s Office
114 Taylor Center
P O Box 244023
Montgomery, AL 36124-4023
The Grad Team is pleased to be the official graduation photographer for your ceremony. The Grad Team will take pictures of every graduate on the stage. There is NO FEE for this service and NO OBLIGATION TO ORDER. Free proofs will be sent by mail and email about a week after the ceremony.
You may contact The Grad Team at https://thegradteam.com/.
Answer: If you need to delay participating in commencement to a later semester, you can request this by emailing [email protected]. You do not have to be enrolled at AUM the semester that you walk at commencement (You do have to be enrolled at AUM during the semester that you graduate and your degree is awarded.).
