Doors will open for students and guests at 2:15 p.m.  Students and guests are asked to be in their seats by 3:15 p.m.

Parking at Michigan Ross

The gates to all structures on Central Campus will open on Friday and remain open throughout commencement weekend. Parking enforcement in these structures will be suspended until the end of enforcement hours on Sunday.

Thursday, May 1: U-M parking structures at Fletcher, Hill, and Thayer streets and Palmer Drive will be open at 9 a.m. for commencement guests.

Friday, May 2 – Sunday, May 4: All U-M parking lots and structures will be open to the public beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday through Sunday.

Note: Parking structures in the campus core areas fill to capacity each business day. It is highly recommended that guests pay to park in nearby city structures located on Maynard Street, Washington Street, William Street, and Library Lane.

Guests are encouraged to find parking early, as parking around Crisler Center is limited. Parking enforcement within U-M lots on the Stephen M. Ross Athletic Campus will be suspended on Friday. Ross commencement guests are welcome to park in any available, unrestricted parking space around Crisler Center (blue, orange, and yellow lots). 

Limited first-come, first-served parking is also available at Pioneer High School located at the corner of Main Street and Stadium Boulevard (southwest of Michigan Stadium). 

For graduates

Any graduates requiring ADA accommodations for themselves should contact [email protected].

For Guests

To ensure that all graduates and guests can participate fully in this celebration, Crisler Center Event Team members will be posted at the northeast and southwest entrances of Crisler Center to assist those with limited mobility and direct to accessible seating areas. These guests are encouraged to be dropped off at the northeast (main) entrance of Crisler Center.

A limited number of handicapped parking spaces are available at Crisler Center. Handicapped parking spaces cannot be reserved. Guests are encouraged to arrive early, as parking is first-come, first-served.

If you have any specific ADA guest requests, please email [email protected].

Seating is available around the lower bowl of Crisler Center. Event Team members will usher those requiring wheelchair seating to the appropriate areas. Crisler Center has a very limited number of wheelchairs available for use. Please keep in mind if a guest needs to use a Criser Center wheelchair, they will only be escorted from the entrance to their seat. The wheelchair will then be removed in order to assist other guests. We highly recommend renting a wheelchair from an outside vendor in order to ensure guests will have a wheelchair to use.

Wheelchairs for use on commencement day can be rented at the below locations. We recommend calling as early as possible to reserve a wheelchair.

Advanced Medical Solutions
5333 McAuley Drive #1106
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
734-528-2522
 

Mitchell Home Care
2770 Carpenter Road #100
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
734-477-0202
 

All graduates must wear academic attire, which this can be ordered online at herff.ly/umross.

Academic attire may also be purchased at Ann Arbor locations.

The caps and gowns for the Ross commencement are the same as for the university-wide commencement.

Honor cords may be purchased through our academic attire vendor, but please advised that final honors calculations are not computed until all grades are submitted (after commencement).

This means that students who wish to purchase honor cords are doing so based on their own unofficial calculations, and wearing these honor cords does not carry any official recognition.

Ann Arbor stores

Barnes & Noble at the Michigan Union: Undergraduate and graduate attire and commemorative tassels in stock. Attire may also be purchased online. 

Michiganensian Yearbook: Undergraduate attire and commemorative items in stock. Additional items are available online. 

Online

Herff Jones’ website: Undergraduate and graduate attire, as well as announcements, can be ordered online and shipped directly to your home.

A full list of all commencement-related events for the various program teams will be posted to the overview page. 

Please visit the U-M Commencement website to see the full calendar of the University of Michigan commencement ceremonies for all colleges/schools.

All graduates and candidates of the winter term 2025, spring/summer term 2025, or fall term 2024 (those who did not participate in the April 2024 ceremony) may participate. 

If you are unsure of your eligibility to participate in spring commencement, please contact the Ross Registrar's Office at 734-647-4933 or [email protected].

No. Neither commencement ceremony is required for graduates to attend. You may also choose to attend one and not the other or both ceremonies if you would like. The Ross commencement ceremony will only be open to Ross graduating students, and the U-M commencement ceremony includes graduates from all colleges/schools of the University of Michigan. Please keep in mind that while tickets are not required for the Ross commencement, tickets are required for the U-M commencement ceremonies.

Diplomas for Ross graduates will be mailed between July and early August  2025.

Tentatively scheduled for Friday, May 1, 2026.

Yes. Commencement will be live-streamed in Robertson Auditorium, adjacent to the Winter Garden in the main Ross building. Doors to Robertson will open at 3 p.m.