2023 Commencement Dates & Times

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences - Saturday, May 20 10am Rice University Shepherd School of Music

McGovern Medical School - Friday, April 28 12 noon NRG Arena

School of Biomedical Informatics

Cizik School of Nursing - Thursday, May 11 11am Smart Financial Center

School of Public Health

School of Dentistry

Orders must be received before April 1 to avoid a $25 late fee and individual shipping costs. All rental regalia will be distributed on a hanger pressed and ready to wear at the commencement site just prior to the ceremony. All rental gowns, hoods and tams must be returned immediately after your ceremony at the commencement site. If you rented a tam you must return the velcro attached tassel. Do not keep the tassel!

*During checkout, you will fill in "ship to" information which can be indicated by your commencement site location. No regalia will be shipped to you - all orders will be distributed and picked up at your commencement site just prior to the ceremony. If you place an announcement order please be certain to include an actual physical address in "ship to" for UPS delivery of your order.

For "Date order needed" - please specify May 1 at checkout.

The "FREESHIP" promotion is not available on these orders. Any combined orders must include all names of graduates with their corresponding sizes in the comments section of the checkout so that all regalia can be properly labeled and all students accounted for.

FREE SHIPPING IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO DDS STUDENT ORDERS - NO OTHER ORDERS! If you chose free shipping and you are not a DDS student you will receive a PayPal invoice for the appropriate shipping & handling fee which must be paid for your order to be processed!

Order by March 31 to avoid a $25 late fee THAT WILL BE ADDED TO the individual shipping costs.

No refunds after the March 31 order deadline.