commencement

Commencement Tickets

what you need to know

Graduates are given tickets during the week of Spring Grad Fest (mid March). There will be an initial allotment of tickets and extra ticket disbursement is not guaranteed. These decisions are based on current health and safety protocols, venue capacity, and number of participating graduates. All guests entering the venue, including children, need to present a ticket. This includes children or infants of any age, and any guests who graduates have made accommodation requests for.

  • Graduates are not required to have a ticket in order to enter the venue. They will need to present photo ID and must have an active application to graduate.
  • Please be attentive to the commencement ticket deadlines. If you do not receive the e-mail from Tassel please check your spam and junk folders, and then e-mail engagement@ubalt.edu for assistance if you are still unable to locate the message.
    • Note: You must have the unique message sent to you in order to access your tickets. A message forwarded from another graduate will not work.

  • Tickets will be made available to claim online via the ticketing software Tassel with a Unique E-mail Invitation between the posted time period on the main Commencement page.

    • There will be an initial allotment of tickets, and extra ticket disbursement is not guaranteed.
    • If graduates do not claim your tickets online by the posted deadline tickets are not guaranteed to be available.
    • These decisions are based on current health and safety protocols, venue capacity, and number of participating guests.
    • All guests entering the venue, including children, need to present a ticket. This includes children or infants of any age, and for any guests who graduates have made accommodation requests for.
    • Learn about invitation letters if you are inviting international guests for information on the courtesy Commencement invitation letter. Learn more about U.S. State Department information.
  • How to Claim and Print or Email Your Tassel Tickets
    • Graduates will receive a Tassel access link sent to their UBalt email account (@ubalt.edu).
    • Graduates are strongly encouraged to set up their TASSEL account as soon as possible.
    • To get started, graduates should complete the following steps:
      • CLICK: Click the Tassel link provided in the email
        • If you can’t find the email, go to https://ubalt.tassel.com/login to register. If
          that won’t work, email engagement@ubalt.edu asking for the original
          registration email to be resent.
      • PASSWORD: Create a password when prompted
      • ACCESS: After creating a password, graduates will be taken to their TASSEL
        Graduate Homepage
    • That’s it. Graduates may log out or continue exploring their account.
    • Important Note:
      • If accessing Tassel in early March (which is strongly recommended), the Graduate Homepage will display one pre-populated event tile for GradFest.
  • Other Important Notes about Tickets
    • Commencement guest tickets are free and cannot be bought or sold. Under no circumstance should an exchange of money occur for tickets. Any report of tickets being sold will be referred to the Office of Student Support as a possible conduct violation. 
    • If you need additional tickets, please check with your fellow graduating students to see if they have any spare tickets they do not plan to use. 
    • Please do not attempt to request additional tickets from the Center for Student Engagement and Inclusion outside of the ticket system.
    • All ticket disbursement will end 7 calendar days prior to the ceremony to allow the Center for Student Engagement and Inclusion to prepare for the ceremony.

  • Request Seating for Persons with Disabilities at Commencement between the posted time period on the main Commencement page.

    • Review accommodation information.
    • If you did not submit a form by the posted deadline, please instruct your guests needing accommodation to speak with the Commencement staff on site for any day of accommodations.