Spring Commencement

The 2025 Spring Commencement will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 10 at Kenan Stadium.

Mia Hamm '94, a world-renowned soccer player, will deliver the commencement address. The two-time Olympic gold medalist helped lead the Tar Heels to NCAA championships in 1989, 1990, 1992 and 1993. Read more about Hamm.

More details about the ceremony will be announced at a later date.

2024 Spring Commencement

Celebrating the Class of 2024

The Class of 2024 excelled in the classroom, served their community, conducted research, won national championships and made memories that will last a lifetime.

After years of hard work, late nights and a lot of determination in the face of a pandemic, they’ve made lasting impacts at Carolina and left their heelprints on campus.

  • UNC-Chapel Hill graduates celebrating at the end of Spring Commencement as fireworks go off at Kenan Stadium at nighttime.

    Interim Chancellor Lee H. Roberts presided over the May 11 ceremony at Kenan Stadium that celebrated the roughly 4,265 undergraduates, 1,530 master’s degree students and 884 doctoral students.

    Carolina celebrates the Class of 2024 under the lights
  • Two graduates taking a selfie before the start of UNC-Chapel Hill's Spring Commencement.

    Get to know our Class of 2024 and learn more about their paths to Commencement and how they excelled at Carolina.

    Meet the graduates
  • Group of students posing for a photo at the Carolina Latinx Center's Exitos celebration.

    Ahead of Carolina's Spring Commencement Saturday evening, our graduating students celebrated their years of hard work and diligence at graduations across campus.

    Graduates celebrate their achievements