2025 Convocation

The Bloomberg School of Public Health holds its convocation ceremony every year in May. All Academic Year (August, December and May) graduates will be invited to participate. The 2025 ceremony will be held on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 9am at Homewood Field on the Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus.

Students who are expecting to graduate in Spring 2025 and who missed the February 21, 2025 deadline should open a SEAM case as soon as possible to request to be added. Once added, students will have access to the application via SIS Self Service (Registration -> Program of Study Information) to review their name selection and diploma address. Students are encouraged to review this information as soon as possible.

Ceremony invitations went out on March 5. All August and December 2024 graduates as well as expected May 2025 graduates were invited. If you did not receive the invitations, you should review your Commencement Email which is accessible through the Graduation Application in SIS Self Service (Registration -> Program of Study Info). 

Invitations will be sent weekly. If you changed your address or were recently added to the graduation list, your invitations will go out in the subsequent batch. Emails will be sent until the April 18 deadline.

Graduates and expected graduates will receive two separate invitations - one for the School Convocation ceremony on May 21 and one for the University Commencement ceremony on May 22. Please RSVP to both even if you do not plan to attend.

The regalia ordering site is open now. Participating graduates will have until April 4th to order regalia online.

Special note to Summer 2024 Graduates - your access to SIS Self Service and your JHU email will expire when your JHED account is inactivated (6 months after conferral) . Please update your Commencement Email before your JHED account is inactivated.

Yes, graduates are required to wear appropriate regalia in order to participate in the school-specific and Universitywide Commencement ceremonies. You can order regalia online.

The deadline to order regalia is April 4, 2025.

Graduates in the MPH/MBA program can purchase regalia from either the Carey or the Public Health order sites. They should purchase both the MBA and MPH hoods. Each school's site has an accessory option to select the appropriate hood for the 2nd degree.

Graduates in the DNP/MPH program can wear their their doctoral regalia to both ceremonies.  The doctoral regalia should be ordered through the Nursing order site. They should also purchase the MPH hood to wear for the Bloomberg School Ceremony. They should contact the JHU Barnes and Nobel to order the MPH hood. If they are only attending the Bloomberg School ceremony,  and want a less expensive option, they can order the MPH master's set through the Public Health order site.

Note to dual degree graduates earning both a doctoral and a master's degree from the Bloomberg School: you will participate as a doctoral student and should order the doctoral rental from the Public Health order site.

The University Commencement ceremony and the Bloomberg School's Convocation ceremony are separate events, for which candidates will receive separate invitations.

All academic year graduates across all university divisions  are invited to the University Commencement ceremony. At the University ceremony, undergraduates and doctoral graduates will walk across the stage. Master's graduates are recognized in groups by division.

Only School of Public Health candidates are invited to the Bloomberg School Convocation ceremony. All graduates walk across the stage at the School's ceremony.

Tickets are not required for family and guests of graduates to attend the ceremonies. There is no limit to the number of guests graduates can invite.

Graduates can obtain a Consulate Letter of Invitation by opening a SEAM case under the Records and Registration -> Inquire or apply for graduation topic area. Please include the names and relationship of each invitee in your request.

Diplomas are not distributed at the ceremonies - all diplomas are mailed directly from the vendor and will be mailed to the Diploma Address listed in SIS Self Service under Personal Info -> Summary. Graduates should verify their Diploma Address is correct no later than the last day of the term prior to conferral to ensure the vendor receives the desired information.

Orders are placed about two weeks after the conferral date. Diplomas shipped to domestic addresses take 6-8 weeks to arrive and  8-12 weeks for international addresses. Graduates will receive an email from the vendor when their diploma has been mailed. 

Students with running balances or financial holds will have their diplomas held with the vendor. Students should submit a case to SEAM once the balance is paid and/or hold is lifted to request the release of their diploma. 

***The vendor uses USPS to mail diplomas to students. Based on our experience, delivery to international addresses is extremely unreliable. We will therefore request that paper diplomas bound for international destinations be shipped to our office. These diplomas will then be sent out via FedEx.

Depending on when confirmation of completion is received, certificate diplomas will post to the transcript between one and four weeks after the conferral date. Certificate diplomas are ordered after the conferral notations have been posted to student transcripts. Certificate diplomas  shipped to domestic addresses take 6-8 weeks to arrive and  8-12 weeks for international addresses. Graduates will receive an email from the vendor when their certificate diploma has been mailed. 

Students with running balances or financial holds will have their certificate diploma held with the vendor. Students should submit a case to SEAM once the balance is paid and/or hold is lifted to request the release of their certificate diploma.  

No. The School and University-wide graduation ceremonies are held once a year in May. August and December graduates will be invited to participate in the next May's ceremonies.

Degrees have been posted to the transcripts of December 2024 graduates.  Graduates can find official transcript ordering information here. 

Unofficial student copy transcripts can be downloaded via SIS Self Service under Registration -> MyGrades

If you make no other selection,  your diploma name will default to Legal Name on your SIS record. If you added a Chosen Name to your student record via the the my.jhu portal, you may elect to have that name appear on your diploma. You can see both names in SIS Self Service under the Personal Info menu.

You can select either your Legal or Chosen Name to appear on your diploma via the graduation application in SIS Self Service under Registration -> Program of Study Info.

Updates to your legal name can be made by logging into SIS Self Service. Under Personal Info -> Summary, you will see a link to the Identify Management form at the top of the page. Click and follow the instructions to submit the proper documentation to update your legal name.

Updates to your chosen name can be made by logging into the my.jhu portal and follow these directions.

Both updates may take a few days to appear on your record.

Captions will be available on the livestream of the ceremony. An ASL interpreter will be located in front of the accessible seating area.

Any graduate or guest requesting ASL should contact the Commencement Office, commencement@jhu.edu, by April 18.

In all situations, a good faith effort (up until the time of the event) will be made to provide accommodations.

Wheelchairs are not available at Homewood Field. For more information or to arrange a wheelchair rental for the event, please call Northern Pharmacy & Medical Equipment at (410) 254-2055.

A limited number of large-print copies of the Convocation program will be available at the accessible seating area. The program will also be posted to this site in PDF format which can be enlarged.

The ceremony will have a designated seating area for persons needing ADA seating. Seating is available for the individual with the disability and one companion on a first-come, first-served basis.

Yes, the ceremony will be live streamed. The link to the live stream will be available on this page on the day of the ceremony.