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Join us for FIT's 81st Commencement!  

Important!

• If you plan to attend one or more of the undergraduate ceremonies as a member of the platform party, you are required to wear regalia and reserve your seat on stage.  
• If you plan to attend one or more of the undergraduate ceremonies and not participate as a platform party member, you are required to reserve your seat in the FIT faculty audience seating area.
• You must reserve a seat in advance; venue personnel, not FIT staff, are responsible for check-in.

FIT will hold its 81st commencement exercises at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 19 and 20, 2026. There will be six ceremonies grouped by school and program majors, which means that the graduates will attend the ceremony that corresponds with their program. 

Tuesday, May 19

• Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology

Wednesday, May 20

• School of Art and Design
• School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

You may attend one or more ceremonies as a member of the platform party or the audience. Please refer to the Undergraduate Ceremony Schedules page on the commencement website to see when your students will be in attendance.

Reserve your seat(s) for Undergraduate Commencement

More details

Be sure to visit the faculty and administrator page for the Undergraduate Ceremonies on the commencement website for the most up-to-date information, including ceremony schedule breakdowns, regalia purchase/rental links, FAQs, and more. 

Questions? Contact Jackie Espaillat-Guerrero at jacqueline_espaillat@fitnyc.edu.

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We are pleased to announce the dates for the 2026 master’s degree commencement and hooding ceremony and undergraduate commencement ceremonies next spring.

The School of Graduate Studies will hold its conferral of degrees exercises for the master’s degree candidates on Monday, May 18, 2026, at 6 pm in the Morris W. and Fannie B. Haft Theater at FIT.

FIT will hold six undergraduate ceremonies at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 19 and 20, 2026.

Tuesday, May 19

• Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology

Wednesday, May 20

• School of Art and Design
• School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The Commencement 2026 website can be found at fitnyc.edu/commencement and is the source for the most up-to-date information concerning the times and breakout of the ceremonies, celebrations, and platform party instructions and FAQs.

Reminders of important deadlines will also be sent to you throughout the spring semester. 

We hope you have a productive rest of the fall semester.

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