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Class of 2025

MBA and PhD Convocation


Ceremony Information

The Stern MBA and PhD Convocation ceremony for the Class of 2025 will be held on Friday, May 16, 2025, from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm (approximately), at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, located on Seventh Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets in New York City. Formal electronic invitations will be sent mid-March.

Important Note: September 2024, January 2025, May 2025, and August 2025 candidates from the following degree programs are eligible to walk at Stern's MBA and PhD Convocation ceremony:

  • Andre Koo Tech MBA
  • MBA Business: Luxury & Retail
  • Langone Part-time MBA
  • Two-year Full-time MBA
  • JD / MBA
  • MD / MBA
  • MBA / MFA
  • MBA / MPA
  • MS in Biology / MBA
  • MS in Mathematics in Finance / MBA
  • Dual MBA with HEC School of Management
  • DDS / MBA
  • PhD

*Tentative Schedule*

Friday, May 16, 2025

2:15pm: Graduating students arrive at The Theater at Madison Square Garden dressed in academic attire for special instructions.

2:45pm: Theater doors open and guests are seated.

3:30pm: Ceremony begins. Tassels are placed on graduates’ left side of cap and moved to the right after degree is conferred.

6:30pm (approximate): Ceremony concludes.