Skip to content. Skip to main navigation.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Departments

Future Students

More Information

UT ARLINGTON

Resources

Parent/Visitor Information

DOORS FOR GUESTS WILL OPEN 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE CEREMONY
  • Graduates and their family and guests must arrive as scheduled to attend the commencement ceremony.
  • To allow for parking, the walk or shuttle ride to College Park Center (CPC) and ticket collection, it is strongly recommended that guests arrive 60 minutes prior to THE College of Engineering ceremony.  The UTA Police Department recommends that families and friends carpool as much as possible to the ceremony to alleviate traffic congestion.
  • Parking for the College of Engineering Ceremony will be in the College Park North Garage, Lot 38, Lot 39, Lot F11 and Lot F12 (see map on Directions/Parking Page). There is a limited amount of handicapped parking in Lot F13. When applicable, please do not park in the lots on the south side of campus, as the visitors for the ceremony following ours may be trying to park there.
  • Families and friends should enter the building through the NORTH ENTRY or NORTHWEST ENTRY. All guests over the age of two must have a ticket for entry. 
  • Graduates must enter the WEST ENTRY. ONLY GRADUATING STUDENTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THROUGH THE WEST ENTRY.
  • All attendees must remain seated during the ceremony.
  • Cell phones and pagers must be turned off.
  • No outside food or drink will be permitted in College Park Center. Concessions will be available for sale. Graduating students may not have food or drink with them in their seating area.
  • All graduates and their guests are asked to remain for the entire ceremony out of respect for all College graduates.
  • Graduates must immediately exit from the building following the ceremony and may meet their family and friends at Moritz Plaza. Tents, marked alphabetically, will be set up in Moritz Plaza. Please meet your graduate at the appropriate tent. Backdrops will be available for you to use to take your own photos with your friends and family in this area.
  • The Alumni Association and the UTA Bookstore will be selling roses and memorabilia on the first and second levels of the College Park Center.
  • The possession or use of alcohol, noisemakers, firecrackers, balloons, flags, banners or illegal substances is strictly prohibited.
  • Any graduate or guest who is excessively disruptive during the commencement ceremony will be removed from College Park Center.
  • Accessible seating is marked in royal blue. For Commencement, sections 1-6 will be for graduating students only.
  • Possession of a ticket does not guarantee admittance.