This year, UBC spring graduation ceremonies take place on May 22-24 and 27-30 at our Vancouver campus, and June 6-7 at our Okanagan campus. Congratulations to all of the new graduates!

In Open Collections, you can find photographs of past graduation ceremonies in the UBC Archives Photograph Collection:

UBC 1.1/13351. First Congregation program cover, 1912.

UBC 156.1/200. Congregation procession, 1924.

UBC 1.1/12136-2. View of students at spring congregation, 1938.

UBC 3.1/177-6. View of Congregation ceremony, 1946.

UBC 1.1/12155-3. View of congregation, 1966.

UBC 35.1/86-7. Conferring degrees at Congregation, 1981.

UBC 35.1/195-5. View of audience at Congregation, 1991.

UBC 35.1/508. Honorary degree recipient Irving Barber speaking at Congregation, 2002.

Also, in the UBC Congregation Video Collection, you can find video recordings of graduation or congregation ceremonies from 1986 to 2018.

You can find more resources in our Open Collections. Have a wonderful graduation ceremony this year!