Navigate to the SIO Graduation and Diploma page under the Academic Info tab and click the Edit button to change how your name will appear on your diploma. (If you have an outstanding balance on your student account, a message will appear alerting you that your diploma will be held until the balance is resolved.)

• Provide the exact spelling of your name for your diploma (case-sensitive)
• If your name includes characters that cannot be entered into SIO, email an image of how your name should be printed to uro-diplomas@andrew.cmu.edu
• Once the January 12 deadline passes, the name entered into SIO will be the name that is printed on your diploma

Information under this section needs to be updated by your department (or the department offering your additional major/minor). If any of this information is incorrect, contact your academic advisor or the advisor of the major/minor in question.

You may indicate here whether you plan on attending Commencement in May. This is not an official sign-up, but a way for us to estimate expected attendance.

December diplomas are shipped directly from the printing vendor in mid-February, so please provide a mailing address on the SIO Graduation and Diploma page where your diploma can be sent. If your address changes after the January 12 deadline, please contact uro-diplomas@andrew.cmu.edu. 

Important: The mailing address on your Graduation and Diploma page is separate from the permanent address listed under the My Info tab, and updating one does not update the other. It is important to update your address in the correct location so that we know where to send your diploma. 

• We will mail diplomas to domestic and international addresses
• We are not able to mail diplomas to departmental addresses, SMC boxes, or P.O. boxes
• We encourage you to use a residential address
• A phone number and postal code are required
  • If you will be using an international address, please provide an international phone number
  • If your home country does not use postal codes, please enter a "0"
• If your home address is outside of the U.S. and you are worried about your diploma reaching you, or are concerned that you may not be able to receive large packages, you may provide the address of a trusted friend or relative who can receive your diploma and forward it with tracking
• If you do not know what your address wil be:
  • Please enter UNKNOWN, WILL CONTACT LATER, PITTSBURGH, PA 15213
  • Once you know your address, please contact uro-diplomas@andrew.cmu.edu
  • We will not order your diploma until an address is provided

You can see how your diploma will look by checking out the prototype on the SIO Graduation and Diploma page. 

Note: The prototype is not an official document and may not be used as proof of your degree. 

Be sure to check your student account balance within SIO to ensure that your account is paid in full. This includes sponsored students. 

Please pay any remaining student account balances by January 12, 2024, to ensure the timely delivery of your diploma.

For questions concerning your student account, please email The HUB at thehub@andrew.cmu.edu.

Caps & Gowns

Caps and gowns may be ordered through the Carnegie Mellon University store. 

Cap & Gown Adornments

Along with the standard Carnegie Mellon cap and gown, other regalia may be worn during the commencement ceremony:

1. Medallions and/or cords are restricted to the use of designating university honors, college honors or university honor societies that admit students across all disciplines.
   
   • Medallions typically represent university honors and cords typically represent college honors.
   • Medallions and/or cords should not be used to designate other honors/clubs.
   • Medallions and honors cords may also be worn in conjunction with stoles and pins.
2. It is recommended that graduating students wear only one stole with their academic regalia.
   
   • Students are certainly permitted to receive/purchase more than one stole if they are a member of multiple organizations that issue stoles and may choose to wear a particular stole to the main commencement ceremony and another to their diploma ceremony.
3. Graduating students who are members of a club/organization that issues pins to designate affiliation are permitted to wear more than one pin with their academic regalia along with a stole, medallion and/or cords (as applicable).

These guidelines were reviewed and updated by the Associate Deans' Council in February 2009.