Upon arrival, candidates will be asked to demonstrate that they do not possess anything that violates the Assembly Hall House Rules .
Doctoral candidates attend the same ceremony as the college that administers their field of study.
For example, a student receiving a Ph.D. in computer science would attend the afternoon campuswide ceremony along with other engineering students. All doctoral degree recipients assemble as a group in the Assembly Hall tunnel off of Fourth Street and line up in the order assigned by Graduate College staff members. Doctoral candidates proceed into the arena after the platform party. The dean of the Graduate College asks the doctoral candidates to rise and presents the candidates to the president, who confers the degrees. Candidates should carry their hoods over their left arm while approaching the platform.