Apply at the beginning of your final semester and when the application for the term in which you are graduating is open. Be sure you apply for the term in which you are graduating. All summer graduates are invited to participate in the winter ceremony in December since there is no summer commencement ceremony.

Complete the online graduation application.

Dual Enrollment students must submit a paper application. This application may be obtained by emailing Graduation@scf.edu 

You must complete a graduation survey by clicking: Graduation Survey. 

If you are planning on participating in the commencement ceremony, please review the Graduation Ceremony Attendance Policy at the bottom of this page. 

Graduates with special needs will be accommodated. Please contact the Disability Resource Center at least two weeks in advance of the ceremony at (941) 752-5295 or DRC@SCF.edu. All graduation ceremonies will have an American Sign Language interpreter in attendance. There is no pre-assigned seating for guests with disabilities. However, limited wheelchair seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

If you are a veteran of the United States Armed Forces and you are planning to participate in the graduation ceremony, SCF would like to honor your service with patriotic cords to be worn as part of your official graduation regalia. Please contact Veteran Services to confirm your intent to participate in the ceremony. 

Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) members may visit the PTK website to purchase an optional honor cord, stole, and tassel. There is no added regalia for honors.

SCF will be providing graduates with a digital diploma. To promote student success, the State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF) is committed to formally recognizing earned student accomplishments. Students may be automatically awarded any degrees or certificates that they qualify to receive. Students who apply and qualify to graduate in a program that is not currently listed as their program of study may automatically have that additional program added to their SCF records as an additional program. To guarantee graduation processing, students should always apply to graduation by the posted deadlines and should not rely on our systems to automatically award a degree or certificate. 

If you have not already done so, please submit a Change of Major form to the Office of the Registrar to declare your new program of study. 

Yes. You must successfully submit all steps of the graduation application to be considered for a degree or certificate.

No. If you plan on participating the graduation ceremony as a graduate, you must submit a graduation application and the RSVP.

SCF will be providing graduates a digital diploma. You will receive an email 4-6 weeks after the ceremony with instructions on how to retrieve your digital diploma. 

Only students who apply by the posted deadlines and will be successfully completing their degree/certificate by the end of the graduation term are guaranteed to be listed in the commencement program.

All graduates must be in the SCF approved and current regalia (cap and gown). This may be purchased in advance through collegegrad.herffjones.com/ or at the SCF Bookstores in Venice and Bradenton approximately two weeks prior to commencement.

All guests, except for children under 3 years old, need a guest ticket to attend commencement. Infants and children under 3 without a ticket will need to lap-sit for the entire ceremony.

Please click on this link: Graduation Survey

If you need your transcript immediately after graduation, please order it from the Office of the Registrar, Transcript web page. You will need to mark the transcript as “Hold for Degree,” which will move you up in the final review list and your transcript will be sent quickly.