2026 USC Chan Commencement

The USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy will celebrate its 84th Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 15, 2026, at the USC University Park Campus. For more information and updates about USC Commencement Week, please visit commencement.usc.edu

Date: Friday, May 15, 2026
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: Epstein Family Plaza (E-quad) on University Park Campus

Commencement Speaker
2026 keynote speaker Dr. Arameh Anvarizadeh became president of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) in July 2025. She is a founding member of the Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity (COTAD), responsible for developing the COTAD toolkit, the Ignite Series and COTAD chapters at educational institutions.

Main USC Ceremony
USC’s Main Commencement Ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 14, at 6:30 p.m. in the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. Click for more information.

USC Chan’s Commencement Ceremony
The USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy commencement ceremony begins at 4:30 p.m., and is anticipated to last one-and-a-half hours. USC Chan degree candidates will line up according to degree. Please arrive no later than 3:30 p.m..

Chan Division Reception
A reception will take place at the Allan Hancock Foundation Lawn (from the E-quad, a short walk east along Downey Way) immediately following the division’s ceremony, and is expected to last about one hour.

Contact
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Map/Directions

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USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 133, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003

ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is in Accreditation–Inactive status by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org.

Professional program graduates are eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.