2026 USC Chan White Coat Ceremony

USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy invites students and their families to the 2026 USC Chan White Coat Ceremony.

Date: Monday, September 14, 2026
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.(Pacific Time)

Bovard Auditorium
USC University Park Campus
3551 Trousdale Pkwy.
Los Angeles, CA 90089

Tickets

All students attending the White Coat Ceremony are required to have tickets for themselves and up to six guests. (Children under 2 years of age do not need a ticket to attend.) These tickets are free of charge and will be distributed to students the week before the event.

Please contact the USC Chan events team at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with any questions regarding this event.

About

The White Coat Ceremony marks the beginning of one’s educational journey toward becoming an occupational therapy practitioner. Part of that journey is affirming the commitment to the values inherent to occupational therapy, and accepting the privilege and responsibility of helping others to lead fuller, more satisfying, more independent lives. At the White Coat Ceremony, new USC Chan students don a white coat as a symbolic commitment to upholding core professional values such as integrity, compassion and advocacy throughout their educational training and future careers.

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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.