More than 8,600 Anteaters will earn their degrees over the weekend in 12 commencement ceremonies hosted by UC Irvine in its Bren Events Center.
The ceremonies are peppered with notable keynote speakers scheduled, starting Friday night with Henry and Susan Samueli. Hedge fund pioneer and author Ed Thorp, a founding faculty member at UC Irvine, will speak on Saturday. And, Attorney General of California Rob Bonta is set to take the stage on Monday to address graduates of the School of Social Ecology.
Bonta spoke at UCI in the fall when the law school opened the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, which focuses on research, advocacy and clinical education around systemic racism.
In what UCI administrators say is a testament to the university’s dedication to access and affordability, 42% of those receiving bachelor’s degrees are first-generation college students, and nearly one-third of bachelor’s degree recipients transferred from a community college.
“This graduating class highlights how well UC Irvine is serving the people of our state by offering a world-class education to the best and brightest students, regardless of their financial circumstances, and acting as a powerful engine of upward economic mobility,” Chancellor Howard Gillman said in a statement.
Graduates and their friends lift each other up for a photo after the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. Pictured are Henry Huang is being lifted by graduate Irving Huang, left, graduate Dongfu Li is carried by Kai Kang, center, and graduate Kevin Li is in the arms of Mark Gong. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Sarunporn Allie Chotikul stands up to signal to her family in the stands during the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) A graduate reacts after his name is called during the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Zhenmin Yu, left, lowers his head as Yuqiao Su places a lei over his graduation cap during the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Bill Maurer, dean of the UC Irvine’s School of Social Sciences speaks graduates during the graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Graduates listen to the student speaker, Matthew Garcia-Ramirez, during the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Oluwadamilola Angel Akinwole, center, with her father Yemi Akinwole next to her, reacts after finding her family after the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) A graduate reacts after recieving her diploma during the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Parents, friends and family attend the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) A relative of a graduate reacts when spotting him as the graduates leave the floor after the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Bill Maurer, dean of the UC Irvine’s School of Social Sciences, at the podium, speaks to the assembled graduates during the graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Graduates makes the anteater hand symbol while yelling out the UCI Anteater cry, “zot, zot, zot!” to close the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) A graduate signals to her family in the stands during the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Graduate Tianheng Jin, center, poses for a photo with his family and friends after the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) A graduate reacts after his name is called during the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Matthew Garcia-Ramirez delivers the student speech during the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) New graduate Henry Nguyen , center, poses for a photo with is family after UC Irvine’s School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Graduate MeiLin Chen, right, poses for a photo with her mother Yu Ji after UC Irvine’s School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Graduate Khanh Tran poses for a photo with her mom Giang Tran next to Peter the Anteater after the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) The family of graduating student Katrina Kuo cheer her on during the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Students from the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences take their seats for the department’s graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Show Caption1 of 21Graduates and their friends lift each other up for a photo after the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences graduation ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus in Irvine on Friday, June 13, 2025. Pictured are Henry Huang is being lifted by graduate Irving Huang, left, graduate Dongfu Li is carried by Kai Kang, center, and graduate Kevin Li is in the arms of Mark Gong. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) ExpandUCI also continues to be recognized as a Hispanic-serving institution, a federal designation awarded to universities where at least 25% of undergrads identify as Latino and at least half of all students receive financial aid.
This year, UCI will grant bachelor’s degrees to 2,240 Latinos, a number that has steadily increased for the past decade, university officials said.
Overall, for the 2024-25 academic year, UCI will confer more than 10,000 degrees. Here’s the breakdown:
Bachelor’s degrees: 8,626 Master’s degrees: 967 Ph.D.s: 365 Law degrees: 155 (conferred May 9) Medical degrees: 110 (conferred May 17) Pharmacy degrees: 38 (conferred May 23)Commencement ceremonies were held Friday for the School of Social Sciences and the College of Health Sciences, which includes the schools of medicine, nursing, pharmaceutical sciences and population and public health.
On Saturday, the engineering, information and computer sciences, education and physical sciences schools will hold their ceremonies. The School of Business, the School of Arts and the School of Biological Sciences have ceremonies on Sunday. And, on Monday, the School of Social Ecology and the School of Humanities will close out the commencement weekend.
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