Commencement most commonly refers to graduation, the ceremony at which students receive academic degrees.

Commencement may also refer to:

  • Commencement (album), a 2002 album by American band Deadsy
  • Commencement (novel), a 2010 novel by J. Courtney Sullivan
  • "Commencement" (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Academy)
  • "Commencement" (Smallville), an episode in season four of Smallville
  • "Commencement" (The West Wing), an episode in the fourth season of The West Wing
  • Coming into force, or commencement, is the day legislation begins to have legal effect

See also

  • Commencement speech, a speech given during university graduation in the U.S.
  • Commencement Bay, in Puget Sound in Washington, U.S.