Commencement draws many people to the UNT campus to celebrate with graduates. Because so many people will be converging on campus at the same time, there will be more congestion and traffic on campus than usual beginning in the afternoon Thursday, May 7, and all day each day Friday, May 8, Saturday, May 9 and Sunday, May 10.

Travel and parking tips Instructions for the Doctoral and Masters Ceremony
Street closures Handicapped and special needs parking
Instructions for graduates Information for UNT employees
Instructions for guests  

Travel and parking tips

  • Expect delays -- plan ahead and allow yourself ample time to get to your destination and walk from your vehicle to your ceremony.
  • Carpool as much as possible -- bring the fewest vehicles necessary to get your guests to and from campus
  • Don’t rely on GPS -- instead, exit North Texas Boulevard to access campus and follow the signs and officers’ directions.

Street closures

See the 2019 Fall Commencement Map

North Texas Boulevard between Highland Street and the Gateway Center  may be intermittently closed to vehicles during commencement events, for pedestrians' safety. Maple Street — on the east side of the Coliseum with access from Ave. C — can be used to access special needs parking and is a special needs drop off area.

Note: Guests that do not need special needs drop off/parking should not use Maple Street for access to the Coliseum. Please consider alternate routes to access the parking areas designated on the commencement map. 

Additional roads may be closed intermittently, to alleviate heavy traffic flow around the Coliseum.

Instructions for Graduates:

  • Please access UNT from any of the access points on the north side of campus and avoid the area around Lot 20, formerly "Fouts Field.”
  • Do not use North Texas Boulevard to enter campus.
  • Graduate parking is in lots 14, 15, 17, 19 along North Texas Boulevard to the immediate south and north of West Hall; lots 43 and 29 behind Mozart Square Hall or lot 23 along Eagle Drive behind Maple Hall.

Instructions for Guests:

  • Enter campus via the North Texas Boulevard exit on I-35E. Follow the signs and officers’ directions.
  • Guests can park in Lot 20, formerly "Fouts Field.” Entrance to Lot 20 is from the I-35 access road, past the Murchison Performing Arts Center.

Parking for the Doctoral and Master's Commencement Ceremonies

  • Enter campus via the North Texas Boulevard exit on I-35E. Follow the signs and officers’ directions.
  • Guests can park in Lot 20, formerly "Fouts Field.” Entrance to Lot 20 is from the I-35 access road, past the Murchison Performing Arts Center.

Handicapped and Special Needs Parking

ADA parking will be in Lot 27 along Highland Street in front of the Coliseum. Follow the signs to be directed to the first available special needs parking spaces.

The drop off point for special needs is located on the east side of the Coliseum and can be reached via Maple Street— on the east side of the Coliseum with access from Ave. C. Guests cannot access the drop off location from Highland Street and must go around the block to Ave. C and then to Maple Street.

Instructions for UNT Employees

For Faculty and staff participating in commencement ceremonies

  • Do not use North Texas Boulevard to enter campus. Access UNT from any of the access points on the north side of campus.
  • Park in Lots 4 and 5

For Faculty and Staff working across campus on Thursday afternoon, May 7, and Friday, May 8.

  • Do not use North Texas Boulevard to enter campus. Access UNT from any of the access points on the north side of campus.

Be aware that there will be major congestion at North Texas Boulevard and Bonnie Brae Street near the Coliseum and Murchison Performing Arts Center throughout the day Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

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