Commencement most commonly refers to graduation, the ceremony at which students receive academic degrees. It may also refer to:

• Commencement (album), a 2002 album by American band Deadsy
• Commencement (novel), a 2010 novel by J. Courtney Sullivan
• "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[edit]

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