Welcome to UMass Amherst

UMass Amherst and New Student Orientation & Transitions are thrilled to welcome students from across the country and around the globe to our new student cohorts.

Your New Student Experience is designed to help you adjust to living and acting responsibly, cultivate academic preparedness, navigate campus life, and inspire university affinity as a student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

We invite students admitted to learn more about the components of your New Student Experience: Guide to the U, Ready for the U, Welcome to the U, New Student Advising & Course Registration, and the weekly Next for the U newsletter. These orientation & transition experiences are required for all new students. Together they are the necessary first steps in preparing you for your first semester with UMass Amherst.

Announcements

Students starting in Spring 2024

  • Information about your New Student Experience will be updated throughout the fall semester and winter break as details are finalized. Most information will be available starting in November. Please check back often and read your UMass email for updates. 

    • Your New Student Experience Timeline will be posted in November

    • Guide to the U will be updated by Decemer 15. Please do not start Guide to the U before then. It will be due by January 1, 2024. Students who pay the enrollment fee will receive an email when the Guide is available to them. 

    • Registration for Ready for the U will open in December. Students who pay the enrollment fee will receive an email when they are eligibel to register. 

    • Welcome to the U will take place throughout your first month on campus. 

  • Are you transitioning from K-12 accommodations to university accommodations? Be sure to register with Disability Services before the semester starts.

  • Have mental health care questions including CCPH workshops, groups, individual therapy, psychiatric services, or community referrals? Use this link to pre-register for online 1:1 consultations with a CCPH staff member.

 

Students starting in Fall 2024

  • Information about your New Student Experience will be updated starting in February once our spring cohort is welcomed to campus. Please check back often and read your UMass email for updates. 

Current Students

NSOT is now hiring undergraduate students to join our 2024-25 U-Staff learn more on our Join the NSOT Team page.