Orientation

Greetings from the University of the Arts!

We are eagerly anticipating and preparing for your arrival. Please note that undergradate New Student Orientation for the spring will begin on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, and run through Friday, January 13, 2012. Graduate Student Orientation for spring 2012 will be posted in the near future. Below is a preliminary schedule. Please check back for additional information.

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New Student Orientation logo designed by Kay Gehshan '13 (Graphic Design). The "Collaboratory" theme calls students to work together to utilize their critical-thinking skills and art to form ideas about their art and how it relates to their fellow artists and the world around us.

New Undergraduate Student Orientation
We've designed New Student Orientation (NSO) to help you make a smooth transition into college life and to the University of the Arts in particular. NSO will be a fun-filled and enlightening time for you and your fellow incoming students. At NSO, you'll learn practical skills for being a successful college student-artist, experience first hand Philadelphia sights and sounds, and get to know your new classmates and faculty. 

New Student Orientation will begin with your arrival on campus on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at Hamilton Hall (320 South Broad Street, at the corner of South Broad and Pine Streets) and conclude at the end of Friday, January 13; classes begin on Tuesday, January 17, 2012. 

The UArts NSO experience is particularly smooth for students thanks to the wisdom and enthusiasm of our student staff. The Orientation Leaders (OLs) are a group of our best and brightest upperclassmen who work around the clock to make the NSO experience stress-free, fun and full of useful insider information from the point of view of UArts students.

If you have questions regarding New Student Orientation, please call the Office of Student Development & Activities at 215-717-6615. We look forward to your arrival in January!

Dates to Remember

Wednesday, January 11

  • Check-in and Move-in
  • Laptop Software Installation
  • English Placement Test (For those required to take it)
  • Meet & Greet

Thursday, January 12

  • Contental Breakfast
  • Essentials to Navigating Academic Life
  • Foundation Meeting (for those in CAMD)
  • Meet you Academic Advisor
  • Registration
  • Laptop Software Installation
  • Campus Walk/City Tour

Friday, January 13

  • Business of My Art
  • Laptop Installation
  • New Student Lunch
  • Job Today, Career Tomorrow

Tuesday, January 17

  • First Day of Classes!

*Please check our schedule for specific times and locations. 

New Graduate Student Orientation

Please check back for specific information on New Graduate Student Orientation.  If you have any questions regarding this session, please contact the Office of Student Affairs and Dean of Students at 215-717-6617.