Welcome Week serves as new students’ required orientation program, inclusive of Move-In, social events, open houses, academic advising and more.
Move-In Dates:
New International Students and Exchange Students: Begins Aug. 14, 2026
- Pre-Welcome Programs: Aug. 16, 2026
New Domestic Students: Aug. 17-19, 2026
Welcome Week Dates: Aug. 20-23, 2026
How to Use the Schedule Links
To build your own unique Welcome Week schedule, you are encouraged to do the following.
- Set Up Your Calendar: Ensure your Syracuse University Email calendar (i.e. @syr.edu) or Google Calendar (whichever you prefer) is set up on your mobile device. We recommend getting comfortable with your Syracuse University Email calendar through Microsoft Outlook as this is what faculty, advisors and staff will use to connect and schedule meetings with you.
- Access School/College Schedules: Navigate to the “Welcome Week | School and College Schedules” section and select your specific school or college.
- Add Required Events: Add all “Required Events” to your preferred calendar. To determine if an event is required or optional, open each event within the Events Calendar (after selecting your school/college). The event description will specify its requirement status.
- Explore and Add Events: The University Events Calendar will have every event happening on or around campus. Add events you are interested in attending to your preferred calendar by exploring the Welcome Week Channel.
- Questions? If you have any questions, please email welcome@syr.edu. Our staff will be happy to assist you in navigating the schedule.
Welcome Week | International Undergraduate Orientation Schedule
International undergraduate students are encouraged to attend the international student orientation, Aug. 14-18, 2026. After international student orientation, undergraduates should plan to attend all required Welcome Week programming, Aug. 20-23, 2026.
Fall 2026 International Orientation Schedule
Welcome Week Schedule
Please note that this includes every event during Welcome Week, including some that do not apply to some students.
Fall 2026 Welcome Week Calendar
Welcome Week | Families Schedule
Parents, families and supporters are invited to attend the sessions included in the link below. Please note that this includes all events where parents, families and supporters are invited, including some that may not apply to all parents, families and supporters.
Fall 2026 Families and Supporters Welcome Week Calendar
Welcome Week | School and College Schedules
In addition to the University-wide events, students have required and optional events to attend hosted by their home school or college. Included in each schedule below are Welcome Week Signature Events, family and supporter events specific to that school or college and required events for students in each school or college. If you are a student who is dually enrolled, you should follow the schedule for your home school or college. If you have a dual advising meeting, it will be reflected in that schedule. To view the other optional events during Welcome Week, view the “Welcome Week Schedule” section above.
- Family & Student Reception: Thursday, Aug. 20, 12:30 p.m. (Required)
- Meet Your Peer Advisor! : Thursday, Aug. 20, 1:30 p.m. (Required)
- Lunch with your Peer Advising Team: Friday, Aug. 21, 11:30 a.m. (Required)
- Dean’s Welcome: Friday, Aug. 21, 2:00 p.m. (Required)
- Class Photo and Campus Tour: Saturday, Aug. 22, 9:30 a.m. (Required)
- Academic Advising: Sunday, Aug. 23, 10:00 a.m. (Optional)
Explore the full list of School of Architecture events here!
- Experience The College of Arts & Sciences|Maxwell School: Thursday, Aug. 20, 12:30 p.m. (Required)
- Small Group Advising: Friday, Aug. 21, 10 a.m. (Required)
- Transfer Student Advising Session: Friday, Aug. 21, 10:30 a.m. (Required)
- Student Ambassadors Schedule Assistance: Friday, Aug. 21, 1 p.m. (Optional)
- International Students Meeting: Saturday, Aug. 22, 9:30 a.m. (Required)
- Career Advising: Saturday, Aug. 22, 11 a.m. (Optional)
- Campus Foodie Tour: Saturday, Aug. 22, 12 p.m. (Optional)
- Health Professions Advising Meeting: Saturday, Aug. 22, 12:30 p.m. (Optional)
- Pre-Law Advising Meeting: Saturday, Aug. 22, 12:30 p.m. (Optional)
- ILM Meetings (FSC, NEU, LSP only): Saturday, Aug. 22, 1:30 p.m. (Optional)
- Welcome for Families and Supporters: Thursday, Aug. 20, 2 p.m. (Optional)
- Dean’s Welcome: Friday, Aug. 21, 9 a.m. (Required)
- Meet & Greet with Peer Advisors: Friday, Aug. 21, 12 p.m. (Required)
- Advising with Academic and Student Services: Saturday, Aug. 22, 3 p.m. (Optional)
- InclusiveU Orientation details can be found here!
- Welcome for Students, Families and Supporters: Thursday, Aug. 20, 3:30 p.m. (Optional)
- Dean’s Welcome: Friday, Aug. 21, 9 a.m. (Required)
- Meetings by Major: Friday, Aug. 21, 10 a.m. (Required)
- Welcome to ECS: Your Team, Your Tools, Your Responsibility: Friday, Aug. 21, 11 a.m. (Required for students who did not participate in New Student Orientation in July)
- ECS Club Fair and Assisted Schedule Adjustment: Friday, Aug. 21, 11 a.m. (Required)
- Campos Kickoff: Friday, Aug. 21, 12 p.m. (Optional)
Explore the full College of Engineering and Computer Science Schedule here!
- Open House: Thursday, Aug. 20, 12 p.m. (Required)
- Dean’s Welcome: Friday, Aug. 21, 9:30 a.m. (Required)
- Speed Friending: Friday, Aug. 21, 9:45 a.m. (Required)
- Scavenger Hunt: Friday, Aug. 21, 11:30 a.m. (Required)
- Lunch: Friday, Aug. 21, 12:30 p.m. (Required)
- Transfer Student Advising Session: Friday, Aug. 21, 1:30 p.m. (Required)
- Open Academic Advising: Friday, Aug. 21, 1:30 p.m. (Optional)
- Department Sessions: Thursday, Aug. 20, 1:15 p.m. (Optional)
- Student Success Open House: Thursday, Aug. 20, 1:30 p.m. (Optional)
- External Transfer Student Meeting: Thursday, Aug. 20, 3:30 p.m. (Required)
- Advising for Dual Whitman/Newhouse Students: Friday, Aug. 21, 8:30 a.m. (Required)
- Advising for Falk/Newhouse ESports Students: Friday, Aug. 21, 9:15 a.m. (Required)
- Department Meetings for External Transfer Students: Friday, Aug. 21, 9:30 a.m. (Required)
- Advising for Dual iSchool/Newhouse Students: Friday, Aug. 21, 10 a.m. (Required)
- Advising for Singly Enrolled Students: Friday, Aug. 21, 10 a.m. (Required)
- Advising for Dual Arts & Sciences, Maxwell and Newhouse Students: Friday, Aug. 21, 10:15 a.m. (Required)
- Dean’s Welcome: Friday, Aug. 21, 11 a.m. (Required)
- Drop In Advising: Friday, Aug. 21, 11 a.m. (Optional)
- Tours of Newhouse and Campus: Friday, Aug. 21, 1:30 p.m. (Optional)
- Drop In Advising: Saturday, Aug. 22, 11 a.m. (Optional)
- Grammar Competency Test: Sunday Aug. 23, 3:30 p.m. (Required)
- Campus Media Fair: Friday, Aug. 28, 1 p.m. (Optional)
- International Student Mixer: Wednesday, Aug. 19, 4 p.m. (Optional)
- Open House: Thursday, Aug. 20, 1 p.m. (Optional)
- Peer Advisor Meetings: Friday, Aug. 10:30 a.m. (Required)
- New Student Welcome: Friday, Aug. 21, 1p.m. (Required)
- Department Meetings: Friday, Aug. 21, 1 p.m. (Required)
- Drop In Advising: Saturday, Aug. 22, 11 a.m. (Optional)
- First Generation Student & Supporters Gathering: Wed. Aug. 19, 2 p.m. (Optional)
- Welcome Reception: Thursday, Aug. 20, 1:30 p.m. (Optional)
- Dean’s Welcome: Thursday, Aug. 20, 3:30 p.m. (Required)
- Welcome to Whitman: Friday, Aug. 21, 9 a.m. (Required)
- Drop In Advising: Saturday, Aug. 22, 10 a.m. (Optional)
Explore the full Whitman School of Management Schedule here!
- Dean’s Welcome: Thursday, Aug. 20, 12:30 p.m. (Required)
- Academic Advising: Friday, Aug. 21, 9 a.m. (Optional)
- Setnor School of Music Meeting: Friday, Aug. 21, 11:15 a.m. (Required)
- Department of Drama Meeting: Friday, Aug. 21, 1 p.m. (Required)
- School of Design Meeting: Friday, Aug. 21, 2 p.m. (Required)
- Department of Film and Media Arts Meeting: Friday, Aug. 21, 2 p.m. (Required)
- School of Art Meeting: Friday, Aug. 21, 2 p.m. (Required)
- Communication and Rhetorical Studies Meeting: Friday, Aug. 21, 2 p.m. (Required)
- Academic Advising: Saturday, Aug. 22, 10 a.m. (Optional)
- Peer Advising: Saturday, Aug. 22, 3 p.m. (Required)
OrangeNow Mobile App
Have Welcome Week information at the tip of your fingers by downloading the new OrangeNow mobile app before heading to campus! The app, available on the App Store and Google Play, provides convenient access to campus maps; transit, parking, dining and Wi-Fi information; event schedules and much more!
Campus Hours of Operation
Campus offices will be open during Welcome Week to accommodate the needs of new and returning students from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday, August 17-Friday, August 21, 2026. Operating hours for the academic year officially start 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday, August 24, 2026, until Spring 2027 Commencement.