Overview of Dates

  1. Office & Department Directory
  2. First Year Program
  3. Information for First-Year Students
  4. Overview of Dates

May

June

  • early June -- Summer Newsletter series starts up.
  • late June/early July -- Housing and First-Year Program placement announced on your status page; students accepted for Pre-Orientation trips will be notified

July

  • early July -- fall tuition bills available; for questions please contact Student Financial Services at 315.229.5581.
  • mid-July -- coaches contact athletes planning to participate in fall intercollegiate sports with information about the pre-season, including approved early move-in date and time (where applicable)
  • July 15 - Pre-Trip participation confirmation (fee and waiver) due in your application status page . For more information go to Outdoor Program Pre-Trips
  • July 20 -- Health Forms due in your application status page (a $50 fee is applied to late forms)
  • July 6-21 -- Summer Advising for fall course registration
  • July 27 - August 25 -- Registration Wiggle for all students

August

  • August 11 -- Football arrival (coaches will send additional information).
  • August 18 -- Soccer, Field Hockey, Volleyball, and Cross-Country arrival (coaches will send additional information). Arrival International non-Canadian students arrive on campus; more information on arrival date and International Student Orientation. Students accepted for Pre-Orientation trips arrive on campus.
  • August 19-23 -- International Student Orientation. More information at International Student Services.
  • August 20 -- Arrival day of Canadian students.
  • August 22 -- Move-In Day (a notification from the Residence Life office will be sent to your SLU email in August regarding your assigned arrival day/time), Matriculation (starts at 3:00 PM), and the first day of New Student Orientation! All First-Year and new transfer students should arrive on campus and move into their residence halls; international students and some fall sport athletes will have already arrived. Student Orientation runs from August 22-25, 2026. 
  • August 25 -- FYP classes meet for the first day in their classroom
  • August 26 -- All other fall classes begin

Go to the Academic Calendar for more info on other key dates for the fall semester.