Welcome New Husky | First Year Programs

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View the UW's response to COVID-19. Our services and staff are available remotely and by phone. Advising & Orientation sessions will remain in a remote platform through 2021. For more information, review our Remote Advising & Orientation Updates page. (updated 1/12/2021)

First Year Programs helps to foster a successful undergraduate experience throughout your first year at the University of Washington. As a new Husky, you will attend an Advising & Orientation session required of all first-year undergraduate students, where you will begin to learn about academic progress, student life, and extracurricular opportunities.

(All photography on this site was taken pre-2020.)

Advising & Orientation (A&O)

Freshman U.S.

Freshman International

Transfer

Family Orientation

Tips for First-Year Students

Get involved on campus and find your community right away. I got involved in service learning working with elementary school students. The students brightened up my day and it was great to give back to the community.

—Cassie McKenzie

First Year Programs

120 Mary Gates Hall Box 352825
Seattle, WA 98195-2825

Hours

Academic Year: M-F 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (PDT)
Summer: M-Th 7:30 a.m.–4:30p.m.; Fri. 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Closed during University holidays.

Phone

206-543-4905 (Voice)
206-207-5564 (Text)

First Year Programs fosters a successful undergraduate student experience through strategic programming that focuses on positive academic transitions and the development of learning communities. Through partnerships with faculty, staff, alumni, and student leaders our programs create the space for students to define how they will engage, learn, and thrive at the University of Washington.

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