Welcome transfer students!

• Got questions? Check out the Transfer Student Guide.

• Students with disabilities at the University of Minnesota get involved in all aspects of student life. Visit the Disability Services website for more information.

• ** Confirm your enrollment by paying your confirmation fee. After you pay your confirmation fee, you'll receive information about attending your required orientation program.

• ** Initiate your University of Minnesota Internet account. You'll need your Internet ID and password to sign up for orientation, register for classes, and access the University's online resources.

• Checklist for new international students. This checklist outlines the special steps you need to take as an international student both before and after you arrive on campus.

• ** Reserve your orientation dates using your New Student Checklist online at mycla.umn.edu. After you complete a brief questionnaire, you will be assigned an advising student community and offered orientation dates, based on your proposed major (space is limited). Orientation dates for transfer students are in January. You will meet other transfer students with interests similar to yours and learn about degree requirements and opportunities in CLA and at the University, and you'll meet individually with your academic adviser and register for classes.
  

• ** Check your U or M e-mail regularly: it's the official means of communication at the University.

• ** Take placement tests online. Depending on your goals, skill level and previous course work, you may need to take placement tests in math, chemistry, French, German, or Spanish. Placement tests help you avoid wasting time and money on classes that are too easy or too hard.

• Scholarships and Financial Aid. Learn about scholarships and financial aid, including some scholarships available only to CLA transfer students.

• Parent orientation. Parents and guests of transfer students are invited to attend the Parent Orientation Program. Get answers to your questions about University resources and opportunities and what to expect the first year.

• ** Complete the CLA section of Online Orientation. If you also complete the optional University section, you are eligible for the half-day on-campus experience.

• ** Attend orientation. Orientation & First-Year Programs has the details, including directions to campus, parking information, and a checklist of what to bring with you.

• International students: complete your Document Check, and International Student Orientation, before attending your CLA orientation program and registering for classes.

• ** Spring semester classes start January 19.

• ** Schedule an appointment with your adviser early in your first semester.