Carnegie Mellon University

University-Wide New Graduate Student Orientation

To welcome new graduate students to the Carnegie Mellon community and help support the transition to graduate study, the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs, in partnership with many colleagues across campus, offers University-Wide New Graduate Student Orientation.

Attendance at the University-Wide New Graduate Student Orientation is highly encouraged but is not mandatory. For more information on new student onboarding, please visit the Incoming Graduate Students and Postdocs page

Fall 2025 University-Wide New Graduate Student Orientation will take place on Monday, August 11; Tuesday, August 12; and Wednesday, August 13. More details will be announced soon.