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First Year: Dates & Deadlines

Important Dates & Deadlines

    FALL 2025 SPRING 2025
Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) First year student submission deadline May 1, 2025

November 1, 2024

  Transfer submission deadline May 31, 2025

November 1, 2024

Statement of Legal Residence (SLR)*

*If this online questionnaire to verify California residency is listed in your checklist at myconnect.ucmerced.edu, you must submit it.

First year student SLR deadline

May 2025

November 20, 2024

  Transfer student SLR deadline June 2025 November 20, 2024
Financial Aid Priority deadline to submit the Free Application for Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or California Dream Act Application (CADAA) TBD Apply for financial aid as soon as possible and no later than May 2, 2024 to be considered for all types of aid.
  Priority deadline to submit supporting documents requested by the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships and to complete all requirements listed in your checklist at myconnect.ucmerced.edu June 2025 December 1,  2024

Housing

Housing application opens

TBD October 1, 2024
  Priority deadline to submit housing application

TBD

January 6, 2025
 

Deadline to sign housing contract for first-year students.

First-year students who submit their SIR on June 1st will be guaranteed housing.

TBD

January 6, 2025
  Deadline to sign housing contract for transfer students TBD January 6, 2025
New Student Orientation Orientation registration opens TBD

November 6, 2024 @ 10 am

  Priority Orientation registration deadline for first-year students TBD

January 8, 2025

 

Pre-Orientation Opens:

Complete your Online Pre-Orientation:

TBD

TBD

 

New Student Orientation: 

 

 

 

 

More information, check the orientation website

First Year Students:

TBD

Transfer Students:

TBD

 

January 17, 2025
Placement Exams

Math, CSE, and Chemistry placement exams. Check your UC Merced email for more information.

WRR, MATH, CHEM, CSE Placement Exams open: TBD

WRR, CSE Placement Exams open: October 15, 2024

MATH, CHEM already open

Course Registration 

Your academic advisor will send information about placement exams to your UC Merced email address.

TBD

TBD

  Your academic advisor will email you recommended courses based on your intended major and placement exam scores. TBD

TBD

 

Online class registration for incoming transfer students

Online class registration for incoming first year students

TBD

 

TBD

December 4, 2024

Admissions

Official transcripts due in the Office of Admissions

July 1, 2025

January 19, 2025

 

Official test scores due in the Office of Admissions

July 15, 2025 January 19, 2025
Health Insurance Waiver

Waiver application opens at myconnect.ucmerced.edu

April 2025

November 4, 2024
 

Deadline to submit waiver

TBD January 8, 2025
Textbooks and Bookstore

Purchase your textbooks online.

Contact bookstore for more information Contact bookstore for more information
 

Rent your textbooks - check their website or contact them via email

Bookstore: UC Merced Bookstore

Email: ucmerced@bkstr.com

Bookstore: UC Merced Bookstore

Email: ucmerced@bkstr.com

Fee Payment Deadline

Tuition and housing fees must be paid at MyBill at myconnect.ucmerced.edu

Deferred Payment Plan Information, click here.

August 2025

Billing statements published - Jan. 3, 2025

Fee Payment Deadline - Jan. 15, 2025

DPP Installment #1 - Jan. 15, 2025 (same as the main deadline)

DPP Installment #2 - Feb. 20, 2025

DPP Installment #3 - Mar. 20, 2025

DPP Installment #4 - Apr. 21, 2025

Move-In Day

Move-in details will be posted soon. Students will be assigned a specific move-in day and time via their UC Merced email. Housing Move-In Information

Fall 2025 - August 2025

Students will be assigned a specific move-in day and time via their UC Merced email by the first week of August.

January 16, 2025
Proof of Immunization

All incoming students are required to complete a TB Risk Screening Questionnaire and provide proof of immunization and/or immunity to certain diseases prior to the first day of instruction. Visit the MyHealth section on the myhealth.ucmerced.edu portal.

August 27, 2025 January 21, 2025
Instruction Begins   August 27, 2025 January 21, 2025