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International: 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 5, 2024

  Transfer student SLR deadline June 2025 November 5, 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

Required Documents Checklist

If your required checklist items have been sent to the Admissions Office, you can see the received dates in "MyChecklist" on your UC Merced student portal.  Please allow time for transcripts and test scores to be received and processed. The Admissions Office will update your checklist within 2 business days of receipt.  If your items are not showing as received, you may contact the Office of Admissions at (209) 228-4254.

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Official Records Deadline

Fall Applicants

All official records must be received no later than July 1st. 

For example, official records for an application submitted for entry in the Fall 2022 term must arrive in the Office of Admissions no later than July 1, 2022.

Spring applicants

All official records must be received no later than January 2023 (specific date to be announced). 

For example, official records for an application submitted for entry in the Spring 2023 term must arrive in the Office of Admissions no later than January 2023 (specific date to be announced).

Remember to access your UC Merced Portal to view your checklist:  my.ucmerced.edu

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Official ACT plus Writing Assessment, SAT Reasoning and SAT Subject Test Scores

Official exam scores for ACT plus Writing Assessment or SAT Reasoning Test must be sent directly to the Admissions Office from the testing agencies. Additionally, if you took SAT Subject Tests to show your mastery of academic subject areas, these scores must be sent by the College Board. Final official scores must be received by the posted deadline. When requirements are fulfilled, you will see a received date posted on your portal checklist page.

To request your ACT scores, visit the following link http://www.actstudent.org/scores/send and request to have your scores sent to the University of California, Merced (school code 0450).

To request to have your SAT Reasoning and SAT subject Test scores sent, visit the following link satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat?navid=gh2-sat and request to have your scores sent to the University of California, Merced (school code 4129).

TIP: Applicants are advised not to use Score Choice when sending their scores to the University of California. Exercising the score choice option may prevent UC Merced from receiving all of your official scores.

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Official TOEFL and IELTS Exam Scores

Required TOEFL or IELTS Examination scores must be sent directly to the Admissions Office from the sending institutions. The scores must be received by the applicable deadline. When requirements are fulfilled, you will see a received date posted on your portal page.

To request TOEFL exam scores, visit the following link: www.ets.org/toefl and to request IELTS exam scores, visit the following link: www.ielts.org. Request to have scores sent to the University of California, Merced at:

Office of Admissions
University of California, Merced
5200 N. Lake Road
Merced, CA 95343-5603

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Academic Records

Academic Records: Copy Request

During our evaluation of your application, we may need to review a copy of your academic records and an official translation of any documents not in English. Please be prepared to send these items if requested.

Submission of Official Academic Records

If you are admitted to UC Merced, you will be required to verify the academic information you listed on your application with your official academic records. We will require you to submit academic records from all institutions attended, beginning with the ninth grade. Please check our country listing of secondary school credentials/diplomas.

An academic record is considered official when it is mailed to our campus in a sealed envelope by the issuing institution or examination authority. Opened original records are generally not considered official. Records sealed or attested by notaries or other organizations other than the issuing institution are not considered official.

Academic records must include all subjects and final course or examination marks (if applicable). Secondary school records must show graduation at a level acceptable for university entrance. College and university records must also include numbers of hours per week devoted to lecture and laboratory. 

Secondary School Credentials/Diplomas

Applicants who take external examinations in secondary school, (such as GCE Advanced Level, HKCEE, GCSE, ICSE, ISC, AISSC or Matriculation Examinations), should list the mark earned in the examination on the application rather than the mark assigned by the teacher at the end of the course.

Secondary Credentials/Diploma

Country Credential/Diploma

British School Systems

 GCE A-Level Exams

China, (People’s Republic of)

 Senior High School Graduation/Certificate

Congo

 Baccalauréat

Ethiopia

 Ethiopian School Leaving Certificate or Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Exam (EHEEE)

France

 Baccalauréat

Ghana

 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE)

Hong Kong

 Hong Kong Advanced Level Exams (HKALE)

India

 All India Senior School Certificate

Japan

 Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate

Kenya

 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)

Korea

 Senior High School Diploma (Inmungye Kodung Hakkyo)

Malaysia

 Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran/Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM)

Mexico

 Certificado de Bachillerato

Nigeria

 Senior School Certificate (SSC) from WAEC

Pakistan

 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC),Intermediate Certificate

Peru

 Certificado de Educación Secondaria

Philippines

 High School Diploma

Saudi Arabia

 General Secondary Education Certificate

Singapore

 GCE A-Level Exams

South Africa

 Senior Certificate with Matriculation Endorsement / Exemption

Taiwan (Republic of China)

 Senior High School Diploma

United Arab Emirates

 Secondary School Leaving Certificate

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