Transfer: Dates & Deadlines

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

First year student SLR deadline

Housing

Housing application opens - First Year Students

Deadline for New First Year/Freshmen students submit housing application

June 6, 2023 at 4:00 PM

*LLC and room selection priority date closed May 5.

**SIR extended to June 1 on May 8, 2023. First years will have priority for campus housing through June 7, but are not guaranteed housing.

Deadline for New First Year/Freshmen students to sign offered contract 

Fall 2023 Housing Site

Deadline for New Transfer students to sign offered contract 

Fall 2023 Housing Site

Pre-Orientation Opens:

Complete your Online Pre-Orientation:

To Be Announced

Two weeks prior to your registered orientation date

New Student Orientation: In-Person

*The Parent and Guest Orientation program for the July 9th and July 19th Orientation sessions will be delivered fully in Spanish. All materials and presentations will be in Spanish. If you prefer to attend an English presentation for the Parent and Guest Orientation program please attend a different orientation session with your student. The student orientation sessions on these two dates will be delivered in English.

More information, check the orientation website

First Year Students:

Friday, July 7

Wednesday, July 12

Friday, July 14

Monday, July 17

Wednesday, July 19

Saturday, July 22

Wednesday, July 26

Saturday, July 29

Transfer Students:

Thursday, July 14

Saturday, July 16 (Transfer alternative dates & simultaneous translation in Spanish)

Tuesday, July 19*

Math and chemistry placement exams. Check your UC Merced email for more information.

Available March 15 - May 15, 2023

Deadline extended to June 1, 2023.

TBD

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

Online class registration for incoming transfer students

Online class registration for incoming first year students

June 27 - 30, 2023

June 27 - 30, 2023

Official transcripts due in the Office of Admissions

Postmarked or electronically
submitted by January 10, 2023

Official test scores due in the Office of Admissions

Waiver application opens at myconnect.ucmerced.edu

Deadline to submit waiver

Late waiver deadline with $50 fee

Purchase your textbooks online.

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

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

Deferred Payment Plan Information, click here.

August 17, 2023

Fall 2023 DPP Payments:
#1 - August 16, 2023
#2 - September 20, 2023
#3 - October 20, 2023
#4 - November 21, 2023

January 11, 2023

Spring 2023 DPP Payments:

#1 - January 11, 2023
#2 - February 21, 2023
#3 - March 20, 2023
#4 - April 20, 2023

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

Thursday, Aug. 18 through Sunday, Aug. 21, 8:00am to 5:00pm.

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

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.