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

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Spring 2025 University-Wide New Graduate Student Orientation! Details on the fall 2025 orientation to be announced.