Undergraduate First Year Experience

Welcome New Students!

Important Dates for January 2026 Admits

Sunday, January 11: Move-In and programs with Welcome Ambassadors.
If you need to come into town the day before, you can review this list of area hotels.

Monday, January 12: Classes Begin

Throughout the first few weeks of the semester your Welcome Ambassadors will be hosting meet ups - these could take the form of your group eating dinner together, attending a campus event together or participating in an activity together. This will also provide you with additional opportunities to ask questions to your Welcome Ambassador as you transition to Brandeis.

A group of new students with their Orientation Leader playing human knot.
A group of new students with some Orientation Leaders playing a carnival game together.
Students in the Spingold Theater at the Orientation University Welcome. Speakers are sitting in chairs on the stage.
Students standing outside at night in front of the Light of Reason installation on campus holding their tealights at the annual Light the Night Orientation event.
New students ride on the carnival swing ride.

Enrollment Checklist

To help you navigate and successfully complete the tasks needed to begin your Brandeis journey, we have created the Incoming Student Enrollment Checklist, which provides you with instructions, contact information, due dates and more.

  • You can access the checklist in Workday using your Brandeis username and password. The items on the checklist need to be completed before your arrival on campus.
  • When you log into Workday on a desktop computer, you will see an Announcements section in the top right corner with a message titled "Welcome to Brandeis". Open this message to be directed to the checklist.
  • On a mobile device, you can open the Workday app and enter "My Student Enrollment Checklist" in the search bar.

New Undergraduate Student Onboarding

Your Onboarding experience has two parts: Virtual Onboarding Modules & In-Person Welcome Events.

Virtual Onboarding Modules

You will complete four virtual modules prior to your arrival on campus. Three of these are your Onboarding modules:

  • Module 1: Academic & Career Resources
  • Module 2: Health, Safety & Wellness
  • Module 3: Getting Connected On and Around Campus.

You will also complete a module from the Health and Wellness Promotion Office (HAWP) entitled: 

  • "What Would Brandeis Do? Supporting Community Health and Safety"

Your virtual modules will be accessed through our Learning Management System, Moodle. Log into Moodle using your Brandeis username (the first part of your Brandeis email address) and password. The Onboarding modules are located in Moodle Communities and the Navigating Health and Safety module is located under Moodle Courses.

Click on the title of a module to begin and follow instructions from there.  

In-Person Welcome Events

The day before classes begin, new resident students will move-in during the first part of the day.  New resident and commuter students will join us that afternoon for some in-person Welcome sessions before the start of classes. You will be placed into a group with other new students and will be assigned a Welcome Ambassador, a current student who will guide you throughout your in-person sessions. There will also be events with your Welcome Ambassador throughout the first few weeks of the semester.

The Department of Orientation and First Year Experience will serve as a resource beginning before your arrival and continuing throughout your first year. Along with this department, your Welcome Ambassadors, Community Advisors (CAs), faculty and staff will be here for you whenever you need us.