General Information for Admitted Applicants:

Orientation

Housing

Finalizing Your Graduate Admission

Transfer of Credit Earned at Another Institution

Enrollment of Courses

Change of Graduate Program

Orientation for Domestic Students

Individual programs have different procedures for orientation and academic

advising. Newly admitted students should contact their programs directly

if they do not receive orientation information after receiving their official

acceptance letters from the Office of Graduate Admissions.

Orientation for International Students

International students are encouraged to visit the International Affairs

web site or to contact International Affairs directly (727) 873-4067 for

pre-arrival information and advising.

Residence Hall One - Construction begins in April on the campus' first

residence hall. Slated to open Fall 2006, the seven story building will

offer students apartment-style living on campus.  Additional housing

information is available through Student Affairs.

If your admission is provisional (see Types of Admission), pending the

receipt of missing application materials, you have the first semester of

enrollment to provide those items.

Failure to submit the necessary materials may result in a registration

hold for the student's second semester of study.

Transcripts must be official, in English, and must show the award

of the degree earned.  Test Scores must be submitted to our office

directly from the Educational Testing Service. The institutional code for

USF is 5828.

Up to 9 graduate-level credit hours earned at another institution may be

transferred into the admitting program at the discretion of the admitting

program. Contact your program director for information (see

Graduate Programs for contact information).

ALL students must provide proof of immunization to Student Health

Services before they will be allowed to register for classes. These forms

are sent to admitted students by the Office of Graduate Admissions. All

necessary forms may be downloaded from the SHS site. Students must

enroll for the term to which they have been admitted to validate their

admission.

Students may register online using OASIS or by telephone.

Students must enroll for the term to which they have been admitted

to validate their admission. Students who cannot enroll for the

admitted term must request a Deferment of Admission directly from the

admitting program.

Graduate students who decide after entering a program that they wish

to change graduate programs must do so through the Office of

Graduate Studies.

Change of program requests will not be considered for graduate students

in their first semester of study. It is up to the discretion of the student's

original program to determine if a change of program is appropriate and

will be granted.

Students may obtain the necessary form from Graduate Studies in BAY 204.

This form must be signed both by the current program and the new

program, after which it must be submitted to Graduate Studies for approval.

If approved by Graduate Studies, the change of program form is then sent

to the Registrar for processing.

Admitted graduate applicants who have not yet enrolled and decide they

would like to enter a program other than that which has admitted

them must request that their application materials be sent to the new

program for consideration. This may result in a later term of entry.