Undergraduate First Year Experience

Students with the Judge and Owl mascots
Three students seated at desks with laptops, listening to a professor speaking
Students at the Light the Night event
A student wearing a Brandeis sweatshirt smiling
A group of first year students walking around the Brandeis campus
Students in a classroom smiling

Whether you are a first-time college student, a transfer student or an exchange student, during your first year at Brandeis, the Brandeis First Year Experience (FYE) program is here to support you!

First year students will take a First Year Seminar course as part of the Brandeis Core requirements. In addition, all first-year and transfer students are required to enroll in the navigating health and safety module in their first semester at Brandeis.

In addition to your academic requirements, the Brandeis FYE program supports the transition to Brandeis by providing opportunities to connect with faculty outside of the classroom, interact with peers through activities and connect with campus resources.

First year students standing in front of the Light of Reason at 'Light the Night' during Orientation
New Student Orientation
Three students posed in front of an inflatable bounce house shaped like a cow at a First Thursdays event.
First Year Experience Events
The Roosevelt Fellows team poses in their purple staff shirts.
Peer Support
Aerial view of two students working on their laptops in study cubicles that face each other with a divider in the middle.
Campus Resources