In an institution as large and diverse as the University of Georgia, there is a great need for academic and student support services of many kinds. Academic advising is crucial to all students, and our office supports the work of dedicated advisors on all of our campuses. The Office of the Vice President for Instruction is also responsible for the university’s academic honesty procedures known as A Culture of Honesty. Additionally, students needing extra assistance to be academically successful can visit our Office for Student Success and Achievement to receive help from expert faculty and staff.
Applying to UGA
Whether you are a applying as a first-year, transfer, or graduate student, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the Office of Graduate Admissions can answer your questions, guide you through the admission process, and introduce you to UGA.
Undergraduate Orientation
While attending orientation, incoming first-year and transfer students will be introduced to many departments and resources that will make their experience at UGA unique, while helping them get familiar with their new campus.
Financial Aid
The Office of Student Financial Aid informs prospective and current students of the resources and services available to them to secure funds for financing their education. The office advises students of their eligibility for financial assistance in a timely manner and educates them about the financial and academic responsibilities associated with the receipt of that aid.
- Learn more
- Financial Hardship Resources
- Student Emergency Fund— Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
- Completion Grants—For students to finish their last semester of school
- Graduate Student Emergency Fund
Registering for Classes
Registration and adjusting schedules, including dropping and adding classes, is one of several options available to students in Athena, the Online Access to the Student Information System.
UGA Bulletin
Use the UGA Bulletin to explore and compare majors, minors, and certificates as well as to research courses to take.
DegreeWorks
DegreeWorks is a web-based tool that helps students and advisors monitor progress toward degree completion by formatting the degree requirements and completed coursework into an easy-to-read worksheet that shows how courses completed count toward degree requirements.
Advising
Academic advising is a mandatory and essential part of the undergraduate educational experience and helps students attain their academic goals. Advisors help students understand the options and opportunities for academic programs of study, degree requirements, academic resources, and course selection.
Peer Tutoring, Academic Coaching, and First Gen Support
UGA’s Office for Student Success and Achievement empowers all students to Learn Differently through innovative courses, programs, services, and student-centered initiatives. Some of these services include Peer Education, Academic Coaching, Student Success Workshops, and First Gen Support.
Transferring to UGA
Transferring from another college? Get guidance through the transfer application process, and get to know the University of Georgia.
Academic Calendar
Keep up with important dates, breaks, and academic deadlines.
Academic Support
- Academic Coaching
- Connect & Complete— Framework to help students in academic difficulty
- Office for Student Success and Achievement– Provides services for peer tutoring, study pods, academic coaching, student success workshops, and TRIO program
- Double Dawgs— program where students can earn both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in five years or less
- Experiential Learning Scholarships— scholarships to support students’ experiential learning activities. Awards are in amounts of up to $2,500
- Exploratory Center— Advises all students with unspecified majors, as well as students with intended-business and intended-journalism majors
- First Generation Student Support
- First Year Odyssey Seminar Program— Classes with 15-18 students, taught by tenure-track faculty, for all first-year students.
- Free Tutoring
- Presentation Help
- Rural Student Resources
- Student Success Workshops— Provide a comfortable environment where students can feel free to ask questions and engage with faculty, academic coaches, mentors, and peers
- UGA Libraries–Provides services such as tech lending, course textbooks, and more
- UGA Career Center– Provides assistance with career exploration and decision making, job search skill development, experiential learning, career employment, and more
- UGA Writing Center– Assists students in understanding the writing process, elaborating on their ideas and theories, and evaluating and editing their own work.
Student Academic Appeals
University of Georgia students have the right to appeal decisions on academic matters and begin the process at the level at which the decision was made.
Academic Honesty
Every student must agree to abide by UGA’s student Honor Code and the academic honesty policy and procedures, known as A Culture of Honesty, when applying for admission to the University of Georgia.
UGA Summer
UGA offers a variety of classes in the summer both in-person and online for students to get ahead or stay on track for graduation.
Resources
- Student Care and Outreach
- Bulldog Basics – Personal care and toiletry items
- Counseling and Psychiatric Services — campus resource for emotional, social, and behavioral health support.
- Counseling Referral Services — searchable database with the names of therapists and psychiatrists near the UGA campus
- Disability Resource Center – promotes a welcoming academic, physical, and social environment for students with disabilities at UGA
- Embark@UGA — A campus-based effort providing direct support to students who have experienced homelessness and/or foster care
- School Supply Closet – provides donated school supplies for the UGA community
- SGA Professional Clothing Closet — Clothes for interviews and internships
- Swap Shop – A place to trade personal items such as clothes
- UGA Mentor Program — To connect students with professionals
Food Insecurity
- Food Insecurity Resources
- UGA Food Pantry — Non-perishable food items and other supplies at no cost to any UGA student. Main location in the Tate Student Center with other fridges around campus
- Let All the Big Dawgs Eat Food scholarship — Meal plan scholarship
- The Fresh Express Fresh Produce Food Pantry
