Session dates for Highlander Orientation are set for Summer 2019! 

• Highlander Orientation sessions are organized according to colleges and majors. Plan for a two-day session that corresponds accordingly.
• Attending the mandatory Highlander Orientation program is a provision of UC Riverside admission. Failure to attend will result in the revoking of a student's admission to the University.
• An optional two-day Family Orientation program will take place during each of the Orientation sessions listed below.
• The one-day Spanish Language Family Orientation program will take place only on Friday, July 19th 2019.

Session 1: Priority Registration Populations (All Colleges) - July 8-9, 2019

This session is ONLY available to the following Priority Registration Populations:

• Honors students who are registered with University Honors
• Intercollegiate Athletes
• Regents and Chancellors scholars who received the Regents or Chancellors Scholarships upon admission
• Student Veterans
• Students with disabilities who are registered with Student Special Services
• Foster youth who are registered with the Guardian Scholars program

Session 2: Bourns College of Engineering and College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences ONLY - July 11-12, 2019 (Priority Registration Populations)

This session is ONLY available to the following Priority Registration Populations:

• Honors students who are registered with University Honors
• Intercollegiate Athletes
• Regents and Chancellors scholars who received the Regents or Chancellors Scholarships upon admission
• Student Veterans
• Students with disabilities who are registered with Student Special Services
• Foster youth who are registered with the Guardian Scholars program

Session 3: College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Graduate School of Education and School of Public Policy ONLY - July 15-16, 2019 (Priority Registration Populations)

This session is ONLY available to the following Priority Registration Populations:

• Honors students who are registered with University Honors
• Intercollegiate Athletes
• Regents and Chancellors scholars who received the Regents or Chancellors Scholarships upon admission
• Student Veterans
• Students with disabilities who are registered with Student Special Services
• Foster youth who are registered with the Guardian Scholars program

Session 4: All Colleges - July 18-19, 2019

• The one-day Spanish Language Family Orientation will be held on Friday, July 19, 2019. Seats fill up quickly, so please register as soon as possible. We cannot guarantee Orientation spaces for students who have family members attending the Spanish Language Family Orientation.

Session 5: Bourns College of Engineering and College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences ONLY - July 22-23, 2019

Session 6: College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences and Graduate School of Education ONLY - July 25-26, 2019

Session 7: All Colleges - July 29-30, 2019

Session 8: Bourns College of Engineering and College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences ONLY - August 1-2, 2019

Session 9: College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences and Graduate School of Education ONLY - August 5-6, 2019

Session 10: College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences ONLY - August 8-9, 2019