Graduate Student Orientation

2026 Graduate Student Orientation

Sunday, August 16 

The Office for International Students and Scholars (OISS) Fall Graduate Student Immigration Orientation – Optional 
For International Students Only 
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. 
Wrighton Hall, room 300

All-Graduate and Professional Student Welcome – Optional 
For all Master’s and PhD Students  
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. 
Graham Chapel 
 

Graduate and Professional Student Resource Fair – Optional 
For all Master’s and PhD Students 
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.  
Athletic Complex, Varsity Gym

Monday, August 17 

Electrical & Systems Engineering (ESE) PhD Orientation – Mandatory 
For all PhD ESE Students 
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. 
Green Hall, Rodin Auditorium L0120 

Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science (MEMS) Master’s Orientation – Mandatory 
For all MEMS Master’s Students 
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Jubel Hall, room 121
 

Tuesday, August 18 

Institute of Materials Science & Engineering (IMSE) & Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science (MEMS) PhD Orientation – Mandatory 
For all PhD IMSE & MEMS Students 
9:00 a.m.  – 1:00 p.m. 
Light breakfast & lunch will be served 
Jubel Hall, room 133 

Wednesday, August 19 

Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering (EECE) PhD Orientation – Mandatory 
For all PhD EECE Students 
8:30 – 11:30 a.m. 
Brauer Hall, room 3015 

Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) Master’s Orientation – Mandatory 
For all CSE Master’s Students 
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 
McKelvey Hall, room 1020 

Sever Institute Orientation – Mandatory 
For all Part-Time Students 
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. 
Zoom: https://wustl.zoom.us/j/8579622760 

Thursday, August 20 

McKelvey PhD Orientation – Mandatory 
For all PhD Students 
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. 
Light breakfast at 8:00 a.m., Orientation begins at 8:45 a.m. 
Lunch will be served
Whitaker Hall, room 100 

Sever Institute Orientation – Mandatory 
For all Full-Time Sever Students 
12:00 – 2:30 p.m. 
Lunch will be served at Noon 
Lopata Hall, room 101 

McKelvey Welcome Event – Optional
For all Master’s and PhD Students 
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. 
Jubel Hall, Jubel Gallery
WashU giveaways! Meet many of the campus resources. 

Electrical & Systems Engineering (ESE) Master’s Orientation – Mandatory 
For all Full-Time Master’s ESE Students 
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.  
Green Hall, Rodin Auditorium L0120 

Electrical & Systems Engineering (ESE) Master’s Orientation – Mandatory 
For all Part-Time Master’s ESE Students 
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.  
Green Hall, Rodin Auditorium L0120 
 

Friday, August 21 

Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) PhD Orientation – Mandatory 
For all PhD CSE Students 
10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Light breakfast and a lunch will be provided 
McKelvey Hall, room 1020
 

Imaging Science PhD Orientation – Mandatory 
For all PhD Imaging Science Students 
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. 
Lunch will be served 
Green Hall, Rodin Auditorium L0120
 

Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering (EECE) Master’s Orientation – Mandatory 
For all EECE Master’s Students 
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. 
Brauer Hall, room 12
 

Biomedical Engineering (BME) PhD Orientation – Mandatory 
For all PhD BME Students 
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. 
Whitaker Hall, room 218
 

Biomedical Engineering (BME) & Imaging Science Master’s Orientation – Mandatory 
For all BME and Imaging Science Master’s Students
Time and location to be announced soon