2025 New Student Orientation (NSO)
Hello Class of 2029, welcome to Penn!
Our office is committed to making your transition to Penn smooth, educational, and fun. The 2025 NSO schedule will include academic programs as well as cultural and social events that explore Penn, Philadelphia, and much more. In collaboration with our campus partners, NSO 2025 will run from Wednesday, August 20 to Monday, August 25. The specific population programming for International, Transfer, Exchange/IGSP, and First Generation and/or Limited Income (FGLI) students will occur from Monday, August 18 through Wednesday, August 20.
We hope NSO will lay the foundation for your time at Penn, and we look forward to seeing you on campus. Wishing you all the best of luck as you begin your Penn experience!
2025 NSO Events at a Glance
We look forward to welcoming you to Penn in August. Here are the events at a glance for this year’s New Student Orientation (NSO) & Second-Year Orientation (SYO). Please note that this year’s programming is still under development and will be finalized in the coming weeks.
Here is the website for all the move-in info you may need. If you have any specific questions about the schedules, please feel free to email us at Provost-NSO-AI@pobox.upenn.edu.
2024 NSO Highlights
NSO 2024 offered 266 events in total, including 8 mandatory events, and 76 specific-population events. In addition, Penn Spirit Day was added to the calendar this year to celebrate Penn’s traditions and build the sense of belonging for new students, which consisted of 5 highlight events throughout the day: Welcome to Penn, Class Photo, Building Penn Community, Highball to Hey Day, and An Evening at the National Constitution Center.
Take a look at the 2024 NSO photo albums to view the events happened last summer on campus and in the city pf Philadelphia!
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