You can find your advisor by logging into the PilotsUP "Self-Serve" portal. From Self-Serve, click on "Student Records," then "View Student Information" at the bottom and find your advisor on that page.

Students have until the second Friday of Fall semester or the first Friday of Spring semester to change their Meal Plan. You can find more information about Meal Plans and how to change them on Residence Life's Meal Plans page, or by e-mailing reslife@up.edu.

The Math Placement Test is required for all incoming students who wish to enroll in Calculus I (MTH 201), regardless of past of AP or IB credit for calculus. It is the first step in a math placement process, and can help us identify students who would be best served by starting in Precalculus (MTH 112), or by joining the free, online Math On-Ramp Summer Program (More info and registration here).

For Fall admits:

For students beginning fall semester, the math placement test will be available March 1; it is due before Summer WAVE registration (mid June). If you are in a major requiring Calculus (Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biochemistry), instructions will be emailed to your UP email address five days after you confirm enrollment.

Can’t find the email? Question? Contact mathplacement@up.edu

For Spring admits:

For students beginning spring semester, the Math Placement Test should be completed by January 1. All students beginning spring semester who wish to take the placement test will need to contact mathplacement@up.edu to request access to the test.

If you are not in a major requiring Calculus, but need to take Math 201, please email mathplacement@up.edu and request access to the exam. You will be emailed instructions for the exam once you have been given access.

Who needs to take the Math Placement Test?

Please note that all new students interested in or required to take MTH 201 (Calculus) are required to take the math placement test regardless of AP or IB credit for calculus.

• College of Arts & Sciences: Physics, Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Math majors need to take the math placement test as they will take Calculus or Pre-Calculus (depending on placement) in their first semester. Biology and Environmental Science majors do not need to take the math placement test before their first semester. They will be advised in the first meeting with their Academic Advisor during the middle of Fall semester, about when or if they need to take the math placement test for Calculus.
• Business: Business students who are considering minoring or double-majoring in Math should take the math placement test.
• Engineering: All engineering students are required to take the math placement test.
• Education: Students interested in teaching math should take the placement test.
• Nursing: Nursing majors are not required to take the math placement test.

Questions? Email mathplacement@up.edu 

In the Learning Commons (LC) you can connect with our Co-Pilots (peer tutors) in a variety of disciplines to deepen your learning through practice, questions, and review. 

The University of Portland provides a Writing Center for assistance with paper-writing. If you would like to learn more about the Integrated Writing Center or schedule an appointment, please see their website.

The Math Resource Center offers free tutoring for all students in mathematics courses. Drop-In Hours are available from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Monday-Thursday. The center offers tutors for the following courses:

• MTH 111: Precalculus I
• MTH 112: Precalculus II
• MTH 121: Calculus for Business and Social Science
• MTH 141: Finite Mathematics
• MTH 161: Elementary Statistics
• MTH 201: Calculus I
• MTH 202: Calculus II
• MTH 301: Vector Calculus
• And many others!

See a full list of tutoring options available through the Learning Commons.

In addition to the Shepard Academic Center, the Career Education Center is an excellent resource to explore major options. Their staff is trained to help you evaluate your academic and potential career interests to begin selecting a major at the University of Portland. The center can also begin working with you as early as your first year to help you find a career or graduate school path that will help you achieve your professional goals. Moreover, they will still be available to you after you graduate - their services are offered free of charge to all alumni.

The Career Education Center is located on the first floor of Franz Hall and is open Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Visit the Career Education Center Site

Classes can be added or dropped during registration periods by using Self Serve. Add/drop changes must be submitted by the end of the first week of classes each semester. This is known as the “Add/Drop” period.

To drop a class after the Add/Drop period, students will need to submit the Withdraw from a Course form in Etrieve. This will result in a “W” on your transcript because you have officially withdrawn from the course.

Please contact your Academic Advisor for any questions about registration processes.

Every professor puts all of their important contact information on the course syllabus, including office location, office hours, phone number, and email address. If you are trying to find a professor that you do not have class with, you can find their email and phone number in the campus staff directory.

Professors give academic warnings for any number of reasons, including, but not limited to:

• Excessive absences
• Poor test or quiz performance
• Inadequate preparation/study habits
• Poor class participation
• Incomplete or late assignments
• Course comprehension
• Any other reason that the professor feels is vital to success that is not being met

These warnings do not mean that you are going to fail the class, but they do mean that you are in danger of failing if you continue to perform in the same academic manner. In any case, make sure you go to visit your professor if you have gotten an academic warning. If you are having problems with the course material or test taking, you should consider booking an appointment with a Co-Pilot at the Learning Commons or seeking out other resources.

For more information on where to go to get help, contact the Shepard Academic Resource Center at 503.943.7895 or stop by the office in Buckley Center 101.

First, you must have an official transcript from the academic institution, AP, or IB sent to the University. Once this is on file, check with your specific school or college to see how the credits transferred in to the University of Portland.

If you are a Bachelor of Arts major in the College of Arts and Sciences or a global business minor, a language is required.

If you entered UP prior to 2021, and you passed four years of the same language class in high school, this requirement is waived. You need to make sure that UP has an official copy of your final high school transcript to have this waived.

If you do not pass the semester with a 2.00 grade point average (GPA), you are put on academic probation for the next semester; if you are on probation for two semesters in a row, you can be dismissed from the University entirely. If your grades improve to the 2.00 level by the next semester, then the probation will be lifted.