Checklist and Timeline
Admitted Students
Secure your spot with your enrollment confirmation deposit (nonrefundable). Please confirm your enrollment as soon as possible, before programs reach capacity.*
*Nursing enrollment for Fall 2025 is closed.
Spots for all other programs are filling up fast!
Next Steps for all Confirmed Students
- Set up your PilotsUP email account (instructions sent to your personal email address within 48 hours of confirming enrollment)
- Check back regularly in your PilotLaunch portal for additional next steps.
Health Information
Log in to the Secure Patient Portal on the Health and Counseling Center website to fill out the Measles Immunization Dates Form (you will need your UP email address and your PilotsUP password).
Pilot Card
Get your UP ID Card (anytime from the day you confirm to before your first class begins). Bring a government-issued photo ID to Campus Safety and get your photo taken for your UP ID. Please note that during summer Orientation in August, there will be a centralized station for ID Card photos.
Send Official Documents to Admissions
- Request your official final high school and/or college transcript(s) be sent to admission_documents@up.edu by July 1.
- Request that UP receives your test scores by July 1 (unless you receive new scores after this date, then have them sent as soon as they are available) to evaluate your fall registration for higher placement.
- AP scores of 4 & 5 may be eligible for college credit.
- IB higher level (HL) scores of 5, 6, 7 may be eligible for college credit.
Please have transcripts sent electronically or mailed to:
Office of Admissions
University of Portland
5000 N Willamette Blvd
Portland, OR 97203
Confirmed Students If Applicable
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Apply for Housing
Complete the Housing Application (available starting December 1; deadline June 10. Confirm enrollment first and set up you PilotsUP email account).
Housing Application -
Language Placement
Contact your UP school in early May if you are interested in taking language courses in French or Spanish. As there is no placement exam for German, email Dr. Alexandra Stewart for help with placement in the right class at stewarta@up.edu. College of Arts & Sciences B.A. degree programs require intermediate-level mastery of a second language.
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Math Placement
If you are in a major requiring calculus (chemistry, computer science, engineering, environmental science, math, or physics), instructions about taking a math placement test will be emailed to you, and the test will be accessible online on Moodle. If you are not in a major requiring calculus, but need to take Math 201, please email mathplacement@up.edu.
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Accommodations
Students needing to request accommodations should begin the accommodation request process by scheduling an appointment with AES once they have confirmed enrollment at UP. Please visit the AES webpage at up.edu/aes for detailed information about requesting accommodations and required documentation. Contact Accessible Education Services: 503.943.8985; aes@up.edu.
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Health Insurance Waiver
Available in early June; due August 30. If you have comparable existing health insurance, you may complete a waiver so you will not be billed for University group insurance. Your insurance will be audited to verify it meets the University definition of comparable coverage offering both emergency and non-emergency care in the Portland area. Plans not providing coverage in the Portland area will not be accepted.
Student Health Insurance Waiver -
Set up Direct Deposit
To receive student account refunds, paychecks, volunteer stipends, and miscellaneous
Direct Deposit Information
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Parent Proxy Access
Authorize a parent or other individual to view portions of your UP Self-Serve information.
Student Release of Information and Parent Proxy -
Change of Major
To request a change of major, contact your admissions counselor.
Find my Admissions Counselor
