To register for an orientation session, log in at my.unt.edu with your EUID and password. Once logged in, click Advising & Orientation, then Register for Orientation. Register early as sessions fill up quickly. For more details, please visit our How To Register page.

NOTE: Payment arrangements for the orientation fee must be made at the time of registering for the session to secure your spot.

For the most up-to-date list of available orientation sessions, log on to your MyUNT student portal. Only sessions with open spaces will be available. Each orientation session has a registration capacity.

Freshman Orientation is a required program for new freshman to learn about campus resources, meet other new students, and get advised for their first semester at UNT. Please note, course registration for new students takes place during orientation. It is recommended that you attend the earliest orientation possible for optimal course availability.

2-Day Overnight Orientation Sessions

Freshman Orientation sessions 1-11 are overnight orientation sessions. It is expected that students attending these sessions stay the night in the orientation residence hall in the provided accommodations. Students will receive a packing list for orientation in the week before confirmation email. 

 

1-Day Orientation Sessions

Overnight housing is not provided during Freshman Orientation 12 or 13. Registration for sessions 12 and 13 will be available by July 15. If you would like to be notified when registration for these sessions becomes available, please fill out this interest form.

*Students attending Freshman Orientaiton 13, and who have a fall on-campus housing assignment, can move into their residence hall home early.

The Freshman Orientation schedule at a glance will be posted by March 1, 2026. Check back later for more information.

If you are seeking information to make travel arrangements to campus for your orientation session, you can call our office for guidance. 

Parking

Parking information is included in your confirmation email sent the week leading up to your orientation date. For information about campus parking permits, please visit transportation.unt.edu.

Directions

Students driving to campus should refer to Google Maps for driving directions. The office of Orientation and Transition Programs does not provide shuttles to and from the airport.

Permission to Treat Form

UNT students are required to submit a Permission to Treat Form if they are under the age of 18 at the start of the orientation. Please fill out this form and submit it to freshman@unt.edu or bring the form on the day of orientation.

Permission to Treat Form

Disability Accommodations

Students who intend to register with the Office of Disability Access (ODA) under the terms of ADA/504, or who request accommodations during their orientation session, should check the appropriate boxes on their orientation registration materials. In addition, please contact ODA two weeks prior to your orientation date by calling 940-565-4323, TTY callers 1-800-RELAY TX. Visit the ODA website at /office-disability-access. 

The Texas Success Initiative, TSI, is a state law that requires all Texas public institutions to determine college readiness in reading, writing, and mathematics for all degree-seeking undergraduates, including incoming freshman and transfer students, for both on-campus and online courses. 

All students MUST provide documentation for exemption or take the TSI Assessment prior to enrolling in college-level courses at the University of North Texas.

Visit https://vpaa.unt.edu/aservices/tsi/index.html for more information.

Math Placement

Upon admission, incoming UNT freshmen are initially given a mathematics placement level based on a combination of their high school class rank and SAT or ACT math scores as described in the tables below. Initial mathematics placements expire after one year. It is therefore very important that all freshmen who have not completed their mathematics requirement take a mathematics course within their first two semesters at UNT.

Students have an opportunity to improve their placement level by taking the Mathematics Placement Test. In particular, all students planning to major in science, engineering, or mathematics, or planning on obtaining a Bachelor of Science in economics, as well as all students whose degree plan requires Math 1710 (Calculus I) should take the Math Placement Test prior to orientation.

Foreign Language Placement

Students taking the Foreign Language Placement Exam may earn up to 12 hours of foreign language credit. The exam may be taken only once per language. Many degrees at UNT require some level of proficiency in a foreign language. Review your degree requirements at catalog.unt.edu  to see if a foreign language is required. The placement test is free to take, but if you would like the credits earned from the test applied to your transcript there is a $53 fee that will be applied to your student account.

All new freshmen are required to live on campus during their first year at UNT. Students can apply for Housing online and are encouraged to do so after they are admitted. 

Students planning to commute to UNT are asked to complete the Commuter Exemption Request, requesting an exception from the on-campus housing requirement. 

First Flight Week is UNT's required welcome week program. All new freshmen are required to participate in First Flight Week prior to the start of the fall semester. During First Flight Week students are paired with a small group - on-campus residents are in a group with their residence hall wing while commuters are in groups with other commuter students. This allows new students to make friends and get to know their living community prior to the start of classes.

In addition, students attend both academic and extracurricular events during First Flight! Students select programs to attend that fit their interests, participate in College Day with their major college, and can attend large events like Mean Green Fling and the Class Photo at Apogee Stadium. 

Learn more at firstflight.unt.edu .