Launching Your Academic Career

The Office of Undergraduate Research provides a dedicated team and infrastructure to support WashU undergraduates in discovering, building and leveraging faculty-mentored research to achieve their personal and professional goals.

WashU offers a variety of yearlong, semester and summer programs that allow students to earn credit toward major, minor or general degree requirements while studying abroad in more than 50 countries.

The Learning Center is WashU’s academic support hub, offering structured, weekly study groups and drop-in help sessions for large foundational courses, including calculus, general chemistry, and physics, and individual coaching for academic skills like time management, note-taking, studying, and managing test anxiety.

All students, faculty and administrative staff share the responsibility for ensuring the honesty and fairness of WashU’s learning environment. Please familiarize yourself with the Academic Integrity policies.

The WashU Student Conduct Code sets forth community standards and expectations for University students. Please familiarize yourself with the Student Conduct Code.

Disability Resources ensures equal access and inclusion of disabled students on the Danforth Campus. Visit the DR website to review the process for requesting accommodations.

If you’re interested in a future in the health professions or a career in law, be sure to visit the program websites for more information.

This one-credit, seven-week course is designed to help new students make a successful transition to WashU, both academically and personally. Students interested in taking this course should speak with their academic advisor before adding the course to their schedule.

While WashU has several undergraduate academic divisions, students are not limited to a single area of study. If you desire to pursue a combined studies curriculum, you should speak with the school(s) or department(s) that interest you and seek guidance from your academic adviser.

You will register for fall courses online in mid-July at your assigned registration time. Your academic division will provide you with a registration time in June. You should complete the online placement and diagnostic exams prior to speaking to your academic adviser about fall course selection.