General directions to the university are also available.

Elsewhere in the catalog you’ll find information on colleges and schools, minors, certificate programs, and combined degree programs.

UF offers a freshman Summer session as well as the traditional Fall term. The summer session typically starts the first week of July. This is a six-week session in which students usually take two courses. After the completion of this Summer term, students return home for two weeks before returning for the Fall semester. Summer is an excellent time for new freshmen to become acquainted with the campus.

Freshmen also have the option of beginning in the traditional Fall session. This session usually begins in late August.

Students must choose only one session on the application. There are a limited number of spaces available for each session. Please indicate your first choice on your application. Admissions decisions for both terms are made according to the competitiveness of the applicant.

Refer to the Office of Admissions for more information on when to apply.

International Baccalaureate exams with scores of 5 or better on upper level tests (without the diploma) receive college credit at UF, and IB exam scores of 4 or better receive credit when the IB diploma is awarded.

At the time of application, it is not necessary to send any available exam scores to UF. Please, however, have these scores sent once you choose to attend UF.

The Office of Admissions has more information on Credit by Examination and Dual Enrollment Course Credit.

At UF, more than 80% of incoming freshmen choose to live in university housing.

Freshmen and transfer students admitted for Summer B are required to live in campus housing for their first Summer B semester if they secure a housing contract for Fall/Spring.

You can find more information on the UF Housing site. Housing assignments are made on a first come, first served space-available basis.

Freshmen: Applying early and responding to the Department of Housing and Residence Education in a prompt manner will receive priority for campus housing. After applying to UF, please pay attention to all Housing literature arriving in the mail and/or via email and respond accordingly.

Also be sure to look over the Office of Admissions’ application preparation information and application checklist.

If you are ready to apply, please complete the online application.

Approximately two weeks after submitting your application, we suggest that you check the status of your application on ISIS and continue to check your online status to ensure that your transcripts and test scores arrive in our office.

Your final decision will arrive in the mail at the address you provided.

Our admissions officers use the high school transcript provided to our office, and the grading scale included on that transcript.

Only academic subjects are used in the calculation — English, math, social sciences, sciences and foreign languages (freshmen are required to have successfully completed 2 consecutive units of a foreign language).

Additional weight is added in the calculation to any courses that are Honors, Dual-Enrollment, AICE, Advanced Placement, or International Baccalaureate.

Please note that the University of Florida considers classroom performance an excellent indicator of college coursework success, and therefore places more emphasis on grades and the challenge of the high school curriculum (including the senior-year schedule).
It is important for the applicant to know that many factors are considered in the admissions process. While some applicants will be admitted to UF based primarily on their academic background, the majority will have a thorough review of academic and non-academic information. Freshman applicants are required to submit essays, personal profiles and extracurricular achievement listings.

It is very difficult to predict the admissibility of any applicant without considering all the information contained in the application file along with the size and strength of the applicant pool.