NEW CSE STUDENT ORIENTATION 2025

We are so excited to welcome you to the Computer Science and Engineering Department! Our entire orientation is full of important information, and is designed to ensure a strong start to your time at UC San Diego!

Our three part orientation will be broken up into a series of online Canvas modules, a live Zoom webinar session, and an in-person event to welcome and engage our new students. Take a look at the page below for more details and a full schedule of our live Zoom orientation component. 

As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to email us at csestudent@ucsd.edu


New CSE majors were sent an email on July 18th with details about the CSE Department's Fall 2025 Orientation.

Join Canvas Here


The link to join us on Zoom is included in your CSE Orientation Canvas course.

CSE Department Introduction by Faculty speaker 10 AM - 10:30 AM
CSE Student Panel 10:30 AM - 11 AM
CSE Student Affairs - General Advising Q&A 11 AM - 11:30 AM

To help us determine how many snacks to order for our in person orientation event, please complete the following attendance form: https://go.ucsd.edu/461iWHx

We can’t wait to meet you in the Bear Courtyard and kick off your time at UCSD with a bang! See you there!


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