EDUCATING LEADERS IN PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES SINCE 1886
Orientation
Photo from 2023 Orientation
New PharmD and Pharmaceutical Sciences students are required to attend orientation. Students learn about program requirements and expectations, services and resources, and begin to bond with their peers, school and university community.
Orientation for incoming pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences students is held during the week before classes start in August. International students must also attend International Student Welcome.
Orientation sessions include:
- Academic affairs
- Student success and engagement
- Progression and coursework
- Advising
- Careers
- Student wellness
- Computing
- Class photographs
- Library
- Student organizations
- Networking
- Meeting your classmates
Students are required to attend all sessions.
Additional resources will be shared prior to Orientation to review.
International students must also attend the International Student Welcome. Continuing UB international students are not required to attend. Sessions include:
- Bank accounts in the U.S.
- Campus tours
- HUB Student Center: bill payment and course registration
- Applying for a social security card
- NYS driver's licenses and car registration
- Public transportation in Buffalo
- Libraries
- Tips for international teaching and research assistants
- Academic integrity in the U.S.
- Health insurance
- UB Card
Canadian students are only required to attend the I-20 immigration session, however all students are encouraged to attend as many sessions as possible.