All Orientations are offered in person. International and All-Students sessions (excluding meals and social/community-building events) are also offered virtually and recorded for later watching. 

Dates:

• August 26-27 International Orientation (with social and community building events held throughout the weekend)
• August 30-31 Graduate Student of Color Orientation
• September 1-2 All-Student Orientation for PhD & MFA students (with social and community building events held throughout the week)
• September 3 Resource Fair 1-4 pm (1-2 graduate student only hour)

Learn what to do before you arrive, how to prepare for the first day of class, campus resources, finding community and keeping yourself entertained. Guide will be updated in January 2026.

The first several emails will generally be sent to the account you used when applying to Brown, but subsequent emails (after May 1, June 1 or January 1 depending on start date) will be sent to your Brown account.

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