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New Students

Life Skills for Student Success

Transitioning into college life presents new challenges. Life Skills for Student Success is a great way to learn about these challenges and how to handle them best.

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New Student Support

New to USF? Head our way to find out about services, events, and programs that will help you meet people, learn about campus resources, and get a jump on a great college experience!

• Tampa campus 
• Sarasota-Manatee campus 
• St. Petersburg campus 

Orientation

Orientation provides all incoming students -- first year students, transfer students, international students -- and their families with the resources, experiences, and knowledge to be successful as they enter the university.

• Tampa campus 
• Sarasota-Manatee campus 
• St. Petersburg campus 

Students from Foster Care

Our team in the USF Pearls program offers specialized support for students emerging from the foster care system to ensure you are successful navigating USF and getting all the benefits you are entitled to.

• USF Pearls program 

Transfer Students

USF has developed relationships with in-state partners and created solutions for other institutions to ensure an organized, highly communicative process to support transferring students. Connect with us for a smooth transition to USF.

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