Welcome to UM-Dearborn!
Orientation is designed to guide you through your transition to UM-Dearborn. You’ll learn about the services and resources available to acclimate you to the campus community and help you succeed in your journey to earning the Michigan degree. To help ensure your success, completion of all steps in the process is required prior to registering for classes.
Orientation provides you with pertinent information to prepare you for the upcoming semester. The following steps must be completed in order for you to meet with an academic advisor and register for classes.
Welcome to the Michigan family! Go Blue - Go Dearborn!
The following are required steps in the orientation process for students starting in Winter 2024:
Upon admission to the University of Michigan-Dearborn, you are required to submit a $50 Enrollment Deposit. This deposit signals your intent to enroll, reserves your space for the semester, and will be credited to your student account and applied toward your tuition. Enrollment deposits are non-refundable.
When you were admitted, you should have received an email from it.accounts@umich.edu with instructions on setting up your uniqname and umich.edu email account. This email also included your 8-digit University of Michigan ID number (UMID). You must have both the UMID and uniqname to sign up for placement exams and orientation, and register for classes. After you have created your uniqname, please allow two business days for it to be added to our system. If you received your UMID and haven't set up your uniqname, you can obtain your uniqname now at the ITS website.
Prior to having access to schedule the Orientation Academic Advising and Registration Appointment, education majors in the College of Education, Health, and Human Services (CEHHS) are required to complete the following three clearances:
In order for a background check to be conducted by the Field Placement Office, students must select and complete the criminal background check consent form using the link above. Although Livescan fingerprints are not needed to meet University requirements, fingerprinting may be required by the specific site where your field experience is scheduled. Your site supervisor or other site personnel will inform you of such a requirement.
Students in education clinical experiences may be required to record themselves in the classroom. These recordings will be used to provide feedback and help students develop as educators. Please select and complete the Video Recording Consent form using the link above.
This training is completed through Michigan Virtual. Click on this link to enroll. You will be guided through several different modules each with a quiz at the end. You must earn an 80% on each module quiz in order to pass. Quizzes can be taken multiple times and the modules are not timed. Once you complete the training with passing quiz scores, you will be sent an electronic certificate of completion. Please upload a copy of your certificate for review using the Bloodborne Pathogens Upload link.
This orientation academic advising and registration appointment is when you will meet with your Academic Advisor to review program requirements and register for your courses. Students must attend an advising appointment in order to have registration access granted for courses. As a reminder, students must have submitted their enrollment deposit and completed the Math Placement Exam (if required) in order to have access to register for an appointment. Instructions will be provided to schedule your appointment, completed in MY UM-Dearborn.
Information will be provided in early Spring 2024 for students starting in Summer 2024.
The following are required steps in the orientation process for students starting in Fall 2024:
Upon admission to the University of Michigan-Dearborn, you are required to submit a $50 Enrollment Deposit. This deposit signals your intent to enroll, reserves your space for the semester, and will be credited to your student account and applied toward your tuition. Enrollment deposits are non-refundable.
When you were admitted, you should have received an email from it.accounts@umich.edu with instructions on setting up your uniqname and umich.edu email account. This email also included your 8-digit University of Michigan ID number (UMID). You must have both the UMID and uniqname to sign up for placement exams and orientation, and register for classes. After you have created your uniqname, please allow two business days for it to be added to our system. If you received your UMID and haven't set up your uniqname, you can obtain your uniqname now at the ITS website.
Information on the orientation process will be available in Spring 2024.
If you have any questions about Orientation, please email the Orientation team at umd-orientation@umich.edu.
Participating in the virtual components of your orientation process, will require a computer or tablet with internet capabilities. If you don’t have access to these technology resources, let us know by emailing us at umd-orientation@umich.edu so we can make alternative arrangements for you.