A new class of incoming University at Buffalo graduate students within the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences gather in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus for a group photo.

Get Ready for Graduate Orientation 2026

Before Orientation
Welcome to Campus
Buffalo Life
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Before Orientation

Prior to orientation, we invite you to prepare for your University at Buffalo experience by watching these onboarding videos.

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Welcome to Campus

Gift Pickup SEAS Resource Fair Graduate Orientation

SEAS Check-in and Gift Pick-Up

SEAS Check-in and Gift Pick-Up

At the SEAS Graduate Student Check-in, you will pick up your welcome gift from SEAS to show off your #UBTrueBlue pride! International students can also pick up their ISS Welcome Packet during this timeframe at the ISS table.

**Be sure to bring an official form of identification when you check in.**

Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Capen Hall
University at Buffalo
160 Founders Prom
North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260
United States

Monday, Aug. 17, 2026 | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Talbert Hall
University at Buffalo
150 Founders Prom
North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260
United States

Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026 | Noon to 2:30 p.m.

Center for the Arts
University at Buffalo
103 Center for the Arts
North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260
United States

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Life in Buffalo

Four pictures showing life in Buffalo, including somebody at a concert taking a photo with their smartphone, three young adults walking down the Elmwood Village shopping district, a group of young adults hiking through a wintery woods, and a University at Buffalo male basketball player driving with the ball.

Enjoy experiences in every season

Buffalo is beautiful year-round

From architectural tours to avant-garde theater, gallery walks to gondola rides, Shakespeare in the Park to Shark Girl, there is no shortage of things to do in and around Buffalo. Plus, our four spectacular seasons do not disappoint.

See why we love Buffalo (and you will too)
Zoom image: View of downtown Buffalo and waterfront. View of downtown Buffalo and waterfront.

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A spring day outside of UB's Davis Hall, as students mill about outside with blue skies overhead.

Get True Blue

Life at UB doesn’t just take place in the classroom. We have comfortable campus living, more than 500 student clubs and organizations, a Division I athletics program, concerts, world-renowned speakers and tons of True Blue energy.

Start your video tour of UB below.

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Then see what lies beyond the UB classroom with our unique student life resources for SEAS students.

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