Payment due dates

Payment due dates

Check your status

You can send documentation, view requirements, and check your status through self-service

You can send documentation, view requirements, and check your status through self-service

You can check your status on the UIS website.

Find out more about applying for aid.

Contact Financial Aid for assistance

Find out more about applying for aid.

Contact Financial Aid for assistance

Visit your UIS Admission Status page and click 'Orientation Sign up is Open'. You will use the login and password from your UIS Admissions application to login to the registration form. For any questions or concerns call 217-206-8181 or email UISOrientation@uis.edu.

There could be a couple of issues. (1). You are not using the logon id and password you created for your UIS Admission Application, or (2) you have not accepted your admission to UIS, or (3) you have selected the wrong date. Honors students must select Honors designated dates and Non-Honors (Freshman) students must select Freshmen dates.

Yes, first year students must select first year dates and Capital Scholars honors students must select Honors dates

When you submit the reservation you will automatically receive a copy of your registration form to the email you gave UIS on your application. You will also be emailed a confirmation of the session you're registered for. You can also verify your reservation by going to your UIS Admission and Application Status page.

If you go to your UIS Admission Status page you will see under Status Update – Payment Due $175 (or more if you added guests). Click on that and it will take you through the process of paying by credit card.

There is a mandatory $175 Orientation fee that is assessed to each student and covers expenses for the student. The Orientation Fee can be paid online after registering for Orientation, or deferred to the student account until the tuition bill is due. The Orientation Fee is mandatory and non-refundable. There are separate Guest fees for each guest a student would like to bring. Students are allowed up to 2 guests. The guest fee is $30/guest and can be paid by credit card when paying the student's orientation fee.

Yes, UIS’s mandatory orientation program has three parts. The first part is the online orientation in Canvas, our learning management system. Then students will attend the 1-day program called Orientation which focuses on big-picture activities like advising and registration. New Student Welcome is the last part of our mandatory programs, held right before classes start August 19 - 23, that will help prepare you for your first semester of college.

Yes, we understand that things come up during the Summer. Please email us with the date you want to cancel and indicate your new preferred date. We will cancel your reservation and register you for the other date if it is still open. Do not register for another session online, this will lead to confusion and being registered and charged for two Orientation dates. Please note that once your cancel your reservation the reservation system automatically opens a spot in that date and someone else can register for that spot. So please be sure and check dates before cancelling anything.

Entering students may have to take Math or Reading Placement exams. If you have taken the ACT/SAT and sent UIS your scores this may determine if you can waive one or both placement exam requirements. If you are unclear about what tests you need to take, please contact your advisor. Traditional first-year students contact the Center for Academic Success and Advising (CASA) and Honors students contact the Capital Scholars Honors program.

Yes. You can take your placement testing online, remotely or if you live near Springfield, at our Testing Services office here on campus. It is Free. Placement Testing is scheduled at UIS throughout the year. Refer to the Testing Services webpage for directions to request online or in-person testing appointments and sample testing questions.

Students who need accommodations (Assistive Technology, Documents in Large Format, Sign Language Interpreter) during Orientation, please indicate this on the online registration form. We need at least three weeks before the orientation session to make arrangements with our Office of Disability Services staff who will need time to contact sign language interpreters or take print material like our program and handouts and modify them for students who are blind or have a visual impairment. We will make every effort to make accommodations, but sign language interpreters are dependent on their availability. We can make some limited arrangements for parents/guardian/guests. Please call the Office of New Student Orientation & Parent Relations for further discussion.

In June because we limit the number of student participants in each session they are filled on a first-come basis. Therefore, if you register early you are more likely to receive your 1st choice orientation session. Once a session is full the system will close the session. If someone changes their reservation, a session may open back up. August and January sessions have one orientation date and no limits on the number of student registrations.

The first people to register have the opportunity to register for courses offered during preferred/peak class times (i.e. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.). Some popular introduction courses at these times tend to fill up faster. You might have to take it earlier or later in the day than you would prefer, but you will still be registered for these classes. Some general education subjects (i.e. psychology, sociology) are also more popular than others so you may have to choose an alternate subject. Required courses like Freshman Seminar, English, and Math add sections as they are needed throughout the summer. You will be able to register for all the credit hours you need. It may not be at your first choice time or subject. Students attending August or January (spring semester admits) should use the AdviseU app to set up an appoint with their advisor before their 1-day Orientation. Students will still have to attend the 1-day Orientation and Freshmen Welcome programs even though they have been advised for classes. Failure to attend could result in your schedule being cancelled and you will have to wait until the first day of classes to register again.

We strongly encourage students and their parents/guardian meet with the student’s financial assistance counselor to review the financial offer notification and cost of attendance before or after their orientation date. The Office of Financial Assistance can meet with the student and parents virtually by appointment. Contact their office to arrange a meeting: Phone: (217) 206-6724 or Email: finaid@uis.edu. Do not make any appointments on the Orientation date the student registered for. The student will have mandatory programming to attend the whole day.

Yes. It is built into the orientation schedule for students to get to see a bunch of different parts of campus. We are offering tours of campus and campus housing virtually.