New Graduate Student Orientation | Graduate School

New Graduate Student Orientation Options

The Graduate School aims to offer a variety of onboarding activities and events to help new graduate students acclimate to ECU, Greenville, and their graduate education. Please feel free to participate in as many options as you would like!Your program may have a required orientation session but all of the Graduate School orientations are optional.

Campus Orientation Event – TBA for August or September 2026

(Registration Required)

8:45 AM – 12:00 PM

Main Campus Student Center Ballrooms

Join us on campus on Wednesday August 20 to learn more about getting started as a new graduate student! You will have a chance to meet and engage with other graduate students, faculty, and campus representatives from Student Affairs. There is no fee for this event, but registration is required. This orientation is optional. Please check with your graduate program director to find out if your program has a required orientation. We will send you more details to your ECU email account as we get closer to the date including parking, an agenda, and other helpful information. Register today!

Virtual Pre-Registration Orientation (Optional)

This session focuses on the beginning of registration for summer and fall and discusses setting up accounts, advising, registration, billing, payment plans, financial aid, and keeping track of academic progress through Degree Works. Session is a live video conference presented through Teams.

If you need instructions on how to register for courses, please review the Registrar’s website and contact your graduate program director for help with course selection.

Orientation Course in Canvas (Optional)

All newly admitted graduate students are enrolled in an online orientation course within the system, Canvas. The course will appear in a student’s course listing (or you will get an invitation to join the course) after you enroll in classes for your first semester. Registration opens in late October/early November for Spring terms and it opens in March for Summer and Fall terms. You can consult the Office of the Registrar’s website Office of the Registrar’s website for more registration help. If you are a current ECU undergraduate student or if you are already enrolled in your first semester’s courses and you do not see the New Graduate Student Orientation course in Canvas, please send an email to gradorientation@ecu.edu using your ECU email and notify us. Please provide your Banner ID and we will be able to get you in the course quickly.

This Graduate School sponsored Canvas course is not required by the Graduate School. It may be required by your program, so please check with your graduate program director if you have questions.
The College of Business has a separate Canvas orientation for its students and it is required. Please contact gradbus@ecu.edu you have questions.
The College of Nursing has a separate Canvas orientation course for its students and it is required.

Live Virtual Orientation Options (via Teams)

Join our online sessions to learn information about getting acquainted with Graduate School at ECU. There is no need to pre-register for these sessions – simply join the meetings online.

All events will be through Microsoft Teams which you can access using your Pirate ID and passphrase.

Early Orientation Sessions

Events To Be Announced

Orientation Sessions with Student Panels

Events to be Announced

Last Chance Q&A Session

Events to be Announced