Your Next Steps
Congratulations on your acceptance to Yale Summer Session! We’re thrilled to welcome you to campus this summer. This page outlines key steps you need to take before arriving. Be sure to regularly check the email address you used for your application for important updates and next steps. If you're not receiving emails from us, please reach out.
Pay Your Tuition and Other Fees
Once you are admitted to Yale Summer Session, an invoice for your tuition, housing, etc. is automatically generated. See how to pay your tuition and fees, our payment deadlines and more information on our Tuition and Fees page.
Contact Student Accessibility Services as Needed
Yale University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities in order to provide equitable and inclusive learning environments. If you are a student with a disability and would like to request disability-related accommodations, the first step is to register with Yale Student Accessibility Services, where you can include information about your situation and upload supporting documentation. If you’ve previously been approved for accommodations at Yale, you simply need to renew accommodations for the summer term. Accommodations require early and quick planning in Yale Summer Session and are not provided retroactively, so please make contact as soon as possible.
Meet the Immunization Requirement
To live on-campus and attend in-person courses, you must be compliant with your immunization requirements. If you do not submit your immunization documents by the posted deadlines, we will ask you to switch to online courses and you will not be able to live in our residential colleges. (For international students we will cancel your I-20).
Yale University requires all students who enroll at Yale and attending in-person to provide proof of immunizations. As soon as your NetID is activated, please see our immunization requirements and upload your required documents. Because this process can take some time, we recommend you start this as soon as your NetID is active.
Provide a Photo for Your Yale Student ID Card
Your Yale Student ID card allows you to access Yale's libraries and buildings, and, if living on campus, your residential college, entryway, dining hall, and so much more. Once you have activated your Yale NetID, you can upload a photo for your Yale ID card on the Yale ID Center website. If your photo is not uploaded before the photo upload deadline, you may be delayed in receiving your ID card and will have difficulty accessing campus buildings at the beginning of your time at Yale Summer Session.
Photo Upload Deadlines
Session A: May 14, 2025
Session B: June 18, 2025
Check Your Email Regularly
We'll be sending you email newsletters and announcements before your arrival. Please read these emails for important updates.
Arrange Your Travel Plans to New Haven
See our travel information to learn how to get to the Yale campus, located in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. Make sure you check program dates and housing check in dates before you make your plans. If you are an international student coming on an I-20 issued by our office, please be sure to allow time to get your F-1 student visa! You may not arrive early or stay late in our on campus housing, and you may not attend on a tourist visa.
International students will also have to do an immigration check in with the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) upon arrival. You'll be given more details about when and how to check in.
Pack Your Bags
June is usually sunny and warm, and July and August are generally hotter and more humid months. Check the weather forecast for what the weather will be like when you are here. Students usually dress casually and comfortably. Bring a light sweater or light jacket for cool evenings. You may want to bring something nice for a special event or night out.
If you are living on campus, your room will have a bed, a desk, a chair, and a light. Bring a fan, towels, pillow, blanket and sheets (twin, extra-long) or buy them when you get here.
[note] Please note that Yale's residential colleges are not air conditioned.