Define Your Success
Resources for Specific Students:
- New Students (frosh and transfer)
- 2nd-Year Students (between 30 and 59 units)
- Transfer Students (upper division)
- Students Close to Graduating - Undergraduate | Graduate
- Fall 2020 Admits - Intersession Course Registration | FAQ [pdf]
- Veterans (Veteran Resource Center)
- International Students (ISSS)
- Former Students Returning (FSR)
Resources for All Students:
- New! On-Campus Study Space with WiFi [pdf]
- iSchool offers Online Technical/Programming Classes during Summer Session (course descriptions)
- Weeks of Welcome - ongoing campus-wide actitvities and events
- Compilation of SJSU Resources (Google Doc)
- Learn Anywhere - help and technology for online learning
- Quick video on Canvas and Zoom links for classes
- Zoom resources (how-to videos, etc.)
- Advising Hub
- Tutoring Hub - peer tutoring, writing center, workshops, and more
- Student Computing Services (MLK Library)
- Late-Night Tutoring (MLK Library)
- MyGPS - technology tools for planning and tracking your success
- Class Schedules
- Registration Basics
- Financial Aid & Scholarship Office (FASO)
- Bursar's Office - forms and tutorials on payment of tuition, fees, housing, etc.
- Registrar's Office - forms for enrollment/registration, grades, transcripts, graduation, etc.
- Grading Policy
- Finals Resources - activities, events, ongoing programs, tutoring
- Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
- Get Involved - clubs and organizations
- SJSU Cares - health and wellness
- DiscoverSJSU - opportunities across campus
- MESA Engineering Program (MEP) (math, engineering, science achievement)
- Career and Professional Development
- Engineering at SJSU magazine: Fall 2020 [pdf] | Spring 2020 [pdf] | All
Need a Live Person's Help?
What | How | When | Who |
Quick questions, referrals to other advising | Virtual Front Desk (Zoom) |
During ESSC business hours: |
Peer advisors are there to help |
Drop-in advising | Virtual Front Desk (Zoom) | Monday through Friday 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Professional advisors (2 hours daily) |
Scheduled one-on-one appointment | Spartan Connect | During business hours, some after-hours (depending on the advisor's availability) | All Advisors |
Group advising on specific topics | Workshops & Events | See our calendar | Advisors, faculty |
Registration Calendars
Key dates for each term including registration and payment deadlines
Winter 2021 | Spring 2021 | Summer 2021 | Fall 2021
Timeline for Fall 2021 Registration
Wednesday, Feb 24 | Engineering Major Advising Holds placed on students' accounts |
Tuesday, April 27 | Enrollment appointments will be posted to Continuing Students' accounts on MySJSU Class Schedule available on MySJSU or SJSU Class Schedule page |
Wednesday, May 12 | Advance Registration for Continuing Students begins (ends Monday, Aug. 16) |
Timeline for Summer 2021 Registration
Monday, April 5 |
All continuing students can register: All repeaters can register: |
Wednesday, April 14 | Non-SJSU / Open University students can register. |
Wednesday, May 12 | May 12 through July 12: First-time repeaters repeating a summer class must contact the Registrar and include student name, ID#, 5-digit class number, subject and number. |
June 1 or July 6 | Beginning on the first day of instruction, permission numbers will be required. (Class Schedule available on MySJSU or SJSU Class Schedule page) |
Important Dates and Upcoming ESSC Events
Agenda view works best.