FAQ: Graduate Student Life

FAQ's

New graduate students are required to complete SUNY Poly Essentials, an online orientation program. Login information is sent to new students by the Graduate Admissions Office once enrollment has been confirmed. Please note that international students are required to attend an in-person orientation program the week before classes begin.

Yes, students can have cars on campus and are required to pay a parking fee. Parking is convenient to classrooms and residence hall facilities.

Local bus service is available on campus. Amtrack and Greyhound service is available to and from the city of Utica and air travel is provided through either Hancock International Airport in Syracuse. For most campus-sponsored events taking place off-campus, free bus or van transportation is provided on a space-available basis.

Resident students are required to purchase a meal plan and commuters may also opt to purchase a meal plan. Wildcat Hospitality offers a variety of meal plan options to accommodate both resident and commuter students.

Wildcat Hospitality provides breakfast, lunch and dinner Monday-Friday and brunch and dinner on Saturday and Sunday in our main dining hall located in the Campus Center. Students can also stop into the Student Center for a meal or quick snack at a variety of times throughout the day using the additional points from their meal plan.

The Wellness Center is located in the Campus Center, Suite 217. The Wellness Center offers a wide range of health care services including routine healthcare, physician and nurse practitioner visits, health counseling, medications, blood pressure monitoring, referral information and much more. In addition, there are three hospitals within ten minutes of campus.

 

 

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