** Resources for New & Returning International Students**
**Travel Advisory- Entering the United States**
The University will be closed for winter break from Friday, December 23, 2022 through Monday, January 2, 2023. Normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST) will resume Tuesday, January 3, 2023.
| January | International Student Orientation- Self Paced Online | |
| January | SPEAK Test | |
| January | Welcome Reception for Graduate & International Students | |
| January | Undergraduate Freshman Monarch Orientation | |
| January | Graduate Teaching Assistantship Institute (GTAI) | |
| January | Undergraduate Transfer Monarch Orientation | |
| January 7 | Spring Classes Begin | |
| January 9 | English Language Center classes begin | |
| January 16 | Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, no classes | |
| January | Last day to register for classes | |
| March 6-11 | Spring Holiday, no classes | |
| April 24 | Spring Classes end | |
| April 25 | Reading Day | |
| April 26 - May 3 | Final Exams |
Main check in begins Monday, August 8, 2022 through Tuesday, September 6, 2022 from 9:00am to 12:00pm. Not all events are applicable, dates may be subject to change, visit VISA office, Welcome to ODU Events, Undergraduate Schedule of Events, & Graduate Schedule of Events, and Academic Calendar for additional schedule details.
| August 15 | New International Student Orientation, online self paced | |
| August 15 | New Graduate Student Orientation, online self-paced | |
| August 22 | SPEAK Test | |
| August 22 | Institutional TOEFL Test | |
| August 23 | Undergraduate Transfer Monarch Orientation | |
| August 25-26 | Graduate Teaching Assistantship Institute (GTAI) | |
| August 25 | Undergraduate Freshman Monarch Orientation | |
| August 27 | Fall classes begin (most students begin Monday, August 29) | |
| August 29 | English Language Center classes begin | |
| September 5 | Labor Day Holiday- University closed, no classes | |
| September 7 | Last day to register for classes | |
| September 13 | UNITY Block Party | |
| November 23 - 27 | Thanksgiving Holiday- University closed, no classes | |
| December 9 | Fall classes end | |
| December 10 - 16 | Final exams |