Ensure your academic experience is a success by completing this checklist after you’ve been accepted:

Submit your official transcripts

Submit your official transcripts

Activate your student account

Visit PSU's Office of Information Technology to activate your PSU computer account and check your @pdx.edu email account. If you already have a PSU Student (Odin) Account, but cannot log in to your application account, review the instructions to reset your password

Financial documentation

If you are an international student, submit documentation of financial support.

Get your student ID

Pick up your student ID from Student Financial Services, located on the bottom floor of Fariborz Maseeh Hall at 1855 SW Broadway.

Plan out your financing

Find out about tuition and fees and funding available for graduate students.

Apply for scholarships and loans

Apply for FAFSA and Portland State scholarships before February 1 regardless of whether you have been admitted. 

Please also consider making an appointment with a coach at the Financial Wellness Center to create a budget for graduate school. 

If you have applied for financial aid, you will need to check your PSU Student Account to see if additional documents are needed to process your financial aid award, accept your award, set up your refund preference with the Student Financial Services Office, and, if you’re taking out a student loan, sign a federal direct student loan Master Promissory Note or complete new borrower entrance counseling.

Contact Financial Aid with any questions.

Find out if you're eligible for in-state tuition

Graduate students from Western states who are enrolling in qualifying programs may be eligible to earn in-state tuition through the Western Regional Graduate Program.

Review your health insurance options.

PSU requires that all domestic students enrolled in five in-load, non-restricted differential tuition credits or more per term maintain comprehensive health insurance to ensure that students stay healthy and in the classroom. The PSU Health Insurance Plan is major medical health insurance providing preventative, routine, and specialized health benefits and students are automatically enrolled and billed each term. Those who have comparable outside health insurance can apply to waive the PSU Health Insurance Plan.

Submit proof of your measles vaccination

  • Domestic Students - Oregon law requires domestic students show evidence of immunity to measles, or provide an exception, before registering for their second term of enrollment.
  • International Students -  Oregon law requires international students show evidence of immunity to measles before their first term of enrollment.

Complete the Required Understanding Sexual Misconduct and Resources Module*

All PSU students are required to complete the Understanding Sexual Misconduct and Resources Module. This training module is designed to increase awareness about sexual violence on college campuses in addition to providing students with resources to cope with sexual violence at PSU. It is mandatory that all students complete this module.

Enroll in classes

After you have been admitted and your PSU account is activated, you will need to register for classes

Find on-campus housing

Apply for graduate student housing in any of the University’s nine housing buildings.

Get help with childcare

Visit Services for Students with Children and find parenting resources like subsidized childcare, financial assistance for parents, food pantry, lactation support, activities for children, and much more.

Attend your department’s orientation

If your graduate program is hosting an orientation, you will receive information about it from your department before your start term.

Attend Portland State's Viking Days celebrations

PSU connects new students with academic, cultural, and social opportunities on campus through a series of fun events known as “Viking Days.” Get ready to meet other new students, develop friendships, connect to organizations, and have a blast!