First Year & Incoming Students

First Year Advising guides incoming and first-year students as they discern their personal and academic interests, transition to college-level academics, and begin to build a home at Notre Dame.

You can expect to partner with First Year Advising to:

• Provide individualized, proactive advising 
• Cultivate a sense of intellectual and personal belonging
• Encourage academic and intellectual exploration
• Provide you with the resources to develop effective learning strategies
• Help you find meaning and purpose in your liberal arts education 
• Introduce you to University resources
• Engage you with the purpose and value of collegiate-level advising
• Complete the administrative work of advising efficiently, accurately, and transparently