Our Welcome Program

Your introduction to university life

Celebrate the start of semester with a range of social events and activities to help you find your people, and information sessions to set you up for success.

Our Welcome Program is one of the best in Australia, bringing together all students, new and continuing, to celebrate the start of semester. In Semester 1 2025, the Program will begin two weeks before semester begins.

Welcome is a university-wide program of events, with activities, information sessions and workshops run by Student Life, University of Sydney Union (USU), faculties and schools, Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness (SUSF), and more.

Highlights from our Welcome Program, Semester 1, 2024

Baker Boy performing with a female signer and DJ on a main stage with a crowd in front. — Baker Boy performing on the Main Stage

Four students in a white ball pit, laughing — Students having fun in the USU ball pit

Vice-Chancellor and President Mark Scott presenting on stage — Vice-Chancellor and President Mark Scott addressing students at the Welcome Ceremony

Mallrat performing on the Main Stage with a microphone in her hand. — Mallrat performing on the Main Stage

Joining us at Welcome?

Our Semester 1 2025 Welcome Program takes place from Monday 10 February and continues until the end of Week 4. Find out what's happening when on our Welcome Program page.

Plan your schedule

Log in to the Welcome Planner with your Unikey to see the full Welcome Program, register for events and plan your schedule.

Getting to campus

The majority of events and activities in our Welcome Program take place on our main Camperdown/Darlington campus.

There are plenty of ways to get to campus, from cycling to using public transport. For how to get to and around campus, visit our Getting to campus webpage.