# Starting at UQ

**Source**: https://my.uq.edu.au/starting-at-uq
**Parent**: https://life.uq.edu.au/

## Ready to get started?

Everything you need to know about becoming a UQ student

**[Log in to get started](https://my.uq.edu.au/saml_login?destination=/home-redirect)**

**[No login? No worries.](https://my.uq.edu.au/starting-at-uq/welcome)**

[How to activate your student account](https://my.uq.edu.au/starting-at-uq/how-to-activate-student-account)

Starting uni can feel like trekking into the unknown, but there's no need to worry.

Starting at UQ will walk you through:

- **Planning** out your semester
- **Enrolling** in your courses
- **Finances** and fee information
- **Preparing** for semester
- **Orientation and settling in** to your first few weeks at uni.

### Starting in Semester 1, 2026?

Starting at UQ offers personalised content before semester to help you onboard.

If you're commencing your studies in Semester 1, Starting at UQ will be available from 1 December 2025.

### Need help throughout the year?

You can [contact your school or faculty](https://my.uq.edu.au/contact/faculty-or-school), or you'll find more information on my.UQ:

- **HDR students** – [how to get started in your HDR degree](https://my.uq.edu.au/information-and-services/higher-degree-research/get-started)
- **Continuing students** – [access enrolment information](https://my.uq.edu.au/information-and-services/manage-my-program/classes-timetables-and-coursework/enrolment-and-class-allocation).

## Settling in

- [Information sessions

  See our range of sessions and modules to help you get ready for study and living in Queensland.](https://my.uq.edu.au/information-and-services/student-support/information-sessions)
- [Orientation

  Find out about faculty and UQ-wide orientation sessions you can attend before you start uni.](https://my.uq.edu.au/information-and-services/student-support/orientation)