Welcome
Welcome to UCNJ. The 10 steps below are the recommended sequence of enrollment.
1. Submit Application
Welcome to UCNJ’s admissions process. Click the link below to begin or view the status of your online application.
Begin or View UCNJ Application
Your application may take a few days to be processed. In the meantime, you may continue to the instructions of document submission and applying for Financial Aid. Submit the following documents to the Admissions Department on the Cranford, Elizabeth or Plainfield campuses:
Submit final, official high school transcript or GED transcript
Submit SAT scores if you have taken the SATs
Submit AP scores, if applicable
Submit IB scores, if applicable.
Submit immunization records
The State of New Jersey requires all full-time students born after December 31, 1936 to be immunized against Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Hepatitis B or prove that they meet one of the exemption requirements. Students must bring a copy of a certificate from a doctor or medical center showing proof of inoculations to the Admissions office on the Cranford, Elizabeth, Plainfield campus.
Official Documents Should Be Mailed to the Following Address:
UCNJ
Office of Admissions
1033 Springfield Ave
Cranford, NJ 07016
2. Apply for Financial Aid
Complete your FAFSA-Free Application for Federal Student Aid www.fafsa.gov. UCNJ’s school code is 002643
Check your UCNJ email to confirm receipt of your FAFSA
Log into Self- Service to check for required documents and submit them to the Financial Aid Office
Review your Financial Aid Award on Self-Service
3. Create your College Account
Check the email account that you provided in your application for instructions, username, and password
4. Take your Placement Test
A SAT score of at least 540 in Critical Reading and 530 in Math are necessary to waive the Placement Test.
5. Attend Orientation
Orientation is required for all first-time, full-time students entering the college during Fall or Spring.
6. Register for Classes
Steps before registration
Check academic calendar for registration dates
Plan your classes
Plan how you will pay for your tuition and fees
Steps at registration
Log in and register (after orientation)
Review and print your class schedule from your College account
Steps after registration
Check your college email and the college website often for class cancellations
Schedule changes
- You can add classes until the last day of registration
- You will not be charged for classes dropped prior to the start of the semester
- Classes dropped after the start of the semester are subject to the College’s refund policy
7. Pay for your Classes
Tuition Payment plan. Students must visit the Office of Student Accounts to make the initial payment and to sign a promissory note to participate in the plan
Log in to your College account and check your balance
Purchase a parking permit (At a Student Services Center)
8. Obtain your Student ID
Bring a copy of your class schedule and a picture ID
Cranford – Student Services Center, Student Development Building
Elizabeth – Student Services Center, Lessner Building
Plainfield – Student Services Center, Logos Building
9. Buy your Textbooks and Supplies
10. Go to your First Class
Refer to your class schedule