The University of Connecticut is welcoming almost 7,400 undergraduate students to its campuses for the 2026-2027 academic year, according to UConn Today.
This includes about 6,400 incoming first-year students and almost 1,000 transfer students, according to preliminary enrollment numbers. Enrollment numbers are finalized by the 10th day of classes.
About 4,500 first-year students and 775 transfers are joining the almost 21,000 students enrolled at the Storrs campus this fall — just shy of last year’s record of 4,715 first-year Storrs students.
Regional campuses are also welcoming new students, particularly UConn Hartford, which will see about 685 first-year students — a significant jump from last year’s 490 first-years, a change likely attributed to the campus’ new Pratt Street residence hall, which has about 200 beds.
As for the other campuses, UConn Stamford will welcome about 900 first-year students, about 700 students will join the Waterbury campus and Avery Point will welcome more than 150 first-years.
Across all the campuses, UConn has about 25,900 undergraduates enrolled this fall, according to UConn Today.
“We are thrilled to welcome another exceptional class of students to UConn,” Director of Undergraduate Admissions Vern Granger told UConn Today. “This year’s incoming Huskies bring tremendous academic talent, curiosity, ambition, and a genuine desire to make a difference in their communities and beyond.”
Incoming students represent 158 of Connecticut’s 169 municipalities, 48 different states and 78 countries. About 37% are first-generation college students, according to UConn Today.
UConn’s Class of 2030 is also welcoming 147 valedictorians and salutatorians of their graduating high school class, as well as 600 new UConn Honors students.
UConn saw about 60,000 applications this year, a slight drop from last year’s record-breaking 62,000 applications.
Students officially began moving into the Storrs campus on Thursday in preparation for the first day of classes on Aug. 31. At the same time, construction continues on Gampel Pavilion, where crews have been working seven days a week all summer to upgrade the dome’s roof as part of a $99.4 million renovation project.
The work at Gampel, which is expected to continue through early October, will cause some road closures nearby, including Jim Calhoun Way between Hillside Road and the entrance to South Garage (though this intersection will re-open for move-in weekend).
Hillside Road from the driveway between the Center for International Students and Scholars and the bookstore, and Diane Wright Way between Jim Calhoun Way and Lot G will also be closed.
Lot G will be closed for parking, and some parking spaces in South Garage will be restricted. The bookstore will remain open throughout construction.
Nearby buildings like the bookstore and the Rec Center have their windows covered in plastic to protect against any paint spill from the project.
Construction on Storrs’ new nursing building behind South campus along Bolton Road is also well underway. The Elisabeth DeLuca School of Nursing is expected to open in January 2027. Once finished, the building will include a lecture hall, classrooms, a simulation lab suite, a wet lab, a human behavior research lab, a student academic center, offices and support spaces. Once finished, the school will vacate its current location at Storrs Hall and the space will be put to different use.