Ready to embark on a life-changing journey? Welcome Week is where it all begins.

At Northeastern University, you will engage in activities, experience opportunities, and excel at challenges that will help you define and achieve your intellectual, personal, and professional goals. Your classroom studies, combined with co-op experiences, research opportunities, creative pursuits, global learning, and civic engagement, add up to an education you will find nowhere else.

Start learning about all the possibilities that Northeastern has to offer by checking out Welcome Week. Many of our events highlight Northeastern’s particular strengths in experiential learning, interdisciplinary and translational research, global and urban engagement, and creative and ethical understanding.

Experiential learning
Challenging academics combined with real-world experience is the cornerstone of a Northeastern education. Pursue unmatched opportunities to integrate study and practice through co-op, undergraduate research, civic engagement, and global experience. 

Interdisciplinary and translational research
Northeastern is committed to research that transforms new knowledge into solutions and converts innovation into entrepreneurship. Discover the undergraduate research and interdisciplinary scholarship opportunities that make students knowledge creators.

Global and urban engagement
Northeastern prepares students to be citizens of their city and the world. Experience the diversity of the Northeastern community as well as opportunities to connect with different cultures on and off campus.

Creative and ethical understanding
At Northeastern, creative, aesthetic, and ethical perspectives add human value to learning. Explore the artistic and entertainment venues that Northeastern offers throughout the week and join us for the Welcome BBQ as we meet our new students and enjoy performances by Northeastern community members.