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Find the official policies that govern our student and academic community.
Undergraduate students are expected to maintain in person academic residency while enrolled in courses at Stanford University.
A Stanford undergraduate education is grounded in a shared experience of residential, in-person study. Part of this experience is the opportunity for serendipitous learning between community members. Accordingly, a fundamental expectation of Stanford undergrads is to engage in classes and community on the campus in which they are enrolled, which necessarily includes an in-person presence.
Stanford undergraduates are expected to maintain academic residency while enrolled in courses at Stanford University. Academic Residency means having a substantial in-person connection to and presence on the Stanford campus at which the student is currently enrolled throughout the quarter. Students are not required to live on campus beyond their first year of study, but must live close enough to campus to attend classes in-person on a regular basis. (Note that there is some flexibility to work with instructors if a student needs to be away from campus briefly on important matters.) Undergraduates with a documented disability may be excepted from this policy to the extent remote learning does not fundamentally alter their coursework, which will be an individual analysis for each course. (For example, it is generally a fundamental alteration to engage remotely in a lab-based course, or a discussion-based course.) Undergraduates without a documented disability are rarely granted exceptions to this policy because a leave of absence is generally the most appropriate approach to engage in ongoing obligations off campus.
Undergraduates with a documented disability may be exempted from this policy to the extent remote learning does not fundamentally alter their coursework, which will be an individual analysis for each course. (For example, it is generally a fundamental alteration to engage remotely in a lab-based course or a discussion-based course.) Students should contact the Office for Accessible Education opens in a new tab for more information.
Undergraduates with a documented disability may be exempted from this policy to the extent remote learning does not fundamentally alter their coursework, which will be an individual analysis for each course. (For example, it is generally a fundamental alteration to engage remotely in a lab-based course, or a discussion-based course.)
Contact the Office for Accessible Education for more information.
Stanford admits a diverse, highly qualified undergraduate class from around the world based on intellectual vitality, achievement, and potential, without quotas or preference for background, while maintaining need-blind admissions (for U.S.
Stanford’s General Education Requirements form a core part of the undergraduate experience, fostering broad intellectual and social competencies while giving students flexibility to explore interests, develop critical skills, and connect their
Students are expected to make steady progress toward their degree, and failure to complete requirements within 12–18 quarters may result in imposed conditions or possible discontinuation for lack of academic progress.
