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Your campus email is activated once you are able to retrieve your password. ULink passwords can be created online, via the University's Online Password Utility. You will need your username (ULID) to access your password. Here are a few helpful hints about the security questions:
- Your answers are case and format sensitive.
- If your birthday was January 1, 1990, you would need to answer the birthday question as 01-01-1990 (including the dashes.)
- Your birth city must begin with a capital letter. Ex: Lafayette, New Orleans, Lubbock.
- If you get the question about an email address, you must use the email address you supplied on your university application.
Yes, all official University communication will be sent to your @louisiana.edu email address once you have been admitted to the University.
You can contact the Help Desk 24 hours a day:
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Phone: 337-482-HELP (4357)
Yes, UL Lafayette students may apply for Pell Grants, student loans and other University related scholarships. Students must register for at least six hours per semester (undergraduate degrees) or 5 hours per semester (graduate degrees) to be eligible for financial aid. Please see the Financial Aid page for information on applying for financial aid.
A tuition waiver does not apply to the price and will not be accepted. Some examples of tuition waivers not accepted for this online delivery format include, but are not limited to: tuition exemption through employing school boards, a graduate assistantship, and/or the UL Lafayette senior citizen/employee tuition discounts. Direct employer billing is available.
There are five start dates per year offered by the University of Louisiana Lafayette.
RN to BSN
Contact your nursing advisor at [email protected] if you need to change the term of your application.Updating Your Entry Term
Applicants who have not been admitted and wish to update their application may do so, without fee, for up to one calendar year from the original semester of application. Should you choose to update by more than one regular semester, you will be required to submit new official transcripts. Beyond one year, a new application, application fee, and updated application materials will be required.Steps to Update Your Entry Term:
- Log in to your application portal
- Select the application you would like updated
- At the top of the following page ("Graduate School Application Instructions"), you will see a link labeled "Request to Update Entry Term"
- Select that link and fill out the required fields. Click submit once completed.
- Your request will be sent to our admissions team who will approve or deny it.
- To check the status of your request, visit your supplemental items page for that application and scroll to the bottom. There, you'll see a section labeled "Update Entry Term Requests" Deferring Your Admission
Steps to Defer Your Admission:
- Log in to your application portal
- Select the application you would like deferred
- At the top of the following page ("Graduate School Application Instructions"), you will see a link labeled "Request to Update Entry Term"
- Select that link and fill out the required fields. Click submit once completed.
- Your request will be sent to our admissions team and your graduate coordinator who will approve or deny it.
- To check the status of your request, visit your supplemental items page for that application and scroll to the bottom. There, you'll see a section labeled "Update Entry Term Requests"
To check the status of your application click here, then click “Apply for Admission”. You will be required to remember your login information and PIN from when completed the application.
If you need your password reset email admissions:
RN to BSN [email protected]
[email protected]
RN to BSN [email protected]
[email protected]
International students may apply to the RN to BSN program if they have earned the RN degree in the United States, have a work visa and can provide a U.S. address.
The MBA Online and MBA Health Care Administration Online might not be the right delivery method for international students. According to U.S. immigration regulations, F-1 students cannot pursue online degrees; international students in other visa categories (i.e., H-4, L2), however, are exempt from this restriction. If you intend to remain in your home country, you may be eligible. If you're an international applicant interested in an MBA degree, contact the Graduate School at [email protected] or 337-482-6965 to discuss the right option for you.
Yes, we do accept transfer credits for the RN to BSN program only. However, a minimum of 30 credit hours must be completed at UL Lafayette.
Once your application is complete and reviewed, you will receive an email notifying you of the admission decision. For those admitted, you will receive a separate communication from your academic advisor containing a degree plan. The degree plan is an outline of the courses that you will need to take to meet the requirements to earn your degree. You will use your degree plan to help track your progress toward earning your degree. You will receive a second email with your university login information and instructions to create your password for university resources.
Is this process the same for MBA? How does the communication differ from the Graduate School and advisor?
Applicants receive a decision notification from the Graduate School. In addition to a letter of admission, those admitted receive a "Next Steps" letter that explains how to create/activate their ULID and email, points them to the contract, talks about advising, registering for classes, and how to complete the online student orientation.
Do you accept transfer credits into your programs?
Yes, we do accept transfer credits for the RN to BSN program only. However, a minimum of 30 credit hours must be completed at UL Lafayette.
Any transfer credits allowed for MBA?
The participant will not be given any credit for any course that is not completed during the program. The participant will not be given credit for partial completion of a course.
Is this process the same for MBA? How does the communication differ from the Graduate School and advisor?
Applicants receive a decision notification from the Graduate School. In addition to a letter of admission, those admitted receive a "Next Steps" letter that explains how to create/activate their ULID and email, points them to the contract, talks about advising, registering for classes, and how to complete the online student orientation.
Do you accept transfer credits into your programs?
Yes, we do accept transfer credits for the RN to BSN program only. However, a minimum of 30 credit hours must be completed at UL Lafayette.
Any transfer credits allowed for MBA?
The participant will not be given any credit for any course that is not completed during the program. The participant will not be given credit for partial completion of a course.
You must apply to UL Lafayette. Once we have received your official transcripts from each institution you attended, we can evaluate which courses will transfer.
- RN to BSN: Each course, nursing and non-nursing, must be completed with a grade of "C" or higher.
SACSCOC™ - The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degrees. Contact the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of UL Lafayette.
CCNE - The baccalaureate degree program in nursing at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
AACSB - The University of Louisiana at Lafayette B.I. Moody III College of Business holds an advanced accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International.
CCNE - The baccalaureate degree program in nursing at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
AACSB - The University of Louisiana at Lafayette B.I. Moody III College of Business holds an advanced accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International.
An official transcript must be an original document bearing the institutional seal and official signature of the registrar for that institution. Although they must come directly from the institution, official transcripts can arrive to the Graduate School in a number of ways — in mail or in person. Official documents must arrive in the original sealed envelope that shows they were clearly issued by the originating institution, with an institutional stamp or signature on the closed envelope flap. (See https://gradschool.louisiana.edu/admissions/official-transcripts.)
For students who pay by credit card, the Paypath payment service fee is 2.85%.
Click here to view step by step instructions on how to create your own course guide. Once completed you will be able to register direction from your plan.
In order to drop a class in ULink, follow these instructions:
- Log into ULink.
- Click on the Students tab.
- Click on Registration, located under Registration Information.
- Select level (Undergraduate/Graduate).
- Select term.
- Click on the Regular class button.
- Click Submit.
- Choose the class you wish to drop.
- Click Submit.
In order to withdraw from a course after the term has started, you must email your academic advisor. To withdraw from a RN to BSN course, email [email protected]. To withdraw from a course in the MBA program, email [email protected].
- Transcript requests are to be submitted using the Grade Transcript Request Form available online with the indication of Electronic Delivery as the delivery method.
- This form should be completed and returned to the Registrar's Office by email, fax, or mail.
- This form can also be returned by email to [email protected] as a PDF (or JPG, if size of attachment is limited) attachment as long as the request bears a handwritten signature.
Students may check their final grades by viewing their unofficial transcript.
- Login to ULink.
- Select the Student tab.
- Select Statement of Account.
- Select Online Payments.
To learn more about payment processing information and payment plan options, visit our Student Cashier Center.
You must take NURS 353 - Orientation for RN to BSN during your first session of enrollment. Course navigation instructions are provided as part of the orientation course. The program must be completed by noon on the third day of program.
For MBA online students, you are required to complete the orientation prior to registering in your first course.
Yes, you will be required upon completing 12 hours of graduate credit to apply for Candidacy. For more information click here.
In order to determine which books are necessary for your course(s), please refer to the RN-BSN Textbooks PDF. Make sure to check this textbook list each semester for updates to course textbooks.
For the MBA programs textbook and materials are included in the courses and will be available on the first day.
Individual instructors determine when a course is accessible to students. Courses are opened on the first day of classes by the instructor. If you log in on the first day of classes and do not see one of your courses listed, contact your instructor via email or contact the help desk.
The faculty member teaching the course should be your first point of contact. Many courses will also assign you to a group led by an academic coach so you have two points of contact.
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