SLU-Madrid's student life team and campus ambassadors will serve as guides to help you adjust to our campus and city. We've designed our "Welcome Week" to help you make new friends and learn about our campus, its resources and the city of Madrid.
We've designed our "Welcome Week" to help you make new friends and learn about our campus, its resources and the city of Madrid.
Whenever you need help, look for the campus ambassadors who are wearing orange! These student leaders are ready to help you adjust to life as a SLU-Madrid student. They can offer advice as you move in and acclimate to your first several days on campus.
Schedule of Events: Fall 2023
Host families are open for first-year, transfer and study abroad students to move in! Just because they're open doesn't mean you have to move in on this day. Be sure you are communicating with your host family so they know when to expect you, and email housing-madrid@slu.edu with questions!
8-9 a.m. at the residence hall you are assigned to (check your email in mid August for your assignment!)
9:30-11 a.m. — Campus check in with your Campus Ambassador-led groups
11 a.m. -12 p.m. — Parent and family welcome session in San Ignacio Hall room 300: Come with questions and leave feeling confident that your student is in good hands at SLU-Madrid!
11 a.m. - 5 p.m. — Welcome sessions around campus with your groups (campus tour, neighborhood tour, meet professors, sessions about how to make a doctor's appointment and more!)
5 p.m. onward — A scavenger hunt around Madrid, dinner with your groups in the residence halls and other activities with new friends.
8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. — Day trip to Monasterio de Piedra (no cost, lunch included)
6:30 p.m. onward — Paella dinner and other activities in the residence halls
9:30-11 a.m. — Check in on campus (you will see signs about where to go based on the first letter of your last name)
11 a.m.-5 p.m. — Welcome sessions around campus with your groups (campus tour, neighborhood tour, meet professors, sessions about how to make a doctor's appointment and more!)
5 p.m. onward — Scavenger hunt on the city with your campus groups and then you're free to go have dinner with your new friends
After breakfast in your residence hall, your Campus Ambassador will bring you to the convocation ceremony. Convocation is your official welcome to SLU-Madrid, and where you'll see all of your peers together for a formal welcome by University leadership and faculty. Afterward, we'll have a reception together and then you are free to head home and get ready for the first day of classes.
Study abroad students have the option to attend one of SLU-Madrid's most popular day trips to Monasterio de Piedra to check out the historic monastery and beautiful park grounds. There are more than 20 waterfalls around the park — a great reprieve from the bustling city for a few hours!
You can bring your own lunch or make sure you have money to buy food on site. Either way, be sure you have a water bottle because it's still pretty warm in Spain this time of year.
Registration is 50 euros per person, and you can email studentlife-madrid@slu.edu for the sign-up link.
2-5 p.m. — Padre Rubio Hall patio
Meet club and activities leaders to find out about fun things to do after class on
and off campus this semester. Also, meet some community group organizers who work
with incredible charities that you could support during your time at SLU-Madrid.
Students from the U.S. are required to attend one of the talks from U.S. Embassy staff on Sept. 6. The options are 9:30, 10:15 and 11 a.m. in the San Ignacio Hall Auditorium.
Be on the lookout for information about late arrivals orientation session. Email studentlife-madrid@slu.edu with any questions.