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VCU has countless resources to help you sign up for opportunities, connect with classmates and faculty, get around campus, and be successful.
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The essentials
Here’s a quick list of our most popular links:
Academics
- Academic programs A to Z
- Advising
- Barnes & Noble @ VCU: Monroe Park Campus location
- Barnes & Noble @ VCU Medical Center: MCV Campus location
- Bulletins: VCU’s official academic catalogs
- Campus Learning Center: Offers tutoring and more
- Canvas: eLearning system
- ConnectED: VCU’s undergraduate general education program
- Course descriptions
- Global Education Office
- Graduate School
- Intersession: Courses during winter break
- REAL: Connects students with experiential learning programs
- Office of the University Registrar
- Schedule of classes
- Student Opportunity Center: one-stop shop for experiential learning opportunities, including internships, academic opportunities/courses, etc.
- Study abroad
- Summer Studies
- Transcripts
- Writing Center: Provides peer-based writing support
Student support
- Student Accessibility and Educational Opportunity: Offers support services to students with disabilities on the Monroe Park Campus
- Division for Academic Success: Offers support services to students with disabilities on the MCV Campus
- Financial aid
- Military Student Services
- Student employment
- Transfer Center: Offers resources, programs and support specifically for transfer students
- TRiO: Provides individualized assistance to low-income students, first-generation college students and students with documented disabilities
- VCU Career Services
- You First at VCU: Helps first-generation students connect with resources that will help them navigate college
Student life
- Code of conduct
- Commonwealth Times: Student-run newspaper
- Dining
- Inclusive Excellence
- Division of Student Affairs
- Events calendar
- Housing
- Office of Multicultural Student Affairs
- Recreation and Well-Being
- Pay your bill
- Student organizations
- VCUCard: Official ID card of the university
- VCU Creed
Getting around campus
- Maps and directions: Campus maps, as well as information and photos of each building
- Parking and transportation: Information on VCU’s parking decks and other facilities
Health and safety
- Annual Security and Fire Safety Report
- Counseling services
- COVID-19 information and health advisories
- Dean of Students Office - Safety and support resources
- RamStrong: A collective health and well-being resource
- Recreation and Well-Being
- Health services: Clinics for students on both campuses
- JED Campus program: An initiative that supports student well-being and mental health
- Sexual violence reporting and resources
- VCU Alert: Operating status, current advisories, preparedness information and text alert signup details
- VCU Police
Technology needs
- IT Support Center: Offers 24/7 phone support, live chat and online help request submission, as well as walk-in support during certain hours
- RamTech: VCU’s computer store located on the Monroe Park Campus
Quick facts
- 28,594 students total
- 1,158 Honors students
- 21,548 undergraduates