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Important Dates & Current Costs

Dates & Current CostsCalendar 


We welcome students for summer terms, one semester, or the academic year.

The Fall 2025 official arrival day is August 14, 2025. If you arrive on August 14 between 8:00 am and 10:00 PM at the Memphis, Tennessee airport (MEM), we will pick you up and transport you to Oxford, Mississippi with our free shuttle service. If you plan on arriving before August 14, you must secure a hotel room near the airport until August 14 or arrange your own transportation to Oxford and stay in a hotel until on-campus housing opens on August 14.
 
  Fall 2025 Spring 2026
Arrival Day(s) August 14, 2025 January 10, 2026
Orientation Activities August 18 - 22, 2025 January 12 - 16, 2026
Classes Start August 25, 2025 January 20, 2026
Break(s) September 1, 2025 (Labor Day)
November 22 - 30, 2025 (Thanksgiving Break)
March 7 - 15, 2026 (Spring Break)
April 3, 2026 (Good Friday)
Exams December 8 - 12, 2025 May 4 - 8, 2026
Departure Day December 13, 2025 May 9, 2026
Click here for the full 2025-26 Academic Calendar.

Free transportation to and from the Memphis (MEM) airport will only be provided on official Arrival and Departure Days.

Orientation is mandatory. Orientation takes place during Welcome Week from August 18 - 22, 2025 (Fall 2025) and January 12 - 16, 2026 (Spring 2026). You do not need to sign up or pay for orientation. As an incoming exchange student, we will have helpful information for you and will anticipate your presence at orientation!

Current Costs

Depending upon your university’s exchange agreement with UM, the cost of studying at Ole Miss will vary. Please check with your home institution advisor as to which of the following agreements apply to you:

 
Tuition-Only Exchanges
You will receive a scholarship that covers tuition costs. You should budget for housing and meals, health insurance, textbooks, the student health center visit, personal expenses, travel expenses, and fees.

Tuition, Housing, and Meals Exchanges (Sponsored Students)
You will receive a scholarship that covers tuition, housing, and meal benefits (the dollar equivalent of housing on campus and the dollar equivalent of a full meal plan). You should budget for health insurance, textbooks, the student health center visit, personal expenses, travel expenses, and fees.

Fee-Paying Exchange Students (Direct Enroll)
You will receive a scholarship that covers the Non-Resident Fee. You should budget for tuition, health insurance, textbooks, the mandatory tuberculosis test, personal expenses, travel expenses, and fees.
 
* We try our best to keep this page updated with the current costs to study at Ole Miss, but costs are constantly updating. This is not a contract or guarantee of costs, and costs may increase before the beginning of the academic year or semester. If costs are going to increase, they usually increase before the month of July. 

Estimated Costs - Exchange and Direct Enroll

 

 

Semester
(Fall or Spring)

Summer

Tuition and Direct Enroll Fees

$5,500 per semester for study abroad/direct enroll students

Waived for exchange students 

 

Approximately $1,400 for 3 credit hours and $2,400 for 6 credit hours

Waived for exchange students

Non-Resident Fees

Waived for all students in the value of $9,414

Waived for all students in the value of $2,403.00 per 3 credit hours

Application Fee

 $75

 $75

On-Campus Housing

From $3,500 — $5,000 per semester plus $100 application fee

$712 for Summer 1 single room 

$535 for Summer 1 double room

$712 for Summer 2 single room

$535 for Summer 2 double room 

Off-Campus Housing Booked Independently

Approximately $700 —$1,200 per month; generally requires a full year (12 month) lease

Not recommended for summer

Meal Plan On Campus

$2,346*

* This estimate is for our unlimited option. There are other, smaller meal plan options at a lower price.

Please go to olemiss.campusdish.com for all meal plan options.

$500

Mandatory FLEX Plan Enrollment $350

*FLEX dollars may be used in on-campus dining locations, vending machine, and game day concessions. Unused FLEX will be refunded at the end of each semester.
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Mandatory UM Health Insurance

$1,030.00 in Fall
$1,425 in Spring

$335

Mandatory Tuberculosis Testing

$202

This amount depends on individual insurance coverage.

$202

International Study Fee

$100

$50

Capital Improvements Fee

$50

$25

Student Activities Fee

$2 per credit hour

$2 per credit hour

Textbooks

~$500 — $650

~$200

Special Class Fees

~$25 — $150 per class

Special course fees only applies to certain classes. These fees are more typical for science and art courses.

~$10 — $100 per class

Special course fees only applies to certain classes.       

Bed and Bath Pack Fee

$40

$40

Personal Spending Money

~$300 per month
 

~$300 per month

Please note that this table is based on 2024-2025 Academic Year costs. All costs are subject to change. Fees will be finalized in July before the start of the academic year.