The deadline for first-year applicants to submit their Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) and accept their offer of admission to UC Irvine is May 1, 2026.

The deadline for transfer and second baccalaureate applicants to submit the SIR and accept their offer of admission to UC Irvine is June 1, 2026.

Applicants who were eligible for a UC Application fee waiver automatically receive an SIR deposit deferral.

For questions on deferring your SIR deposit, please contact your counselor in your Admitted Student Portal.

SIR deposit defer requests must be made by April 29, 2026 for first-year applicants and May 30, 2026 for transfer applicants.

Applicants that missed the SIR deadline can submit an Appeal to Late SIR within 15 days of their deadline passing. Appeals may take 6 to 8 weeks to process and are considered on a case-by-case basis.  To submit an Appeal to Late SIR, visit your Admitted Student Portal.

Please notify our office about any deficient grades by submitting the “Report Low Grade” form in your portal. This form can be found under the "Reporting Changes" section of your portal.

All applicants should review their Admitted Provisional Contract under the "Conditions" tab in their Admitted Student Portal. The contract states all conditions needed to fulfill admission. At this time we are unable to provide a final decision until finalized official transcripts have been reviewed by our office. 

UC Irvine admissions decisions are based on the information submitted on your UC Application and/or have reported as planned. First-year applicants are responsible for reporting any schedule changes to your class schedule. To notify our office about a course schedule change, please submit the Report Changes in Schools or Coursework Form in your portal.

This form is also located in the "Reporting Changes" section of your portal.

At this time we are unable to provide a final decision until all required documents have been reviewed by our office. Please visit the 'Conditions' tab in your portal to review the required grades for your courses.

Notify our office about any D/F/NP grades by submitting the Update to Conditioned Courses form. This form can be found under the “Reporting Changes” section of your portal.

Admitted students planning to drop a course should review their Admitted Provisional Contract under the "Conditions" tab in their portal. The contract states all courses that are needed to fulfill your admission offer. At this time we are unable to provide a final decision until all required documents have been reviewed by our office.

Notify our office about any course withdrawals by submitting the Update to Conditioned Courses form. This form can be found under the “Reporting Changes” section of your portal. 

If you would like to contact our office, please use the chat bot function found in the bottom right corner of our website. Our staff is available to chat with you Mondays and Fridays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. PST. Our staff is also available by phone Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. through 5 p.m. at 949-824-6703.

In general, UC Irvine does not defer undergraduate offers of admission. However, admission deferments can be requested under certain circumstances. If you would like more information about our Deferment Policy, please visit our Admissions Policies website. 

Due to the high volume of competitive applications we receive, we are unable to admit all applicants to their first choice major listed on their application. Applicants who were not offered their primary major may have been admitted to the alternate major listed on their application or to our Undergraduate Undeclared program.

• First-year students: The Office of Undergraduate Admissions does not change majors for admitted students. For more information about changes of major once enrolled at UC Irvine click here.
  
  
• Transfer students: The Office of Undergraduate Admissions does not change majors for admitted students. Applicants must meet the major requirements for their admitted major. Transfer students cannot change their major once enrolled at UC Irvine.

Minors can be declared through the academic unit the minor belongs to once you become an enrolled student.

Please visit the UC Irvine Course Catalog to see a list of minors offered at UC Irvine. 

Official final transcripts are due to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions by July 1, 2026. Official transcripts should be sent electronically through one of our online vendor options. If your institution is unable to send electronic transcripts, they must issue your official transcript to our office in a sealed envelope. Processing physical transcripts can take 2-4 weeks once received by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. There is no need to send a physical transcript once an electronic one has been sent. Please visit our Submitting Official Documents page for more information. 

For all document questions, or to let us know you are having difficulties obtaining a transcript from a school that has been closed, please contact your admissions counselor through your Admitted Student Portal. 

If you reported planning to take college or independent study courses on your UC application but decided not to, we will need a letter of non enrollment from that institution. This can be obtained by reaching out to the institution's Registrar's Office.

Official test scores are due to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions by July 15, 2026.

• Advanced Placement (AP) Exams: Please visit collegeboard.org and use College Board Code 4859 or call 866-756-7346 with any questions. To ensure we receive a complete set of AP scores, you need to individually specify the test year(s) that the AP Exam(s) were taken when you make your request.
  • AP Exams Note: 
    • Each summer, College Board closes for several weeks and delays sending AP scores paid for during that time. Please send your AP scores before July 1 to avoid a delay in UC Irvine receiving your scores.
• International Baccalaureate (IB) Higher Level Exams: Please visit ibo.org or contact the International Baccalaureate Office at 301-202-3025.
• For instructions on how to send official International Exams (ie. I/GCSE, A-Levels), visit the International Academic Records page.
  
  Applicants can optionally provide SAT or ACT test scores for course placement or graduation requirements.
• ACT Test Scores: Please visit the ACT website and use ACT College Code 0446, or call 319-337-1313 with any questions.  
• SAT and SAT II Subject Tests: Please visit collegeboard.org and use College Board Code 4859, or call 866-756-7346 with any questions. 

• The SAT College Board Code is 04859. 
• The ACT College Code is 0446. 

If you earned scores of 3, 4, or 5 on the College Board Advanced Placement Examinations, you will receive credit toward graduation at UCI. The unit and subject credit allowed toward degree requirements assigned to each test are shown on the AP Exam Credit Chart.