Academic Support Resources

Academic Improvement Program (AIM)

The Academic Improvement Program is a free, semester-long commitment that will help you improve your academic skills in the areas of time management, self-motivation, making campus connections, and more.

  • Learn how to self-motivate and manage your time.
  • Make connections with administrators and faculty.
  • Learn practical tools for academic success.
  • Improve your grade point average (GPA).

Learn how to register here!

CAS Academic Advising

The Undergraduate Academic Advising Center at Suffolk welcomes your questions. While you’re always welcome to drop by for a quick question, appointments are recommended as our staff wants to make sure we have enough time to address all of your concerns, and deliver the best advising experience possible.

The Undergraduate Academic Advising Center is available to meet with students via Zoom, phone, and in-person appointments.

Make an appointment here.

CAS Academic Calendar

Keep track of all the important dates this academic year! A calendar for the College of Arts & Sciences can be found here.

Center for Learning & Academic Success (CLAS)

Here you can find tutoring, study groups, academic coaching, and academic skills workshops and more! The CLAS also has math and statistics drop-in sessions and assistance for students whose primary language is not English. They coordinate the Early Alert academic outreach initiative along with various academic programs. More details on programs offered by semester can be found here.

First-Year Students

Here are some guidelines to help you through your first year. Beginning with orientation, you will find important information about your first semester courses, taking advantage of any advanced standing credit, and making a plan for the next four years. Advisors are always available to help you out along the way and to answer any questions you may have.

Grading Scale

Here you can find information on the grading scale and how to calculate your GPA. Your unofficial transcript is available to view on WebAdvisor.

Graduation Application

Applying for graduation at Suffolk University is simple—you need to follow a couple of specific steps in order to successfully apply. Find out how here.

Pre-Professional Advising

Pre-professional advising at Suffolk prepares students for a specific professional career track and be better equipped to pursue their chosen graduate field of study. Participating students receive specialized advice about important undergraduate prerequisites, entrance examination preparation, and creating a strategic undergraduate timeline.

Find Pre-Law advising here.

Request a Transcript

Get a copy of your transcript here.

Sawyer Library

The Sawyer Library (located in 73 Tremont | Rosalie K. Stahl Building) offers a variety of in-person and online services to Suffolk students. Here you can reserve books, find study rooms, get research assistance and more

Search Library Databases

Search Law Library Databases

Student Athletes

As a student-athlete, we know it can be hard to manage your academics and meet your team commitments. We’ll help you develop a plan to make it work. Get more information and assistance  here.

Study Abroad & Global Engagement

With nearly a quarter of our undergraduate student body hailing from outside the United States, the Suffolk community is a diverse one—it’s one of the things that makes Suffolk, well, Suffolk. And just as students come from across the globe to study at Suffolk, they also venture forth from our campus in Boston to destinations around the world, where they study at partner institutions, work in international internships, and expand their horizons by experiencing other cultures. Learn more about study abroad opportunities here.

Study Group Schedule

Many large courses (such as POLS 201 – Data Analysis & Politics) have large group study sessions weekly and bi-weekly. Fall 2022 dates and times will be announced in September.

The Career Center

Career-readiness is at the heart of Suffolk’s mission, and our center’s work. Our team is here to help you prepare for and enjoy professional success—however you define it—at every stage of your career.

Our staff at the Center for Career Equity, Development & Success has deep ties to Boston’s leading industries and equally extensive relationships with partners across Suffolk. We’re perfectly positioned to help you clarify your career interests and then see all that you can do with them. We’ll help you envision yourself in your dream job and empower you to get it.  Find more information here or visit our “Career Development” Section

Transfer Students

Academic advisors from the Undergraduate Academic Advising Center will help you make sense of your transfer credits and degree requirements and will assist you in developing a personalized plan to help you in reaching your academic goals.

Learn more here.

Virtual Bookstore

Find your textbooks, Suffolk swag and more with just a click here at the online bookstore.