The University of New Mexico

University Advisement Center Mission

Getting Advisement

UAC is the entery point for every freshmen student with the exception of BAMD, and the School of Engineering. We are the home of Dual/Concurrent Students, Non-degree undergraduate and graduate students. As well as the home of the Vision Inspired Scholarship Through Academic Success (VISTA) .

As a student you can receive academic advising in several formats:

  1. Visit with your academic advisor during normal business hours. (This is the preferred method for receiving advising).
  2. Limited advising via e-mail.
  3. Telephone advisement (this option is available for only out of state students).
  4. "Coming soon" - On-line advising.

As a student you are required to come in each semester for mandatory advising.

University Advisement Center Mission

Our mission is to give guidance to students in a nurturing, diverse, respectful, and supportive environment and to assist students in making a successful transition to degree granting colleges and appropriate majors, while developing the foundations for lifelong learning.

University Advisement Center will accomplish its mission when we:

  • Collaborate with Student Affairs programs and Colleges to provide the most accurate information to students;
  • Engage students in a shared intellectual experience based on active learning and listening;
  • Provide students with an exposure to and an understanding of a wide variety of disciplinary, cross-disciplinary, and interdisciplinary perspectives