SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – 22News is working for you with a list of move-in days for local colleges and universities across western Massachusetts

American International College

  • Friday, August 25: New and transfer students
  • Sunday, August 27: Returning students
  • Monday, August 28: First day of classes

Amherst College

  • Tuesday, August 29: New students
  • Saturday, September 2 through Monday, September 4: Returning students
  • Tuesday, September 5: First day of classes

Hampshire College

  • Thursday, August 31: New students
  • Saturday, September 2 and Sunday, September 3: Returning students
  • Tuesday, September 5: First day of classes

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

  • Saturday, August 26: New students
  • Sunday, September 3 through Tuesday, September 5: Returning students
  • Wednesday, September 6: First day of classes

Mount Holyoke College

  • Tuesday, August 29: New international students
  • Friday, September 1: New domestic students
  • Sunday, September 3″ Returning students
  • Wednesday, September 6: First day of classes

Smith College

  • Friday, September 1: Central check-in for entering first-year students, transfer students, and Ada Comstock scholars
  • Tuesday, September 5 through Wednesday, September 6: Key pick-up and move-in for returning students
  • Thursday, September 7: First day of classes

Springfield College

  • Friday, September 1: New students
  • Sunday, September 3 through Monday, September 4: Returning students
  • Tuesday, September 5: First day of classes

UMass Amherst:

  • Tuesday, August 29, and Wednesday, August 30: Approved early arrival groups
  • Thursday, August 31: All First-Year Students and Transfers living in McNamara
  • Friday, September 1: Multi-year students assigned to North Apartments, Commonwealth Honors College, Southwest Tower floors 2 – 11 only, Coolidge, Washington, John Adams and John Quincy Adams, MacKimmie: Ground and 4th floors only, Brown & Cashin: Ground through 4th floors only, A limited number of available reservations for Patterson (not floor specific)
  • Saturday, September 2: Remaining Multi-Year Students
  • Sunday, September 3, and Monday, September 4: Unassisted Move In
  • Tuesday, September 5: First day of classes

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