Residency

First-time college students who come straight to Yeshiva University in New York from High School or from one of YU’s S. Daniel Abraham Israel program schools must complete the following in residence:

60% of the major/minor
84 credits toward the degree
24 of the last 35 credits
Students must adhere to the residency requirement of their respective college/program as shown below:

Stern College:
- Students who come straight to YU in New York from High School or from one year of study in one of YU’s S. Daniel Abraham Israel program schools must complete six semesters in full-time residence.
- Students who study for a single semester of a second year (Shana Bet) at an approved institution in Israel must be in residence at YU for 5 semesters, and 8 semesters at any approved institution of higher learning.
- Students who study for two full semesters of a second year (Shana Bet) an approved institution in Israel must be in residence at YU for 4 semesters, and 8 semesters at any approved institution of higher learning.
Sy Syms School of Business:
- Men: Students must be in residence for at least 6 semesters at YU and 8 semesters at any approved institution of higher learning.
- Women: Students must be in residence at YU for the following:
  - Students who come straight to YU in New York from High School or from one year of study in one of YU’s S. Daniel Abraham Israel program schools must complete six semesters in full-time residence, and 8 semesters at any approved institution of higher learning.
  - Students who study for a single semester of a second year (Shana Bet) at an approved institution in Israel must be in residence at YU for 5 semesters, and 8 semesters at any approved institution of higher learning.
  - Students who study for two full semesters of a second year (Shana Bet) an approved institution in Israel must be in residence at YU for 4 semesters, and 8 semesters at any approved institution of higher learning.
  - Students in the Sy Syms School of Business Honors Program must be in residence for at least 6 semesters at YU in New York, regardless of how many semesters they spent in a program in Israel, and 8 semesters at any approved institution of higher learning.
Yeshiva College: BA students must be in residence for at least 6 semesters at YU and 8 semesters at any approved institution of higher learning. BS students in Computer Science must be in residence for at least 8 semesters on YU’s New York campus.

A full-time semester in one of YU’s Pathways programs counts toward residency.

Transfer students who have attended post-secondary education should meet with their adviser to determine Residency requirements. In general, they must complete the following in residence:

60% of the major/minor

Minimum credits:
- Yeshiva College and Sy Syms School of Business: 60
- Stern College for Women: 72
24 of the last 35 credits
Students must be in residence for at least 4 semesters at YU, and for Sy Syms School of Business and Yeshiva College 8 semesters at any approved institution of higher learning.
A full-time semester in one of YU’s Pathways programs counts toward residency.

Information for Yeshiva University High School students can be found in the Visiting Students Policy.

Students who transfer to Yeshiva College or Sy Syms School of Business (Men) after full-time study at an accredited degree-granting college or university (not a yeshiva) will meet the residence requirement after being in residence on the New York campus for at least four full-time semesters and completing YU credits as follows:

Previous Semesters Outside of YU	On-campus credits
0	84
1	78
2	72
3	66
4	60

Students who transfer to Stern College for Women or Sy Syms School of Business (Women) after full-time study at an accredited degree-granting college or university (not a yeshiva) will meet the residence requirement after being in residence on the New York campus for at least four full-time semesters and completing 72 credits at YU.