Admissions
UF ECC Centers enroll children who have at least one parent or guardian associated with any college or department of The University of Florida or UF Health. Undergraduate students must be full-time (12 or more credit hours for fall and spring semesters). Graduate students must be full-time (9 or more credit hours for fall and spring semesters).
UF ECC at Newell Drive was developed in partnership with the Colleges of Medicine, Public Health and Health Professions, and Pharmacy. Parents who are undergraduates, graduate students, interns, residents, post-docs, fellows, and faculty of these colleges have priority for spaces in this center.
Children from the Gainesville community whose parents are not associated with UF may be enrolled on a space available basis.
Siblings of enrolled children are given priority in the applicant pool.
Application for Admission must be completed and submitted by April 15th only if parents are interested in enrolling for the upcoming school year.
Admissions Procedure:
UF Early Childhood Collaboratory will transition to an application pool admissions system beginning with admission for the 2025-2026 school year. Selection for admissions will be pulled from a lottery-based system with child’s age (grouped by classroom age) and parent affiliation with the University (Faculty/Staff, Student) as selection criteria. Applications will be sorted based on these categories and children will be selected at random (using randomizing software) from the applicant pool to fill spaces.
To be included in the first round of admission selections, applications must be submitted and confirmed complete by April 15th each year. Applications received after April 15th AND applications not selected in the first round, will be included in additional rounds of selections for that school year if vacancies occur. If you are not enrolled in the initial school year you applied for, but are interested in applying for future school years, you must reapply by the following April 15th.
Families will be notified of admission via email from the Enrollment Coordinator and will have 3 calendar days to accept the offer. If a space is declined, your child’s application will be removed from the database and will not be considered for any additional rounds of admissions selections for that school year. Families can reapply by April 15th to be considered for the following school year.
If you are interested in enrollment at our centers, we highly recommend that you schedule a tour of our centers as soon as possible. Our enrollment coordinator can conduct virtual tours for those who have not yet moved to Gainesville. Please note that during our admissions period (May – June), appointments for tours will be extremely limited.
Please complete the application and upload the required documents. Submit one application per family, multiple children can be added to the same application.
Application for Admission
Please visit this section to complete the Application for Admission for your child.
Rates and Fees
Rates vary according to the parents’ role at UF (student, faculty, etc.). Visit this section for current rates. Rates are subject to change.
Admissions questions should be directed to Ethel Rocha, Admissions/Registration Coordinator at ethelrocha@ufl.edu/352-294-1989.