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.
Admissions questions should be directed to Ethel Rocha, Admissions/Registration Coordinator at ethelrocha@ufl.edu/352-294-1989.
Please complete the application below and upload the required documents. Submit one application per family, multiple children can be added to the same application.