Welcome to Beach Central! We're your One-Stop Center for Enrollment Services — that means we've brought together staff from Admissions, Student Records, and Financial Aid to answer your questions and best support you as you navigate your education at CSULB. Being a student will require completing tasks like adding and dropping classes, submitting important documents for financial aid, and applying for graduation. Beach Central is available to help you understand and complete those tasks.
Join the Queue
If you have a general question or need to drop off documents, select Intake Windows to join the queue. For complex questions, select the topic of your question to continue:
Intake Windows
For general questions or to drop off documents, visit the intake windows in the Brotman Hall 1st Floor Courtyard.
Admissions
If you have a question about your application status, enrollment deposit, submitting transcripts, Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT), or residency, select this option.
Financial Aid and Scholarships
If you have a question about submitting financial aid documents, scholarships, federal work-study, appeals, or Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), select this option.
Student Records
If you have a question about adding or dropping classes, applying for graduation, transfer credit, academic appeals, Timely Graduation, educational leaves, returning to CSULB, or updating your personal information, select this option.
Additional Information
Accessibility
For accessible assistance, please visit any Beach Central service window located in the 1st Floor Courtyard of Brotman Hall or call 562.985.5471.
Download the Beach Connect Mobile App
At CSULB, we are committed to student success. To assist students in meeting their educational goals, we are launching the Beach Connect mobile app, a new tool that gives students access to important information on their phones. Students can download the app to:
- Schedule appointments for advisement, tutoring, Beach Central (financial aid, graduation, academic appeals), and more
- Check for holds and find out how to remove them
- Get reminders about to-dos and upcoming deadlines
- Get connected with classmates for study groups
- Connect with academic support resources
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Learn more about the app and instructions on how to install via the Beach Connect Mobile App page.
Contact Information
Locations
Beach Central Windows:
Brotman Hall, 1st Floor Courtyard
Beach Central Services:
Brotman Hall 201
Office Hours
Monday – Thursday:
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Friday:
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.