The Next Generation Student Systems (NGSS) project is a large-scale effort to deploy modernized student information technology to better support the University’s student records and financial aid systems.

In order to implement these systems within the planned timeline, the NGSS project needs to limit changes to current systems that would impact functionality for both Release 1 (August 2021) and Release 2 (March 2022). As of January 1, 2021, the NGSS project began a Current Systems Freeze Period, which will continue until the Release 2 Go-Live in March 2022.

Exceptions to the freeze period will be made for known regulatory changes and those identified on the Academic Calendar. In addition, the NGSS team, in collaboration with appropriate University stakeholders, will review requests for non-regulatory exceptions during the freeze period to determine whether the need warrants an exception. The linked NGSS Current Systems Freeze Information Packet and the NGSS Current Systems Freeze page on the NGSS website provide further details on the freeze period, including the list of impacted systems, contacts for exception requests, and specific data/transactions with freeze dates occurring in Spring 2021.

Please reach out to the team with questions or concerns related to the Current Systems Freeze period by emailing ngss_freeze_cr@lists.upenn.edu