Supporting your growth, fueling your success
Welcome Back! Penn Dining's cafés are places to build community, enrich the student experience, and enhance student wellness.
Reasons to get excited
- More Flexibility for Second-Year Students
- Quality Ingredients
- Memorable and Meaningful Experiences
- Convenient Options
Second-Year Options
The Second-Year Dining Initiative is part of our commitment to build community on campus while working closely with the programs of the dedicated Second-Year Experience. Incorporating student feedback, we are offering a dining plan designed specifically for second-year students, bringing you variety, convenience, and value with a lower cost per swipe. In addition, second-year students can also choose either of the two first-year plans.
- Best for:
Smaller tailored meals and grab-n-go options.
Second-Year 156
- 156 swipes per semester
- $300 Dining Dollars per semester
- Averages to 10 meals per week
- Priced & contracted annually, billed per semester
- Best for:
Eating the majority of your meals at our all-you-care-to-eat locations.
First-Year 296
- 296 swipes per semester
- $125 Dining Dollars per semester
- Averages to 19 meals per week
- Priced & contracted annually, billed per semester
- Best for:
Eating more meals at our retail locations.
First-Year 187
- 187 swipes per semester
- $400 Dining Dollars per semester
- Averages to 12 meals per week
- Priced & contracted annually, billed per semester
Special diet? We’ve got you covered.
New College House West offers a unique dining experience
Gourmet Grocer is Penn's on-campus grocery market
Important Information
Second-Year Need to Know
Are second-years required to have a dining plan?
Second-year students are required to sign-up for one of three dining plans - either of the two First-Year Dining Plans or a specially designed second-year plan. Students sign up for their plans when they apply for their housing assignment. Students wishing to change their dining plans may do so during the Fall Change Period, August 30 through September 20 or the Spring Change Period, January 10 to January 31, 2023.
When does my Dining Plan start and end?
| Jan. 3 | Dining Plans begin |
|---|---|
| Jan. 10 | Spring Change Period opens |
| Jan. 16 | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - limited operations |
| Jan. 31 | Spring Change Period ends |
| Mar. 4 - 12 | Spring Break - limited operations |
| May 9 | End of Spring Semester - All cafes except Pret a Manger closed Reminder: Unused meal swipes/visits will expire at the end of the semester |
| May 15 | Commencement - All cafes closed and all Dining Dollars expire |
What are Guest Swipes
Guest Swipes allow you to share a meal with friends and family. All first and second-year dining plans include 10 guest swipes per semester. (The guest swipes are counted in the total semester allocation.)
Pricing & billing information
Dining plans represent contracts for the entire Academic Year, but are allocated/billed per semester. Fall 2022 billing will begin in July 2022. Dining plans purchased prior to July 1, 2022 will be posted to students’ bursar bills by July 7, 2022. After that date, charges will be posted to students’ bursar bills on a rolling weekly basis. Spring 2023 billing will first appear on students’ bursar bills by December 1, 2022. Spring 2023 plans purchased after that date will be billed on a rolling weekly basis.
Have more questions?
To see all of our FAQs about Dining please click here.