Advising Services

NOVA is committed to helping students become effective agents for their own lifelong learning and personal development through informed planning and decision making. NOVA's advising services enhance student success by holistically supporting, teaching, and connecting students to college programs and resources that help students achieve their academic, career or personal goals.

Students can connect with academic advising for support with getting started at NOVA, establishing academic goals, exploring transfer and career opportunities, navigating NOVA policies and resources, choosing and/or changing a program of study, interpreting advisement reports and progress toward graduation, reviewing course selections and more.

Students who are on academic probation or need more substantial personal support should explore our counseling services.

Academic advising is available for walk-in service at campus Advising Centers or virtually through video, phone, and chat. Students can also make an appointment for advising using the Navigate Student tool in MyNOVA.

Advising 101

College-Wide Advising will offer one hour advising sessions from October 18 – November 19, 2021. These sessions will include best practices for completing courses required for the Associate degree in the following program areas:  

• Business/IT 
• Cyber/Applied IT 
• Engineering/Computer Science/Math 
• General Studies 
• Liberal Arts/AFA 
• Pre-Nursing/Pre-Health Science 
• Science/Pre-Med 
• Social Science/Education/Psychology 

Please use the link below to register for the sessions. Zoom links will be sent to students  
24- hours before the session begins.

Register for an Advising Session

Advising Center Campus Locations

Alexandria: 5000 Dawes Avenue, Bisdorf (AA) Building, 194.
Annandale: 8333 Little River Turnpike, Mark Warner Building (CA), 113
Manassas: 10950 Campus Drive, Howsmon Hall, Room 110
Medical Education (MEC Springfield): 6699 Springfield Center Drive, 202
Loudoun: 21200 Campus Drive, Loudoun Village 2 -  151
Woodbridge: 2645 College Drive, Seefeldt Building (WS), 202
Virtual: https://www.nvcc.edu/advising/virtual/index.html