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STUDENT MAIL AND PACKAGES - All delivered to your Yale Station P.O. Box

 

Using Your P.O. Box – Get All your mail and packages on time

  • Yale requires all students to use their U.S. Post Office box for receipt of all their mail and packages.
  • Residential colleges do not have facilities to handle student mail. (Anything sent to a residential college will be delayed and may returned to sender.)
  • Mail and packages sent via USPS, FedEx, UPS can all be sent to your P.O. Box.
  • No lost mail! Using your P.O. Box guarantees all your mail and packages get to you without delay or confusion.


Dos and Don’ts

  • Do use this format to address your U.S. Mail and packages:
    • student name
      PO Box _ _ _ _ _ _ (6-digit box #)
      New Haven, CT 06520- _ _ _ _ (last 4 digits of box #)
  • Do sign up for free services that will allow convenient, secure receipt of your letters and packages sent through FedEx and UPS. (See more details below.)
  • Do use your P.O. for all your mail and packages (no matter the package size.)
  • Don’t have anything mailed/shipped to your residential college
  • Don’t have anything mailed/shipped to your Master’s Office
  • Don’t have anything mailed/shipped to a street address



Insure receipt of packages sent via UPS and FedEx– Stop by Yale Station to sign up for these services:

  • Street Addressing: Yale Station now receives UPS and FedEx deliveries for students. The student’s box number must be included in the address
  • Real Mail Notification Services: Receive an email or text message each day new mail is received in your P.O. Box.
  • Signature on File: Provide Yale Station with your signature and have signature-required mail and packages accepted for you
  • When shipping by UPS or FedEx, use this address format:

Student’s name
206 Elm St # _ _ _ _ _ _ (6-digit box number)
New Haven, CT 06520- _ _ _ _ (last 4 digits of box #)