Available Services

Use the guidelines on this page to help you decide what shipping service to use. Or, visit Mail Services, and they will give you advice.

What Do You Want to Send?

• Documents and Packages for Overnight Delivery
• Less Urgent Packages
• Regular Letters that are not Rush
• Bulk Mailings
• Campus Mail
• Business Reply Envelopes

Documents and Packages for Overnight Delivery

Mail Services recommends Federal Express (though also offers UPS for some special cases). You can choose one of the three levels of FedEx services (listed in order, from most expensive to least expensive):

What do you need for FedEx shipping?

• The recipient's address (preferably a street address, though just a building name can work). Click here to see examples of good and bad addresses.
• The recipient's phone number
• Your 4-digit project number

FedEx pickup is at 3:30 every day. Please bring your shipments to Mail Services as early as possible to allow for processing.

Less Urgent Packages

Mail Services recommends UPS Ground, which in nearly all cases is faster and cheaper than the US Postal Service for package delivery.

What do you need for UPS Ground shipping?

• An address (street address required; UPS charges extra for delivery to incomplete addresses). Click here to see examples of good and bad addresses.
• Your 4-digit project number

UPS pickup is at 3:30 every day. Please bring your shipments to Mail Services as early as possible to allow for processing.

Regular Letters that are not Rush

Mail Services will send these through the US Postal Service. Personal mail can be accommodated as long as it has adequate postage already affixed.

Bulk Mailings

Mail Services can help you coordinate your bulk mailings with the campus bulk mail center on Charter Street. Contact Mail Services for more information.

Campus Mail

Mail Services staff members pick up campus mail in the morning during the regular Mail Service rounds, and deliver it to offices during afternoon rounds. It leaves the building twice a day, at 9:00 am and 1:00 pm.

Business Reply Mail Envelopes

Mail Services can provide Business Reply envelopes. Contact Mail Services for information about sizes and requirements.