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Step 1: Advising

All UT students have an automatic Advising Bar placed by the UT Registrar. To have the advising bar this removed and to register, you'll have turn in the EDP Advising Form, which requires your faculty adviser's signature. Students typically meet with their faculty advisers adviser in person to go over the proposed schedule. Be sure your Program of Work is updated before advising, as they'll need to review that for advising. (3) After you turn in your form, the EDP registration staff person will remove your advising bar (or contact you with follow-up questions, if needed).! 

Step 2: Registration Bars

There are several other kinds of registration bars placed on student records Registration Bars, placed by various UT entitites. Students must clear any bars through the department that issued itentities. Bars will be listed on your Registration Info Sheet (RIS). Financial bars, in many cases, may be cleared by making payment online via your What I Owe page. For non-financial bars, you must contact the department listed on the bar details to have it cleared. , and must be cleared the department that issued it. Tip: Be sure to update your emergency contact information in UT Direct annually, as failure to do so may result in a registration bar from UTthe Graduate School. 

Step 3: Registration

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Access Times

You can view general registration access periods in the UT Academic Calendar online, and your specific registration times in your You will register for each semester online through the Registration System online. You should plan to advise at the first opportunity and register early, as courses can fill and delaying may limit your ability to add courses. General registration access periods are available via the UT Academic Calendar online, and your exact/specific registration times are available via your Registration Info Sheet (RIS). You must register as soon as possible to ensure your seat in the class, as well as ensure the course is not cancelled due to low enrollment. You should plan to be advised before Registration begins, and register early at the first opportunity.

Step 4: Registration

You will register for each semester through the online Registration System. Register early! Courses fill quickly, and having a course on your Advising Form does not guarantee a seat in the course. 

If you wish to register for courses not on your Advising Form, you must notify your faculty adviser and the EDP registration staff person. For restricted out-of-department courses, you must contact that department for permission to add their class. If you have issues getting into any of your EDP classes, or have other registration issues not addressed on this page, contact Kim 

If you wish to change the schedule from your Advising Form:you must notify your faculty adviser and the EDP registration staff person.

Check your registration carefully! Graduate students are expected to confirm they are in the correct classes. Be sure to verify in your Class Listing online, and with the instructor on the first day of class, that you are registered for the correct course. Some courses have the same course numbers but different topics, slightly different names, identically-named undergraduate versions, etc. 

Adding and Dropping

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Courses

Students may drop or add courses (approved by their faculty adviser and with notification of EDP curriculum coordinator) through courses through the online registration system during the first four class days of a long semester and the first two class days of summer sessions. See Be sure to notify your faculty adviser and the EDP curriculum coordinator of any changes to your Advising Form! See the Graduate School's information about Adds/Drops.

Once student registration closes, through the twelfth class days of the long semesters, and the fourth day of summer sessions, the EDP curriculum coordinator can make adds and drops for students who have faculty adviser approval for the changes.  After this period, EDP staff no longer have access to the registration system and changes to your class schedule requires special paperwork and permission.  See To make course changes after the student online Add-Drop period has closed, you will need to contact the department offering the course. See the Late Registration section below for details on late registration and late drops. 

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Late registration is a serious matter. Late fees can be substantial, and the amount of paperwork needed to late-register is cumbersome. If you foresee issues making the tuition payment deadline (including problems getting financial aid applied), UT suggests taking out a UT tuition loan in order to pay on time as the interest rate of the loan is often considerably less than late registration fees.  

If you failed to register by the registration system closure deadline (or forget to pay for your classes by the deadline and were dropped by the Registrar), you must e-mail the EDP Graduate Coordinator to be re-added with an explanation of the reason for late registrationcontact the EDP Graduate Coordinator. If it is prior to the 12th class day (for long semesters) or 4th class day (for Summer), the department may be able to directly add you back to your classes. After these dates, however, paperwork will be required:

• Graduate Add-Drop Form — paper-only form required for adds, drops and grade status change after the 12th class day. It can be picked up from SZB 504 or the Graduate Studies office in MAI 101.
• Late Enrollment Form — if after the 12th class day you are not enrolled in any courses after the 12th class day, you'll need a petition from the Graduate Adviser and the graduate Late Registration Form.

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Graduate students may drop a class through the last class day of a semester, and the instructor will assign a symbol of Q (Quit) or F (Fail).  The The form you need to late-drop a class can be obtained from the Graduate Coordinator.  Because the form requires the signatures of the Graduate Adviser, it is best to decide to drop a course prior to the last week of classes.  

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