Registration Information
If the insurance is issued by an insurance carrier
from outside of the United States,
a notarized statement, in English, must be provided
attesting to meeting the minimum
coverage mandated by the State of Florida.
During each academic semester, registration
is held for all new, currently enrolled,
degree-seeking, and non-degree-seeking students
for the following term. Registration
consists of these periods:
- Advanced Registration for continuing students, which is normally held immediately after the midterm of the current semester for the next semester
- Regular Registration for new students, which is normally held one or two days immediately before the start of the semester
- Add/Drop, which is held during the first week of classes for each semester
Registration is available by telephone (with an 800 as well as local number), in the college advising offices, and at walk-by. The dates and times of each of these registration periods are listed in the Schedule of Classes.
Registration information and course schedules are also both available on-line.
Registration: http://www.ucf.edu
Course Schedules: http://classlist.ucf.edu
Schedule of Classes
The Schedule of Classes is published two times a year. One edition contains the summer and fall terms and the second edition contains the spring term. The Schedule of Classes is distributed by the colleges and departments.
New Graduate Students
All new first-term graduate students must have residency, health, and patent forms completed before they are allowed to register at UCF. Holds placed on registration will be removed once the forms are received. Forms may be obtained in Graduate Studies - Admissions (AD 144).
Continuing Graduate Students
Continuing graduate students register by telephone. They may pick up their registration (Audit) form in their departments. All continuing students should register early to ensure that courses will be offered. For graduate students with fellowships or assistantships, failure to register early may result in delays in receiving assistantship paychecks and sometimes result in the loss of tuition waivers. Continuing graduate students registering for Internship, Independent Study, Thesis or Dissertation hours, or research report hours must fill out a Registration Agreement form obtained from their advisor or department office. The college graduate office will normally register students into these courses. The TouchTone registration system cannot be used for registering for these classes.
Post-Baccalaureate Students
All post-baccalaureate students should check with the departments where they want to take courses before they register to learn what is required by that department to register. Certain classes are restricted, and it is best to find this out first. In the College of Education, post-baccalaureate students can ONLY register for 5000- and 6000-level classes. In the College of Business Administration, post-baccalaureate students cannot register for graduate courses. The College of Engineering will only allow post-baccalaureate students to register with special approval from the program coordinator. Post-baccalaureate students who want to register for College of Arts and Sciences or College of Health and Public Affairs courses should check with the individual programs for more detailed information.Post-baccalaureate students must be registered for 12 hours to be considered full-time. Post-baccalaureate students who already have certification elsewhere (i.e., from a College of Education in another state) are not eligible to receive financial aid. In general, post-baccalaureate students are not eligible for financial aid, assistantships, fellowships, or tuition waivers, although it is best to check with the Office of Student Financial Assistance for specific details.
Only up to nine hours taken in post-baccalaureate status may be used toward a graduate degree.
Audit Registration
Auditors are those students wishing to attend classes without receiving academic credit. To audit a class, the student must file a regular application and be accepted as a degree-seeking or non-degree-seeking student. Audit forms are available in the Registrar's Office and must be filled out by the student and must be approved by the college where the course is taught. Students registering for credit during regular registration, late registration, or add/drop may not change to audit status, but must remain in the course or withdraw through normal withdrawal procedures.
Holds
Holds may be placed on students' records, transcripts, grades, or registrations because of financial or other obligations to the university. Satisfaction of the hold is required before a release can be given. In order to obtain an immediate release on financial holds, payment must be made in cash, cashier's check, or money order.In order to release Graduate Studies holds, the students must provide the documents lacking from their records; or if the hold is labeled "denied," they must stop by Graduate Studies (AD 144) and switch to post-baccalaureate status.
Those students who are placed on nine-hour holds must see their advisor and have the advisor request that this hold be removed, or they may sign a form provided by Graduate Studies stating they are not taking courses toward a graduate degree. If the advisor is seen, then the advisor will contact Graduate Studies to have the hold removed.
Address Changes
The address the university uses for students is taken from the application for admission or readmission. It is the student's responsibility to make the appropriate changes to their address. Address changes can be made in Graduate Studies, the Registrar's Office, or at any of the kiosks located on campus.Address changes can also be made by writing to Graduate Studies - Admissions (AD 144) or the Registrar's Office. Written requests must be signed and the student's social security number provided.
Enrollment Certifications
To confirm enrollment in the university, students should go to the Registrar's Office, AD 161. A picture identification is required. Enrollment certifications for a current term are available after add/drop.
Student Records
Student records submitted to the university become the property of the university and cannot be returned to the student or released to a third party. Copies of student records can be released if a written request signed by the student is received by Graduate Studies (AD 144). Student records are stored in paper form in the vault in the Registrar's Office. Once the student has been absent from the university for three academic years, the records are transferred to optical disk storage and the paper copies are destroyed.
Withdrawals
Students may withdraw from courses after the end of add/drop. The withdrawal time period begins the first business day after add/drop through the date specified in the UCF academic calendar as the deadline for withdrawals. This date is normally the midpoint of the semester. Students wishing to withdraw from a class must present their picture identification card and sign the withdrawal form in the Registrar's Office, AD 161.Withdrawals may be accomplished by mail, but mail requests must be postmarked no later than the published date for withdrawals that is published in the UCF academic calendar. Students who wish to withdraw after the published deadline must file a petition in the Enrollment and Academic Services, AD 210, (407) 823-2691.
Financial Support
Graduate students who will be supported on assistantships must see their program coordinator to see that their employment contract form is filled out. If tuition waivers are desired, then they must also fill out a Graduate Tuition Fee Waiver Request Form with the program coordinator and attach the employment contract to it (PAF). This should be done before fees are paid; for continuing students, this should be done before the new semester begins.
Fee Payments
All graduate students must pay their tuition and fees at the end of add/drop. It is important to do this as students will be dropped from courses at this time. If a department or college has not recorded tuition waivers by then, students must pay all tuition and fees. If a department or college has waived partial tuition and it is recorded, then students must pay the remainder of the tuition owed and all of the fees by the end of add/drop. It is important for graduate students to register early to provide the department or college enough time to record tuition waivers.
Fellowships
All graduate students who are receiving fellowships should register as early as possible, and see the Fellowships and Financial Support Coordinator (AD 144) to ensure that arrangements are made to receive proper payment.
Student Responsibility to Inform Offices
All graduate students who need or have financial aid to attend UCF should be sure to tell appropriate offices when receiving advisement about desired goals.
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