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Student Registration

General Information

The Student Center, found via the Student Self-Service link in the sidebar under the Services tab, in OneStart is the gateway to IU's Registration System. OneStart is a web-based portal, so you can access the Registration System from any computer connected to the internet.

A few notes about online registration:

You can find OneStart hours of availability on the OneStart home page.

You will be able to access the registration system from the date and time of your registration appointment through the first week of classes.

During the first week of classes, Drop/Add is available online through the Student Center in OneStart.

Drop/Add through the Student Center in OneStart ends after the first week of classes.

See Registration Support/Contacts information for details about where to go for help with registration.

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Registration Procedure

Before you register:

Connect to OneStart ( http://onestart.iu.edu).
- Check registration appointment date and time.
- Check for registration holds (academic checklists, financial encumbrances, and immunization record noncompliance entries). Obtain a release for each entry from the office listed. The registration system will prevent you from registering until corrective action is taken on each entry.
- Review your addresses. Update entries as necessary.

Follow the advising procedure established by your school or department.

Review course availability on-line through OneStart or the Schedule of Classes. Also review online course descriptions , contact prospective instructors and review course materials for desired courses.

Consult the final examination schedule.

Request any required class permissions from the department offering the desired class.

View Registration Instructions

NOTE: There is a different Late Registration Procedure for registering after the first week of classes.

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Prerequisites

Many course sections have mandatory prerequisites which are listed in the school bulletins or in the on-line version of the Schedule of Classes. Each student is responsible for meeting the published prerequisite for each course requested. After each registration period, schools and departments may review the completion of prerequisites of registered students. The academic units have the authority to administratively drop a student from a course for which the student has not fulfilled the published prerequisite.

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Early Registration

All students who are enrolled on the Bloomington campus during one academic term are automatically given a registration appointment for the following term.

[See Official Calendar for Early Registration dates]

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New Student Registration

All students who are enrolling on the Bloomington campus for the first time are eligible to register during New Student Registration. This includes all new undergraduate students, new graduate students, and inter-campus transfer students.

In addition, all returning students who were not enrolled on the Bloomington campus during the previous academic term are eligible to register at this time.

[See Official Calendar for New Student Registration dates]

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Late Registration

Last opportunity to register using the Student Center in OneStart. All students have had an opportunity to register prior to this date during Early Registration or New Student Registration.

NOTE: A late registration fee is assessed. Waiver of the late registration fee will be considered only when it can be clearly demonstrated that the University, through one of its offices or officials, is directly responsible for the late registration.

[See Official Calendar for Late Registration dates]

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Late Registration After 1st Week of Classes

NOTE: A late registration fee is assessed. After the 1st week of classes, all classes requested must have prior departmental authorization.

[See Official Calendar for Late Registration dates]

Late Registration Procedure

Before reporting to the Office of the Registrar:

Obtain a late registration form from your school recorder's office. (Graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences are referred to the College's graduate office.)

Access the Student Center in OneStart. Check for registration holds (academic checklists, financial encumbrances, and immunization record noncompliance entries). Obtain a release for each entry from the office listed.

Also in the Student Center in OneStart, review your addresses. Update entries as necessary.

Follow the advising procedure established by your school or department.

Record your preferred and alternate course selections on your program planning sheet (reverse side of registration form).

Consult the final examination schedule.

Obtain authorization signatures on the program planning sheet for each desired credit section from the department offering the class. Class requests will not be processed with out the proper signatures.

At the Office of the Registrar:

Present your registration form to a service representative who will process your registration. The on-line registration system is not available.

Refer to the Fee Information section.

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Drop/Add

After you register you will have access to continuous drop/add using the Student Center in OneStart.

[See Official Calendar for Drop/Add dates]

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Fee Information

Beginning with the 2005-06 academic year, paper bills will no longer be generated for bursar account activity. All students will receive an email when the monthly bill is available on the web. In addition any authorized payer created by the student has the option of receiving these bill notifications.

If you have not received an email notification of bill availability by ten days following the expected notification date, please access your online statement immediately through OneStart. Failure to receive the bill notification will not be accepted as a reason for missing the payment deadline.

To avoid a late payment penalty, the student's payment must be received by the date published on the Office of the Bursar's Billing Calendar .

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Registration Cancellation

Failure to pay does not withdraw you from all classes. Should you decide not to attend the Bloomington campus, you must follow the procedures for withdrawal from the University . There is no automatic cancellation of your registration for nonpayment. If you do not withdraw properly, you risk receiving grades of F in your courses. You will also be responsible for all course fees, plus any applicable late fees, through the time you complete a total withdrawal. (See the Office of the Bursar's Fee Refund Policy )

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