New Graduate Student Registration
All Graduate School students are required to register in every fall and spring semester until they graduate, including semesters when they are only working on their thesis or dissertation. The only exception is a semester when a student is on an approved leave of absence.
Before arriving on campus, graduate students beginning their first semester will have to complete the Enrollment Confirmation in the Admissions portal. By completing this, you will confirm your intent to matriculate at Georgetown and become an active student in our system.
For the complete registration schedule, broken out by degree, year (first-year, second-year, etc.) and sometimes last name, choose the relevant term on the Registrar’s Registration Dates webpage.
During Orientation and Registration
- Contact your faculty advisor or program administrator as early as possible to discuss any potential changes to your course selection.
- After registering, check your schedule in GU Experience to confirm that it accurately reflects your course choices.
- Make sure you have your GOCard, which is your Georgetown student ID card.
- Check your bill in GU Experience. A number of questions, including how to view your bill, are answered on the Student Accounts FAQ webpage.
During the Add/Drop Period
- Add or drop courses online via GU Experience as needed.
- Check your bill in GU Experience. Step-by-step instructions appear under ‘View my bill?’ on the Student Accounts FAQ webpage.
- After registering, check your schedule in GU Experience to confirm that it accurately reflects your course choices.
- Your course schedule must be complete and final at the end of the add/drop period, on the second Friday of the semester. If changes are required, DO NOT put off making them until the last day.
Continuing Student Registration
Before registration, contact your faculty advisor to discuss course selection for the coming semester. For the complete registration schedule choose the relevant term on the Registrar’s Registrar’s Registration Dates page.
During Registration
- Choose your courses from the Schedule of Classes.
- Register online via GU Experience bearing your time slot in mind.
- After registering, check your schedule on GU Experience to confirm that it accurately reflects your course choices.
- Your schedule must be complete and final at the end of the add/drop period, on the second Friday of the semester. If changes are required, DO NOT put off making them until the last day.
- Verify your personal and biographical information in GU Experience, including entering a Local Off-Campus address to avoid a future hold.
- Check your bill in GU Experience. Step-by-step instructions appear on the Student Accounts FAQ page.
- Check for financial or administrative holds on the Student Profile screen of the Student Dashboard in GU Experience. There are several different types of holds, and you may have more than one. Information on holds and how to clear them appears on the Registrar’s Solution to Registration Barrier (PDF).
If you have not registered by the end of the add/drop period, your candidacy will be terminated for failure to register. The dates of the add/drop period for each term appear are on the Registrar’s Academic Calendar. The end of the add/drop period is labeled “Last Day for Late Registration”.
See the Graduate Bulletin, posted in the Resources and Policies section, for more details on this process.
Registration Troubleshooting
For general information about the registration process, please see the Registrar’s Office Registration Resources webpage.
If you are having difficulty registering in GU Experience, the Registrar’s Office provides helpful information on its Solution to Registration Barrier (PDF). You may also visit the Registrar’s Office in the White-Gravenor building. Additionally, if you have forgotten your NetID Password, you can check the UIS NetID Password page.
During the add/drop period you can add or drop courses using GU Experience. If you are having trouble adding or dropping a course online via GU Experience, contact the Registrar’s Office. Paper Add/Drop forms are also available at the Registrar’s Office and at the Office of Graduate Student Services, located in the Car Barn Suite 140.
After the designated add/drop period, you cannot add any courses to your schedule. Courses may be dropped after this period, but penalties may apply. Information on deadlines and refunds appears on the Registrar’s Withdrawal Deadlines and Refunds Schedules webpage and/or the Academic Calendar (PDF) for the current year.