Registration

Students register for classes through the Registrar’s website during their assigned access periods every semester. The Registration Information Sheet will tell you when you may register.

It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of registration deadlines and requirements. Click here to review the deadlines for each semester. 

Archive of syllabi and CVs - these

Database of Course Syllabi and Instructor CVs - these are mainly undergraduate syllabi

How to read a course code

You will see courses on the course schedule listed like this: CHE (w/f/s/n)000X

• Field of study: CHE, BME
• Summer courses: whole, first, second, nine weeks
• Number of credit hours: 999W
• Course rank: 384 (graduate rank 80-99)
• Additional information: 699R, 391S

Registration Bars

• Check your Registration Information Sheet (RIS) for detailed information about any registration bars. 

Tuition Remission Bar

• Tuition Remission is compensation provided by a University of Texas at Austin department in exchange for services and is subject to Federal Income and Social Security Withholding taxes. The total compensation, less taxes, is applied to your tuition balance. The remaining amount of your tuition balance is due as Tuition Remission. Students are responsible for paying tuition remission fees that do not appear on their tuition bill.

• Tuition Remission is posted midway though each academic term, around the beginning of October for fall semester, February in the spring semester, and July for the summer term. These fees will appear in your What I Owe, not on your tuition bill. 

GIAC Bar

• The Graduate and International Admissions Center places a bar on your file if you have not yet provided an official transcript after you have accepted your offer. For more help with this bar, contact GIAC. Their detailed and helpful instructions are here. 

Course Loads

Full-time registration for graduate students is 9 hours in fall, 9 hours in spring, 3 hours in summer.

Summer Registration Requirements

• Students must register in the summer to maintain full-time student status if they are receiving Academic Employment, such as a Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) or Teaching Assistantship (TA). Summer registration for all students may be whole session or either half session. If the student has academic employment (e.g. GRA) and would like to register for a second-session course, the student should still register during the spring registration period.

• Students must register in the summer to maintain full-time student status if they are receiving a fellowship. Summer registration for all students may be whole session or either half session. If the student has a fellowship and would like to register for a second-session course, the student should still register during the spring registration period. A student must be registered for fellowship funds to be disbursed; if the student waits until the second session to register, their fellowship will not be disbursed until the second session registration is complete.

• If a student is going on a department-approved internship and they will not have academic employment during the internship, they do not have to register for the summer term. 
  • International students must officially complete the CPT process; instructions are available on the internship link. 
  • A student will still be eligible for student health insurance even if they are not enrolled during the summer, however there will be an out-of-pocket cost to the student for the health insurance premiums. International students will be audited at the beginning of June for health insurance. If an international student is no longer eligible for employee insurance, the student health insurance plan will automatically be added to the spring tuition bill.
  • While domestic students are not required to purchase student health insurance, they are allowed to do so. More information about health insurance as a student is available through University Health Services. (Scroll down to "other helpful information.")

• Continuous registration in dissertation hours is not required for summer session, only long semesters. 

• If a student registers for more than 3 total hours during the summer, they are responsible for tuition costs. 

Continuous Registration

If the student has been admitted to candidacy for a doctoral degree, they must be registered in the dissertation course, CHE *99W continuously during the spring and fall semesters until their degree is completed. A minimum of 3 dissertation credits are required each long semester (fall and spring). The student may register for courses in addition to dissertation credits. For example, a third-year student who has entered candidacy might register for CHE 399W Dissertation, CHE 185 Seminar, CHE 285 Research, and CHE 398T Supervised Teaching. 

Auto-registration for Dissertation Credits

Often, students who graduate are auto-registered for dissertation credits for the following long semester. Review the cancel your registration information, if you need to cancel your courses. 

Confirming Attendance

Once students have registered and completed their waivers, they must review their tuition bill, pay any assessed late fees or deposits, and click the CONFIRM ATTENDANCE button on the tuition bill screen.

If students do not confirm attendance by the registration deadline, their courses will be dropped and they will have to pay late registration fees to re-register. Attendance is confirmed when “your registration is complete” appears in the tuition bill screen.

Visit the Changing registration page for information on when and how you can change registration during the semester.

Common Questions

Q. Why is my tuition bill still so high?

A. Probably because you didn’t complete the waiver for in-state tuition. This is a particularly common reason for those of you switching from fellowship to GRA because you’re not used to this process.

Info about tuition waiver: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/finances/student-employment/resident-tuition-entitlement

Complete the tuition waiver in UTDirect here: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/acct/fb/waivers/

Q. Where is my final fellowship payment from the fall?

A. The final fellowship payment is held until you confirm attendance. If you are not receiving your fellowship payments, it is likely that you did not confirm attendance on the MyTuition page: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/acct/fb/my_tuition/my_tuition_home.WBX.

You will also need to be registered for 9 credit hours. You can fix your spring registration beginning mid-January. Find the specific date on the Academic Calendar. The registration system is closed until mid-January, so no one, not even the magical Graduate Program Administrator, can fix your registration before the mid-January date. Note that the registration system is open all day the first day registration opens in January, but following days have limited hours. You can check your registration time with your Registration Information Sheet.

You may also need to pay any remaining fees. Everyone has different amounts, so I can’t give a blanket statement on fees here, but it shouldn’t be more than a few hundred dollars. If your fees are more than a few hundred dollars, ask the Graduate Program Administrator before you pay out of pocket.  

You may also need to complete your tuition waiver. Seriously, read the instructions, above.

Q. When will my tuition be paid?

A. As soon as possible! It will be complete before the deadline. Reminder, you may need to complete a tuition waiver. Please be kind to staff who process tuition payments. Note that payments frequently cannot be made until days before the deadline.