Register for Classes

Your Registration Periods

You can modify your class schedule during the following times:

Your assigned enrollment dates
The schedule adjustment period (fall registration only)
The open enrollment period

We recommend registering for classes as soon as your enrollment dates begin.

In a Registration Program?

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Check Your Enrollment Dates Review Your Credit Limit View Your Class Schedule

Check Your Enrollment Dates

Once your enrollment dates post for an upcoming semester, you'll receive an email from the Office of the Registrar. The dates will also be available on Buff Portal's (you may be prompted to log in).

After your enrollment dates end, registration remains open for current undergrad and grad students until the date specified on the registration calendar.

Once registration closes, you'll need to wait until the either the schedule adjustment period (fall registration only) or the open enrollment period to change your schedule.

Review Your Credit Limit

Undergraduate Students

Twelve credit hours is considered full time for financial aid purposes. To identify your enrollment status for enrollment verification purposes, see Check Your Enrollment Status.

During the registration period, undergraduate students can register for up to 19 credit hours, including waitlisted classes (some programs have lower limits).
During open enrollment, non-engineering undergraduates can register for up to 21 credit hours, including waitlisted courses. The College of Engineering limits its students to 19 credit hours.
In their first semester, new students may register for up to 16 credit hours (varies by program) and incoming transfer students can register for us up to 17 credit hours. Check the card in Buff Portal to view your credit limit.

Law Students

During the registration period, law students can register for up to 18 credit hours. To identify how many credits you need to take to be considered full time, see Check Your Enrollment Status.

Grad Students

During the registration period:

Graduate students can register for a maximum of 15 credit hours.
MBA students beyond their first year are limited to 12 credit hours.

To identify how many credits you need to take to be considered full time, see Check Your Enrollment Status.

View Your Class Schedule

In Buff Portal

Follow this link to Buff Portal's (you may be prompted to log in). From there:

To export your class schedule, open the card menu and select "Export to calendar."
To see your schedule for the next 10 days in calendar format, select the grid tab.
To see your schedule for the next 10 days in list format, select the list tab.