General Registration Guidelines

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Registering for a class is easy to do. Here's some guidelines to follow.

To register for courses, you must first identify your student status. This will then determine whether you are permitted to use WEBREG.

Which undergraduate student status are you?

  • First-Year Undergraduate Student
  • New Transfer Student
  • Continuing Undergraduate Student

WEBREG is an online system for matriculating students to register, change, or add/drop courses to your class schedule. Please visit the WEBREG page for more information.

Note:

  • Matriculating students are those who have been admitted to pursue a specific type of degree at Rutgers.
  • Non-matriculating students are admitted to Rutgers temporarily to take just a few courses for the following fall or spring semester.

First-Year Undergraduate Student

First-year undergraduates are first-time students at a university/college. A first-year student is admitted in the fall and spring terms. Upon admission to Rutgers University–Newark, you will be directed to the Enrollment Pathway, where you will select from a list of dates that is convenient to attend a New Student Orientation, Advisement, and Registration event.

You may only register after you have met with and obtained permission from an academic advisor during the Orientation, Advisement, and Registration event.

For more information, please visit “I'm a New Student.”

New Transfer Undergraduate Student

New transfer undergraduate students may only register for courses after they have met with an academic advisor from Office of Academic Advisement & Student Services. Once you have received advisement and started registration, you may change courses and add/drop online via WEBREG. Access instructions for using WEBREG.

Continuing Undergraduate Students

Continuing undergraduate students at Rutgers University–Newark will receive notification through email about the start of registration for the fall and spring terms. Registration continues for each term through the add/drop period (usually the first week) of the term.

Below is a guide you can use for a timeline for when registration will begin:

Semester

Date Range

Fall

Between the end of March and beginning of April

Winter

End of October

Spring

Between the end of October and beginning of November

Summer

End of February

Special Populations

  • BA/MD students 
  • Honors College students 
  • Honors Living Learning Community (HLLC) students 
  • NJ Step/Mountainview students 
  • Pre-Health Learning Community Students as identified by OAS
  • Students approved for accommodation for early registration as identified through the Office of Disability Services
  • Veterans

For students who wish to be identified as a student in need of Special Population Registration, please complete the online form.

New Jersey Workforce Tuition Waiver Eligibility Program

Rutgers University-Newark is a participating institution in the New Jersey Workforce Tuition Waiver Eligibility Program. Every participating institution prepares its own policy to govern the process of maintaining this valuable resource for our state's unemployed population.

Read the Rutgers policy, regarding the NJ Workforce Tuition Waiver Eligibility .

Learn more on how to apply for the New Jersey Workforce Tuition Waiver Eligibility Program.

Pre-Registration Period

Pre-Registration Period is the time that continuing undergraduate students begin to plan their schedule for the upcoming fall and spring terms. You are advised to meet with the Office of Academic Advisement & Student Services to determine your calendar, review your schedule of classes, and prepare for online registration on your designated date.

Make an Appointment with your Academic Advisor

The date on which you are allowed to register is based on your degree of credits earned at the time of registration and does not include credits that are currently in progress.

An email notification is sent to advise of the upcoming pre-registration period and will also be posted to the "Important Dates" page.

Course Restrictions

When attempting to register for a course via WEBREG, review the Schedule of Classes to check for notes indicating that restrictions have been set and how to obtain permission to register for the course.

The following course restrictions will need approval from the Office of Academic Advisement & Student Services:

  • Maximum credits: You are limited to 19 credits per semester.
  • Prerequisites: Some courses require the prior completion of other courses.

If you received approval, please bring documentation from the Office of Academic Advisement & Student Services to the Office of the Registrar to process the registration.

The following course restrictions do not require processing through the Office of the Registrar and can be processed in WEBREG by securing a special permission number from the school or academic department. Please refer to the schedule of classes’ course section notes for detailed course restrictions.

  • Open to class: These courses are restricted to students in a specific class standing (for example, a course note indicates "Open to Seniors").
  • Open to major: These courses are restricted to students who are enrolled in a specific major.
  • Closed course: These courses have reached the limited number of students set by the department.
  • By permission only: These courses are managed at the discretion of the department.

Rutgers University-Newark is committed to supporting you to your goal of graduation.

  • Completing 30 credits over the Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer semesters to remain on track to graduate in four years for first years and two years for transfer students.
  • If you cannot take a total of 30 credits, please work closely with your academic advisor on your academic progress.

More on 30 credits to graduation 

WEBREG Restrictions

Undergraduate Students
Graduate Students

Financial Holds

In most cases, a financial hold will restrict you from registering or dropping a course.

Common reasons for holds:

  • Unpaid or late tuition, health service, or study abroad payments
  • Unpaid parking tickets

Understanding your financial hold

Resolving Financial Holds

If you have a financial hold, call the office that issued it at the phone number listed beside the hold description. The office that placed the hold is solely responsible for removing it.

To view your financial hold, please log in to the portal.

Still have questions about Registration? 

When does registration usually begin?
How do I register or add/drop courses?
Are there instructions on how to use the WEBREG system?
I just attempted to register and/or add/drop courses via WEBREG, but I received a message that I am unable to do so. What should I do?
I'm a new student. How can I gain access to use WEBREG to register for classes?
I am not seeking a degree. Do I need approval to register?
I am on academic probation; how can I register?
How do I register for a course that requires a prerequisite if I completed the prerequisite course at another school or if I completed the proficiency exam that is equivalent to the prerequisite of a course?

Key Contacts

Blumenthal Hall309
249 University AvenueNewarkNJ07102

Please include your RUID# and full name in the email.