Below you will find tools, tips, demos, FAQS, and other resources to help make enrollment easy. Remember, it’s a good idea to meet with an advisor at least once a year outside of the busy enrollment season so you can have more time to talk about bigger picture academic and career goals.
Are you a new student? Please note enrollment & advising for new students occurs during UW-Madison’s Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration program (SOAR) before you begin your first semester.
Ask yourself what questions or topics you want to discuss to your advising appointment. Think about the big picture, don’t just think about what you need to do to get through the semester. How will your choices will impact and influence your future goals and plans?
— Amy Zwaska, Academic Advisor
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Expand all Collapse allLog in to your Student Center through MyUW and check the box on the right – it will tell you the earliest time you can enroll.
Enrollment seasons fall around November (for spring semester classes) and April (for fall semester classes). Generally, the more credits you’ve taken, the earlier you can enroll. Certain courses may be open earlier to certain majors who are required to take that course.
See Enrollment Release Schedule & Enrollment DeadlinesYou will enroll classes with the Course Search & Enroll App, which can be found in the Academic Navigator widget in MyUW.
See the Registrar’s Office list of Demos & Tutorials.In most cases, no. However, we strongly encourage you to check in with your advisor at least once a semester and before enrollment is a good time to touch base to make sure you’re on track for graduation.
Also, remember that your advising appointment during enrollment season may be different from an appointment outside of this time.
During enrollment season you will meet with you advisor to plan your courses for the next term, and your conversation will mainly focus on this topic. This is why it can be helpful to check in with an advisor during non-peak season so you can have some bigger picture conversations about getting involved, your graduation timeline, achieving your academic and career goals, etc.
See Find an Advisor.A hold is a freeze on your student account that prevents access to course enrollment and/or your transcript. Holds can be put on your account at any time for a variety of reasons, such as:
Holds are visible in your Student Center tile in MyUW. Select the Student Center tile, Academic Records, then Tasks. Click here for more detailed instructions. You should contact that office well in advance of the date you’re able to register for courses to find out what you need to do to remove it.
You’re on a waitlist because the class you tried to enroll in is closed/full. If other students in that course decide to drop it, the students on the wait list will be contacted in the order that they signed up.
Closely watch your @wisc.edu e-mail for a message from the department that you can add the class. Check in often, as you may only have a window of 1-2 days to add the class!