Important Spring Registration Information! Please read carefully.
Spring 2025 Registration - Advising Appointment Information for Current Students:
Shortly, all current UMBC students will receive notification of an "Advising Hold" on their UMBC account. Students must meet with an advisor to have the hold lifted in order to register for Spring courses.
Spring Registration for undergraduate students will run October 29th- November 15th. Your specific date will be based on the number of credits you have earned. Students should plan to meet with an advisor a few weeks before their earliest registration time.
You can consult the Registration Appointment Calendar here for your date and time.
Your exact Registration appointment time can be found in the Registration Guide.
Pre-Majors and all first semester transfer students should schedule an advising appointment with a COEIT advisor starting October 1st. New appointments times will be added on a regular basis.
COEIT students who have started UMBC as freshmen should schedule an appointment here.
First semester transfer students at or any transfer students who have not yet passed their gateway and are attending the Catonsville campus should schedule an appointment here.
First semester students attending the Shady Grove campus should schedule an appointment here.
All COEIT students who have passed their gateway, are not
first semester transfer students, and have been updated to the full major will
be advised by faculty in the department. Faculty advisors are, or will soon, be listed in
your myUMBC Profile.
More information about advising for students who are full majors can found here.
Faculty advisors may wait until the schedule of classes is posted on October 21st to meet with students.
Information Systems and Business Technology Administration majors (or students intending to change to one of these majors) are advised in the Information Systems Department. Please go here for more information.
If you are changing your major to a major outside the College of Engineering and Information Technology, please contact the respective department of your new major for advising appointment instructions. Please remember to complete a Declaration of Major form for your new major.
Winter 2025 Session
Winter Session registration will began October 14th. Students do not need to meet with an advisor prior to registering for winter courses unless they have questions or concerns. If you intend to take a course off-campus during the winter, a Verification of Transferability Form is required in advance of taking the course.
New Students Admitted for the Spring Semester:
Newly admitted students for the Spring semester may not register for courses until Winter Orientation. Please sign up for Orientation here.
Questions?
Please contact an advisor for additional information.