Important Spring Registration Information! Please read carefully.

Spring 2026 Registration - Advising Appointment Information for Current Students:

Recently, all current UMBC students received 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 28 - November 14. 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.

Please read below for more information on how to receive advising clearance:

Computer Science and Engineering Pre-Majors:

Pre-Majors and all first semester transfer students should schedule an advising appointment with their COEIT advisor. Your COEIT advisor is listed on your  myUMBC Profile.  Please click on your advisor's name to access your their appointment calendar. 

All Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering students who have passed their gateway in the last year have been assigned a staff advisor and should have received an email recently titled "Important Spring 2026 Advising Information." Please follow the directions in that email.  

All post-gateway Chemical Engineering students as well as post-gateway Mechanical Engineering students previously assigned a faculty advisor, and post-gateway CSEE students who chose to remain with their faculty advisor should reach our to their faculty advisor for advising. Faculty advisor information is available on your  myUMBC Profile.  

Information Systems & BTA Majors:

All IS & BTA new freshmen (started in Fall 2025) have a COEIT advisor listed in their  myUMBC Profile . You should schedule an appointment with that advisor.

All IS & BTA transfers students and returning students can consult the IS/BTA Advising Information here.  

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 2026 Session

Winter registration will begin October 13. 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 email coeitadvising@umbc.edu for additional information.