Important Spring Registration Information! Please read carefully.
Fall 2025 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 Fall courses.
Fall Registration for undergraduate students will run April 1-18. 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. New appointments times will be added on a regular basis.
COEIT pre-majors who 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 Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering students who passed their gateway in the Fall have been assigned a staff advisor and should receive an email from their advisor shortly with details about how to sign up for a group advising appointment.
All post-gateway Chemical Engineering students and anyone who was assigned a faculty advisor in the past should receive advising from the faculty advisor listed in their 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 March 24th 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.
Summer 2025 Session
Summer registration has begun. Students do not need to meet with an advisor prior to registering for summer 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 Fall 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.
]]>Applications for the Exempt Staff Senate (ESS) and Council of University System Staff (CUSS) are now being solicited. Meet folks from across campus and make a difference at UMBC for yourself and your colleagues!
Nominees must be exempt staff employees employed at UMBC for at least one year (hired on or before 4/17/2023). Nominations are open through Monday, March 24th.
Want to Learn More? Be on the lookout for our upcoming information sessions!
Questions? Contact Ray Soellner, ESS President, rays1@umbc.edu, or ask a fellow senator.
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What is the Exempt Staff Senate (ESS)? The Exempt Staff Senate is a committee of dedicated staff who advocate for the well-being of all exempt staff across UMBC to the administration. The Senate will work to provide creative solutions to the challenges staff are facing. The Senate builds relationships throughout all areas of the campus to uplift the whole community and advance our institution. We do this by developing thoughtful programming and events that support our campus community, promoting personal and professional development opportunities, facilitating communication of staff interests between campus leadership and our constituents, and by building a network of staff committed to supporting one another and UMBC as a community.
What is the Council of University System Staff (CUSS)? Staff serving on the Council represent all staff at UMBC at the system-level. Council representatives and alternates report to the Chancellor and Presidents and share staff concerns across the University System of Maryland (USM). CUSS representatives must have one year of experience in USM shared governance to run for a position. Contact Roy Prouty, CUSS Representative (proutyr1@umbc.edu) with any questions or concerns.
Applications for Research Presentations and Travel Scholarships for the 2025 SACNAS NDiSTEM National Conference are open! Apply today for the opportunity to present your research, access impactful mentorship, and receive funding to attend NDiSTEM in Columbus, OH this October!
What is SACNAS NDiSTEM?
The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Diversity in STEM Conference (NDiSTEM) is the largest multidisciplinary and multicultural STEM diversity conference in the country. The NDiSTEM Conference is a gathering which serves to equip, empower, and energize participants for their academic and professional paths in STEM. Over the course of the event, college-level through professional attendees are immersed in cutting-edge STEM research, professional development sessions, motivational keynote speakers, and the Academic & Career Expo, as well as multicultural celebrations and traditions, and an inclusive and welcoming community of peers, mentors, and role models. Simply put, the NDiSTEM Conference is a broadly inclusive space where you are encouraged and empowered to bring your whole self to STEM.
For Undergraduate students, Graduate students, and Postdocs interested in presenting their research at the conference!
Through student Research Presentations, the NDiSTEM Conference equips young researchers with the skills and mentoring needed to be successful on their STEM journeys. Accepted applicants will have the opportunity to refine presentation skills, receive one-on-one mentoring and feedback on research, and connect with a supportive community of peers, mentors, and role models throughout our annual NDiSTEM Conference.
For Undergraduate and Graduate students to receive funded travel, lodging, and registration for the conference.
SACNAS provides conference scholarships that include funded travel, lodging, and/or registration for undergraduate and graduate students to attend the SACNAS NDiSTEM Conference. Accepted awardees will also have access to specialized programming to welcome and orient them to the conference in October.
Important Details:
All applicants must be a current SACNAS student-level member or postdoc-level member before applying!
These are two separate applications - interested members should be sure to submit both applications!
The deadline to apply is March 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM PT!
We hope to see you in Columbus!
Yours in community,
Emily Pavlik (she/her/hers)
Manager, Student Programs
Time Zone: Pacific
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Important Dates
⚡SACRED Mentor and Mentee applications close on February 28