Now that you’ve accepted your offer, you may be thinking about planning your courses for September 2024. Course registration starts in June and takes place over several weeks. But there’s no action for you to take just yet. You will receive an email from UBC with your assigned registration date and time two weeks before you’re eligible to register.
In the meantime, you can prepare for your UBC studies by:
- Applying for a study permit (if you need one);
- Planning your finances;
- Finding a place to live during your studies (including applying for on-campus housing);
- Exploring your academic options;
- Taking a self-guided virtual tour of your campus.
When and where will you plan your course schedule?
UBC’s course schedule for September 2024 is not available yet but when it is available, you’ll access it in UBC’s new student information system called Workday Student. Workday Student is replacing a system called the Student Service Centre (SSC). You’ll do your course planning and you’ll register for your courses online in Workday Student.
UBC will email you in late May 2024 to let you know when you’ll have access to Workday Student. When you gain access to Workday Student, you’ll also be provided with step-by-step instructions that are designed to help you register for your courses – from logging in and viewing your course schedule to creating a saved course schedule, resolving course conflicts, and preparing for registration day.
When will you register for courses?
Two weeks before you’re eligible to register for courses, you will receive an email from UBC with your assigned registration date and time (and a link to Workday Student). It’s very important that you register on that specific date at that specific time – regardless of where you are in the world – for the best chance of securing your first choice of courses.
Will you need to access the Student Service Centre?
If you’ve accepted an offer of admission to UBC for the 2024/25 academic year starting in September 2024 or later, you are not required to access the Student Service Centre (SSC). In fact, you will receive an error if you try to log into the SSC. This error is expected behaviour because UBC is currently transitioning to the new student information system, Workday Student.