The university is updating the current registration process to leverage new system capabilities which provides opportunities for enhancements and streamlining. The changes are to improve the overall experience of registration and to meet the Prosperity Widely Shared goal of being a university where every student graduates.
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Beginning with fall 2025 registration, the two-phase registration process (Phase 1 and Phase 2) has been eliminated to simplify and streamline the student registration experience.
A single, prioritized registration window will be assigned to each student based on their class level and total earned credits.
Students can register for up to 19 credits as soon as their registration window opens (for undergraduate and postbacc students)
Waitlist access is available from the start of registration.
There are restrictions on some courses and these will continue. Some are managed by academic units, and some are managed at the campus level. Please look carefully at course details to understand restrictions.
Corvallis-campus students can start registering for most online (Ecampus) class sections starting Week 10 of the term (June 2 at 6:00 a.m. (PDT) for fall 2025). Other restrictions use different timelines.
Undergraduate and graduate students may submit their respective Extra Credits Petition forms as soon as registration opens.
Beginning with fall 2025 registration in May, OSU will switch from using registration PINs (the six-digit code) to using advising registration holds.
Instead of getting a PIN, undergraduate and postbaccalaureate students will receive an advising registration hold. The hold requires students to connect with their academic advisor before registering for classes.
The advising registration hold will be placed on your student account in Week 3 of every term, if applicable for your college.
This hold is received by all new students (first-year and transfer), after that holds are applied based on your college's rules, which means that a hold may be applied annually or term-by-term.
Your advisor is responsible for lifting the hold after reviewing your academic plan.
Your assigned registration time for the upcoming term only works if your hold has been lifted by that time.
The advising registration hold will be placed on your student account in Week 3 of spring term.
The hold will prevent you from registering for the upcoming term but will not prevent you from withdrawing from current classes.
Connect or meet with an academic advisor to finalize your class schedule and have your advising registration hold lifted for fall 2025.
This change is part of our ongoing efforts to improve and simplify the student experience when registering for classes.
The current PIN-based process is highly customized and no longer compatible with essential system upgrades.
Based on the feedback we gathered last fall through various channels, including advising surveys, direct feedback from students, and stakeholder engagement meetings, a majority expressed support for moving away from PINs and implementing holds for class registration.
Beginning with fall 2025 registration, most online undergraduate class sections will open to Corvallis-campus students Monday, Week 10 (June 2 at 6:00 a.m. (PDT) for fall 2025).
Corvallis-campus students can begin registering for most online (Ecampus) class sections Monday, Week 10 (June 2 at 6:00 a.m. (PDT) for fall 2025).
The online restriction only applies to undergraduate-level courses.
This change applies to fall, winter and spring terms. Summer term is excluded.
Graduating seniors may be eligible for an exception during their final term(s) but need to work with their advisors to request an override.
Due to compliance requirements, certain student groups qualify for an exception to this restriction.
If you qualify for an exception
As an overview, when you register, you will encounter the restriction, then you will receive an email, letting you know the restriction has been cleared and to try again. At the time you receive this message, you will not be registered for the class. You will need to go back to your registration and reattempt to register. We recommend registering as soon as possible after receiving the email below to secure a seat in the section.
There will be no impact on summer registration as this restriction only applies to fall, winter, and spring terms.
This change is being implemented to ensure OSU Ecampus students, most of whom are not located in Corvallis, have the opportunity to register for their required courses and to meet the Prosperity Widely Shared goal of being a university where every student graduates.
The override for the Ecampus restriction still resides in each college for their courses, just as it is with current overrides for courses. If you require a campus override, here is a helpful course override resource.
Note: Campus overrides must be based on need, not want, and need to be one-time rather than persistent or recurring.