Registration

Changing Information

Changing Registration Information [Add/Drop]
Students will be able to make changes to their registration (add or drop courses) online during the registration period. There is no SPECIFIED ADD/DROP PERIOD.

NOTES:
1. A late registration / late payment fee of TT$200 will be applied as specified for each semester.
2. Adding or dropping courses affects the fees for which you are liable. Depending on the number of courses you may have added you may be financially responsible for payment of additional fees. Alternatively depending on the number of courses you may have dropped you may be entitled to a refund of fees.
3. Adding or dropping courses also affect your student loan status.

Changing Major / Option

Students will be required to submit written requests for a change of programme / major / option. This letter must be submitted to the Dean of the Faculty, through the Admissions Office, Administration Building (undergraduate students), or the Office of Graduate Studies and Research (postgraduate students) as appropriate.
Postgraduate Students should complete the Change in Registration Form.

Changing Enrolment Status (Full Time/ Part Time) or Requesting a Leave of Absence (LOA)
Students will be required to request a change of enrolment status or leave absence through:

• the respective Faculty Office OR 
• the Admissions Office (UG students) - admis@sta.uwi.edu, ugapply@sta.uwi.edu  
• Office of Graduate Studies and Research (PG students) – postgrad@sta.uwi.edu

Changing Personal Information
Students are advised to regularly view their personal information online and make changes where necessary. You will be able to change the following fields: address, telephone and emergency contact. Other changes such as change of name and marital status will require the submission of an official letter with supporting original documents or certified copies to the Assistant Registrar, Student Affairs (Admissions) (undergraduate students) )or the Senior Assistant Registrar, Office of Graduate Studies and Research (postgraduate students) as appropriate. Please note that when students are being awarded their degree the name that appears on the certificates will be that in which students are currently registered and changes would not be accommodated after the award has been granted and certificates printed.

Late De-registration / Withdrawal from a Course

If a student applies for permission to withdraw from a course after the official registration period has ended but before the end of the 6th week of teaching in the semester I, a final grade definition of LW shall be assigned.  This would not impact negatively on the student’s GPA.

DE-REGISTRATION REQUEST / TIMELINE	SEMESTERS  I & II	SUMMER SESSION	RECORD ON TRANSCRIPT
Withdrawal from a course(s) after the normal registration period and BEFORE:	The end of the 6th week of teaching	The end of 4th week of teaching	LW
Late withdrawal from a course(s) AFTER:	The end 6th week of teaching	The end of the 4th week of teaching	F3
Withdrawal from a course(s)	After the final examination session has begun		F3
Stop attending classes or does not officially withdraw by the stipulated deadlines.			F3

 

 

[Extract from Academic Board Minutes of 17th March 2011]

• Withdrawals are not permitted once grades have been posted for the semester.  If a student has documentable, extenuating circumstances, a petition may be submitted for review.
• Withdrawing from class(es) does not relieve the student from financial liability.

 

MAKE SURE YOU SELECT the CORRECT SECTION of YOUR COURSES

SECTION CODE	CAMPUS	LEVEL	STATUS
CFB	Clarence Fitzroy Bryant	UG	Clarence Fitzroy Bryant
DDS	St Augustine	UG	Dental Students Only
E01	St. Augustine	UG	Evening Students
ENC	St Augustine	UG	Legacy FEN Students admitted prior to 2014/2015
FSA	St. Augustine	UG	FST & FFA Students registering for FEN & FSS Courses
MBB	St. Augustine	UG	MBBS Students admitted prior to 2018/2019
MBS	St. Augustine		MBBS Students admitted from 2018/2019
S01	St. Augustine	UG & PG	Full-Time Students Part-Time Students Specially Admitted Students
S02	St. Augustine	PG	a. Undergraduate Students registering for Postgraduate courses b. Graduate & Qualifying Graduate Students registering for Undergraduate courses
S03	St. Augustine	UG	Credits & Exemptions section (Administrative registration only)
SAL	Sir Arthur Lewis (SALISES)	UG	Sir Arthur Lewis Campus Students only
VET		VM	Vet Med Students Only
EXC STA UEX	St. Augustine	UG	Exchange Students Only Study Abroad  Students Only Inter-Campus Exchange students Only