Registration Dates & Times

Once you are admitted to KPU, you will be given a date and time that you are eligible to register; this date will fall in the formal registration period for the terms.

To check registration periods for a specific terms, see Dates & Deadlines.

Registration dates and times are normally published three weeks in advance to the registration period. A notification email will be sent when they are published, so ensure that you are checking your KPU email frequently.

To be eligible to register, you need to be either:

  • Newly admitted to the university, OR
  • Have attended at least one of the previous three terms.

Checking your registration date and time

  1. Log into the Registration Application 
  2. Select Prepare for Registration
  3. Select the term from the drop-down

If you have been assigned a registration date and time, you will see the date and time displayed. 

Before your scheduled registration date and time, you will see the message in RED:

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Prepare for Class in Red field

 

Starting on the day of your registration date and time, you will see the message in BLUE:

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Prepare for Class in Blue field

The start date/time is the first date and time you are able to access Register for Classes. The end date/time is the last date you can access Register for Classes for the term.  Please note that the deadlines to add, drop and withdraw follow the published Dates and Deadlines.

If you try to access Register for Classes before your scheduled registration date and time, you will not be able to access it for the term and will see these messages:

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Access Register for Classes before registration date

Not been assigned a registration date/time?

If you have not been assigned a registration date and time, no registration date and time message will appear in your Prepare for Registration page.  Check the following:

  • If you are a new student, have you been formally admitted to the university? Have you paid your non-refundable confirmation deposit?
  • If you are a returning student, have you completed any courses in the last three terms at KPU (students who have not attended for a full year must reapply to the university).
  • Does your academic standing allow registration (students who have been placed on Required to Withdraw or Academic Suspension status are not eligible to register).

If you have any questions about your registration date and time, please contact studentinfo@kpu.ca

How registration dates and times are assigned

Your registration date and time is determined by Policy AR10, Priority and Scheduling of Registration (see Bylaws and Policies).

OrderDescription
1Individual students or groups of students requiring priority access to courses as defined by the Provost
2New students
3Declared students with 90 or more credits completed and in good academic standing
4Declared students with 90 or more credits completed and in good academic standing.Declared students with 60 or more credits completed and in good academic standing
5Students with 30 or more credits completed and in good academic standing
6Students with less than 30 credits completed and in good academic standing
7Any other student not previously identified
8Late admitted students