New Student Registration
During New Student Registration, you'll meet with academic advisors and register for fall courses.
Sign-up will begin in mid-March.
-->Deadline Update: We want to ensure anyone applying for federal financial aid has enough time to make an informed decision regarding their college choice! For this reason, we're extending our enrollment decision deadline to May 15.
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New Student Registration sign-ups begin in mid-March. To sign up, you'll need to take the following steps:
- Accept your offer of admission through your admitted checklist in myIllini.
- Claim and set your NetID and NetID password.
- Sign up for New Student Registration, again through your admitted checklist in myIllini.
Preparing for Your Appointment
Pre-Advising Worksheet & Placement Exams
Pre-advising worksheets and placement exams will be available in myIllini beginning in May. They'll help you prepare and allow your advisor to best assist you in choosing classes that are right for you. Make sure to finish your worksheet and any placement exams you’re required to take at least two weeks before your registration date, or your reservation may be subject to cancellation.
Please note that any Grainger College of Engineering first-year student who has not completed the ALEKS math assessment exam one week prior to their New Student Registration date will have their program date rescheduled. Grainger Engineering transfer students do not need to complete the ALEKS math assessment.
College Meetings
When you sign up for registration, your college will send you more details to help you prepare for your appointment. You'll want to review the information provided by your college to learn what to expect from your appointment and beyond.
Registration System
Learn how to navigate our registration system and review step-by-step instructions for registering.
Questions About New Student Registration?
Review our frequently asked questions for answers to all of your most pressing New Student Registration questions!
Event Opportunities
We're offering virtual new student and parent sessions all summer long to share resources and answer your most pressing questions about UIUC.
Preparing for UIUC
Check off your next steps toward enrollment, obtain your student ID card, and review other helpful information before fall arrives.
General Campus Resources
Following are a variety of resources available to you at UIUC. We hope they help you make a smooth transition. This isn’t an exhaustive list, so if you don’t see what you’re looking for, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us!
Student Life
- Campus Map
- Campus Recreation
- Campus Safety
- Champaign-Urbana
- Fighting Illini Athletics
- Fraternity & Sorority Affairs
- Illini Union
- Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
- Marching Illini
- Private Certified Housing
- Religious Organizations
- ROTC Air Force
- ROTC Army
- ROTC Navy
- Student Engagement
- Transportation
- University Housing
Student Services
- Career Center
- Counseling Center
- Disability Resources & Educational Services
- Emergency Dean
- Financial Aid
- International Student & Scholar Services
- Leadership Center
- McKinley Health Center
- Minority Student Affairs
- New Student & Family Experiences
- Off-Campus Community Living
- Student Assistance Center
- Student Conflict Resolution
- Student Health Insurance
- Student Legal Services
- Tech Services
- Undergraduate Research
- University Bursar (Paying Your Bill)
- Veterans Student Support Services
Cultural & Resource Centers
- Asian American Cultural Center
- Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
- Chez Veterans Center
- Diversity & Social Justice Education
- Gender & Sexuality Resource Center
- International Education
- La Casa Cultural Latina
- Native American House
- Salaam Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Cultural Center
- Women's Resources Center
International Student Resources
International Student & Scholar Services provides many resources, including the following, to help you prepare for your arrival and time at the university.
Parent Resources
Learn more about the resources we offer parents and families as your student prepares for UIUC.
Need Internet Access?
As part of a multi-agency effort to improve Broadband access, the State of Illinois offers a Drive-Up WiFi Hotspot Map. All publicly available hotspots indicated on this map are available for remote learning and other uses at this time.