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Last updated on 24 October 2023
To participate in courses and exams you have to register. You can register via the registration module.

Registration deadlines

To participate in courses and exams you have to register. You can register via the registration module. Please read the information below carefully before you (de)register. The official rules about registration are described in the Registration regulations for educational activities and examinations.

Please note! Each period has a fixed registration and deregistration deadline; within these deadlines you can register and deregister for education. Timely registration guarantees participation in courses. Did you miss the deadlines? Read the section below under the heading 'Too late to register'.

What do you register for?

Registration, as well as deregistration, is necessary for organising education. It provides insight into the number of students to be expected. This allows us to not only better facilitate education, but also to work more proficiently with the capacity of the lecture halls and to improve the preparation of education by a teacher.

Different registration procedure?

For some study programmes or courses, a different registration procedure applies. View the Study Guide to see whether this applies to your study programme or course. Also look at the bottom of this page under 'Registration conditions per faculty'.

If your question about the registration for courses has not been answered after reading this page, do contact the Student Desk (you can find their contact details on the bottom of this page).

Information about registration

  • How to register and deregister

    Registration

    1. You can register for courses via the registration module. If you sign up for a course, you will be signed up (automatically) for the exam (default). Please keep the check mark if you want to participate in the exam.
    2. After you have selected your study programme and academic year, you can register per period for courses within your study programme. Would you like to register for courses outside your study programme and select minors and specializations? Check out the specific information in the headers below.
    3. If you did not pass the exam for a course, you will be automatically registered for the resit, with the exeption of No Shows! If you received a No Show for your exam, you will not be automatically registered for the resit. You will have to manually register via the registration module. You have to be registered for a course, in order to take in the exam or resit. 

    Please note! You can only register for periods of which the registration has been opened. You can however plan courses for later periods and study-years. Select your programme and the academic year. Click on 'Plan a course' to plan courses for that specific period. Planning does not mean you are registered for the course! You still have to register for the courses once the registration deadlines are open.

    Particulars:

    • The above does not apply if your course entry and result registration do not take place via the VU. For Medicine students, different rules may apply, see below under 'Different registration procedure per faculty'.
    • In some cases you will be registered by the Educational Office of your faculty or you cannot register for courses and/or groups yourself. View the Study Guide for more information about the course in question and look at 'Registration conditions per faculty' at the bottom of this page.

    Deregistration

    If you do not want to participate in a course, please deregister before the deregistration deadline. Select the course in the registration module and click "deregister". After deregistration, you will receive a confirmation in your VU email. You will then be automatically deregistered for all parts of the course, such as the lectures, tutorial groups and the exam. 

    Please deregister on time! Once the deregistration period is closed, you can no longer deregister. For courses, deregistration is possible until the first week of the start of the new period. For exams and resits, deregistration is possible until 1 week before the exam.

    No show

    Please note: if you are registered for a course/exam but do not take part and do not deregister in time, you will be assessed as a No Show. Whether this counts as an opportunity depends on the Teaching and Examination Regulations (OER) and Rules & Guidelines (R&R) of your programme and/or faculty. More information on the OER and R&R can be found via the Examination Board and on the OER Bachelor and OER Master pages. Furthermore, in cases of a No Show, you will not be automatically registered for the resit. You have to manually register through the registration module.

  • Too late to register

    You cannot register through the registration module after the registration deadline. Only if you register in time, your participation in the education is guaranteed.

    Step 1. Late placement

    As of period 2 for some courses you have the option for late placement. This means you can submit a request to be registered for the course after the registration period has closed. The period in which you can submit a request for a late placement varies: from a minimum of 1 week to a maximum of 4 weeks after the closing date for registration. Depending on the number of places available, your request may be honored. If it is not possible to resit a course, this is indicated in the Study Guide.

    You can submit a request for late placement in the registration module. Go to the course in question in the registration module and click on the button 'Request for late placement'. This button appears when the regular registration period for the course has closed. At the latest in the week before the start of the course you will receive a message whether your request for an extra place has been approved. 

    Look at the bottom of this page under the heading 'Registration conditions per faculty' to read the additional rules per faculty.

    Step 2. Substantiated request

    If your late placement request is rejected ór if late placement is not possible and you are too late to register, you can submit a substantiated request to be included.

    A substantiated request will only be honored if it meets the conditions set out in the Regulations for (de)registration for Education and Examinations. If your application is granted, you will be registered.

    Your application will only be considered if you provide evidence of force majeure (such as your long-term illness or the death of a close relative) or disproportionate consequences for your study progress. A request will only be honored if there is sufficient capacity in the lecture halls for the course in question.

    Form substantiated request


  • Substantiated request rejected

    If your substantiated request is not accepted, you will not be registered and will not be allowed to participate in the course and/or examination. If you do take part, it is at your own risk and you should take into account these consequences:

    • If you participate in a course without enrolling, you are not entitled to access the educational activities and the available educational materials.
    • If you participate in an examination without signing up, you will not receive a result. 
    • If you want to participate in an examination without having registered, you may be denied access.

    More information can be found on the page Complaint, Appeal and Objection.

  • Register for a minor, pre-master or as a contract student

    More information about registration for a minor can be found here. 

    As a pre-master student, you can register for the courses by yourself via the registration module.

    As a contract student, its is not possible to register for courses by yourself. The Education Office of your faculty will register you for you.

    Please consult the information at the bottom of this page under 'Registration conditions per faculty' for the specific conditions of your faculty for pre-master's and contract students.

  • Register as a subsidiary student

    If you, as a student from another university, want to take course(s) at VU Amsterdam as a subsidiary student, indicate which course(s) you want to take when registering. After approval, the courses are scheduled, after which you can register for the courses in the registration module.

    You cannot add courses in the registration module. If you want to take an extra course within the academic year for which you are registered, go to your profile to add the desired course. If an earlier application for a minor has not yet been approved, you also have the option to delete the application here.

    For more information, see Secondary subjects (or a minor) at VU Amsterdam.

  • Register for an extracurricular course

    You can only register for courses that are part of your study programme and for courses that are offered extracurricularly. For registration and for including courses from other programmes in your curriculum, you must first request permission from the examination board. If you only wish to participate in the courses of other programmes and not include them in your curriculum, a request to the education office of the faculty is sufficient.

  • Problems with registering

    There are several possible reasons why you cannot register for courses:

    • You can only register during the registration period.
    • You can only register if you are (re)registered for a study programme. If the status of your registration is still on 'Complete registration', you are not fully (re)registered.
    • You can only register for courses within your study programme and for courses that are offered extracurricularly. You must first request permission to participate in courses from other programmes.
    • Entry requirements apply to some courses. If you do not meet the entry requirements, you cannot register for the course.

    Course not found in the registration module?

    Can't find courses in the registration module? Then try the following:

    • Check whether you have selected the correct study programme and the correct year: at the top of the start screen for registration it is shown for which study programme and which year you see the study plan. Make sure that the correct data is selected here.
    • Search within all courses: a course that is not in the pre-selected courses may be found in all courses.
    • Search within extracurricular courses: courses that are not part of the training programme of your study programme may be offered extracurricularly.
    • Search in minors: if you are looking for a (course within a) minor, you can find it by clicking the "Search in minors" button. You will find all minors that are available within your study programme and you can then register for the courses.
    • Check the Study Guide: if a subject in the study guide is available in your study programme, but not in the registration module, you can contact the student desk about this.

    Still not able to find courses or minors? Then they are not available within your study programme and the extracurricular offer. If you want to take such courses, you can submit a request to participate.

    Is the course full?

    A course or an educational activity can fill up during registration. You can only register if there is still room in a course. In most cases, the capacity is increased quickly and subscription is possible again. So try again the next day. If the course is still full, you can submit a request to the faculty to increase the capacity for this part of a course.

    You can only submit a request if activities of a part are full, for example if all groups in a workgroup are full. For some courses a maximum number of participants applies; You cannot submit a request to increase the capacity for such courses. If there is a maximum number of participants, this is stated in the course in the Study Guide.

    If a course is full, you can submit a request to participate:

    For different registration rules per faculty, see 'Registration conditions per faculty' at the bottom of this page. 

  • Take several courses at the same time

    Are you following two or more courses at the same time, or do you wish to do so? That is possible. Below you can read how to arrange this.

    Visit your academic advisor

    Visit the academic advisor for advice. He or she will help you plan and combine the courses you have in mind and, if necessary, can refer you to another course.

    Ask the lecturer for the digital learning materials of lectures

    If lectures coincide, decide which lecture you will attend. Ask the lecturer of the lecture you missed to make the available digital learning resources available quickly so that you can prepare for the remaining lectures.

    Change of workgroup

    Are work lectures at the same time? Then ask if you can switch working groups. Depending on the method of registration, you can arrange this yourself or contact the education office or the lecturer.

    Take action on overlapping exams

    It sometimes happens that exams of courses you are taking, take place on the same day and time. What to do in case of overlapping exams, see Information about exams.

Registration conditions per faculty

Registration conditions may differ per faculty. View the registration conditions of your faculty below.

  • ACTA

    Students of the Faculty of Dentistry (ACTA) can find more information on ACTA.nl [in Dutch].

  • AUC

    Amsterdam University College (AUC) uses a separate course registration system called AUC Portal. All full-time AUC students will be informed of course registration procedures separately by the AUC registrar. Current AUC students can find more information on AUC.nl.

    Students at VU Amsterdam are sometimes eligible to follow courses at AUC under certain conditions. If you’re a current VU student, you can find more information about the possibility to take off-campus courses at Amsterdam University College on their website.

  • BETA

    Study guide

    For information on the different registration procedure per course, please check the Study Guide.  

    Late placement

    For more information about the possibility of late placement, please check the Study Guide. It will be stated on the course page in the Study Guide if late placement is not possible. 

    In case of an extra placement, students can no longer request to change groups. In case of an afterschool placement, students are placed in the least full groups regardless of the rest of their schedule.

    Pre-master 

    In most cases, pre-master students can register for courses themselves. If not, they can contact the student desk. 

  • FBMS

    Study guide 

    For information on the different registration procedure per course, please check the Study Guide.

    Exceptions apply to:

    • First year courses in period 1 of the Bachelor Psychology. For these courses, students are registered by the study administration of the Education Office.

    This is stated per course in the Study Guide.

  • FRT

    Study guide

    For information on the different registration procedure per course, please check the Study Guide. 

  • FSS

    Study guide

    For information on the different registration procedure per course, please check the Study Guide.  

    Please note: there are courses with workgroups. In some courses, you can sign up for a workgroup yourself (and your registration will immediately be visible in your personal schedule), but there are also courses where the teacher makes the workgroup arrangements. In the latter case, you cannot choose a workgroup yourself. On timetable.vu.nl you can see at what time the workgroups take place. The classification will be announced by the teacher on Canvas, after which you can manually add the work group you are assigned to, to your personal schedule.

  • HUM

    Study guide

    For information on the different registration procedure per course, please check the Study Guide. Last-minute registration

    Pre-master

    As a pre-master student you cannot register for modules yourself. This is provided by the Education Office. You will be registered for the lectures and the first exam. You must register for a possible resit yourself.

  • LAW

    Study guide

    For information on the different registration procedure per course, please check the Study Guide. 

    Registration of first-year students

    First-year students (that is: -you have never before started a bachelor's degree programme at the Faculty of Law) will be registered for year 1, semester 1 courses by the faculty at the time they are fully enrolled in the programme.

    This will start at the end of August.

    Repeaters can sign up afterwards, see the courses in the study guide for the exact date.

    Overlapping exams

    Do you have two exams taking place at the same time? Then we will refer you to the second examination opportunity for one of them. You can discuss with the study advisor which exam has priority for you.

  • MED

    Bachelor of Medicine

    • Registering for courses and 1st examinations: 
      Students are registered for courses and 1st examination by the education office. Registering via VUweb does not apply to the courses of the Bachelor of Medicine programme.
    • Registering for a resit: 
      If a student fails the exam, he/she is automatically registered for the resit. Students who did not pass a course in the previous academic year or who received an NS, can register for the re-examination of that course via a link, this link can be found in all CANVAS courses under the heading modules/testing.
    • Registration for a resit of a stationary test: 
      In all CANVAS courses under the heading modules/testing, students can register via a link, this also applies to students who did not pass the station test in a previous academic year or who received a NS.
    • Deregistering for an exam/re-examination: 
      Students can deregister an exam by sending an e-mail to studentenbalie@vumc.nl, please include the student number and the name of the course/event in the e-mail.
    • Registering too late:
      If you are late in registering  for a resit after passing an NS or retaking a test in a subsequent academic year, you may submit a substantiated request to still be signed up. If your request is granted, you will still be registered. For the national progress test and the station test other rules apply, see the relevant CANVAS courses. Your application will only be processed if you provide evidence of force majeure or disproportionate consequences for your study progress.

      Form substantiated request

    Master of Medicine

    • Registering for a course: students are registered for courses and first exams by the education office. Registering via VUweb does not apply to the courses of the Master of Medicine programme.
    • Registering for a resit: in the event of a fail, students are NOT automatically registered for the resit. Registration runs via the education office (information on the course on canvas)

    Master Oncology

    • See registration procedure of the VU. 
    • Late placement: after the closing date of the registration period it is still possible to register for the (compulsory) courses (late placement). Some courses have a maximum capacity. Once this capacity is reached, signing up is no longer possible, not even during the late placement period. 
    • In most cases you can sign up for the courses yourself. If this is not possible, please contact the program to request enrollment by email: Master of Oncology. 

     

    Master Cardiovascular See registration procedure of the VU. 

    • See registration procedure of the VU. 
    • Late placement: after the closing date of the registration period it is still possible to register for the (compulsory) courses (late placement). Some courses have a maximum capacity. Once this capacity is reached, signing up is no longer possible, not even during the late placement period. 
    • In most cases you can sign up for the courses yourself. If this is not possible, please contact the program to request enrollment by email: Master of Oncology. 

  • SBE

    Study guide

    For information on the different registration procedure per course, please check the Study Guide.  

    All students register for courses themselves. Only first year students will be registered by the Education Office on the following courses: 

    • Bachelor Bedrijfskunde: 
        • Taaltoets – VU_TAALT 
        • Mentorprogramma BK - E_BK1_MP
        • Onderzoeksparticipatie 1E_BK1_OP1
    • Bachelor International Business Administration: 
        • English Language Test – VU_ELT
        • SAM Programme IBA - E_IBA1_SAM
        • Research Participation 1 - E_IBA1_RPR1
    • Bachelor Economie en Bedrijfseconomie:
        • English Language Test – VU_ELT
        • SAM Programme EBE – E_EBE1_SAM
    • Bachelor Econometrics and Operations Research:
        • English Language Test – VU_ELT
        •  SAM Programme EOR – E_EOR1_SAM

Students of the Faculty of Dentistry (ACTA) can find more information on ACTA.nl [in Dutch].

Amsterdam University College (AUC) uses a separate course registration system called AUC Portal. All full-time AUC students will be informed of course registration procedures separately by the AUC registrar. Current AUC students can find more information on AUC.nl.

Students at VU Amsterdam are sometimes eligible to follow courses at AUC under certain conditions. If you’re a current VU student, you can find more information about the possibility to take off-campus courses at Amsterdam University College on their website.

Study guide

For information on the different registration procedure per course, please check the Study Guide.  

Late placement

For more information about the possibility of late placement, please check the Study Guide. It will be stated on the course page in the Study Guide if late placement is not possible. 

In case of an extra placement, students can no longer request to change groups. In case of an afterschool placement, students are placed in the least full groups regardless of the rest of their schedule.

Pre-master 

In most cases, pre-master students can register for courses themselves. If not, they can contact the student desk. 

Study guide 

For information on the different registration procedure per course, please check the Study Guide.

Exceptions apply to:

  • First year courses in period 1 of the Bachelor Psychology. For these courses, students are registered by the study administration of the Education Office.

This is stated per course in the Study Guide.

Study guide

For information on the different registration procedure per course, please check the Study Guide. 

Study guide

For information on the different registration procedure per course, please check the Study Guide.  

Please note: there are courses with workgroups. In some courses, you can sign up for a workgroup yourself (and your registration will immediately be visible in your personal schedule), but there are also courses where the teacher makes the workgroup arrangements. In the latter case, you cannot choose a workgroup yourself. On timetable.vu.nl you can see at what time the workgroups take place. The classification will be announced by the teacher on Canvas, after which you can manually add the work group you are assigned to, to your personal schedule.

Study guide

For information on the different registration procedure per course, please check the Study Guide. Last-minute registration

Pre-master

As a pre-master student you cannot register for modules yourself. This is provided by the Education Office. You will be registered for the lectures and the first exam. You must register for a possible resit yourself.

Study guide

For information on the different registration procedure per course, please check the Study Guide. 

Registration of first-year students

First-year students (that is: -you have never before started a bachelor's degree programme at the Faculty of Law) will be registered for year 1, semester 1 courses by the faculty at the time they are fully enrolled in the programme.

This will start at the end of August.

Repeaters can sign up afterwards, see the courses in the study guide for the exact date.

Overlapping exams

Do you have two exams taking place at the same time? Then we will refer you to the second examination opportunity for one of them. You can discuss with the study advisor which exam has priority for you.

Bachelor of Medicine

  • Registering for courses and 1st examinations: 
    Students are registered for courses and 1st examination by the education office. Registering via VUweb does not apply to the courses of the Bachelor of Medicine programme.
  • Registering for a resit: 
    If a student fails the exam, he/she is automatically registered for the resit. Students who did not pass a course in the previous academic year or who received an NS, can register for the re-examination of that course via a link, this link can be found in all CANVAS courses under the heading modules/testing.
  • Registration for a resit of a stationary test: 
    In all CANVAS courses under the heading modules/testing, students can register via a link, this also applies to students who did not pass the station test in a previous academic year or who received a NS.
  • Deregistering for an exam/re-examination: 
    Students can deregister an exam by sending an e-mail to studentenbalie@vumc.nl, please include the student number and the name of the course/event in the e-mail.
  • Registering too late:
    If you are late in registering  for a resit after passing an NS or retaking a test in a subsequent academic year, you may submit a substantiated request to still be signed up. If your request is granted, you will still be registered. For the national progress test and the station test other rules apply, see the relevant CANVAS courses. Your application will only be processed if you provide evidence of force majeure or disproportionate consequences for your study progress.

    Form substantiated request

Master of Medicine

  • Registering for a course: students are registered for courses and first exams by the education office. Registering via VUweb does not apply to the courses of the Master of Medicine programme.
  • Registering for a resit: in the event of a fail, students are NOT automatically registered for the resit. Registration runs via the education office (information on the course on canvas)

Master Oncology

  • See registration procedure of the VU. 
  • Late placement: after the closing date of the registration period it is still possible to register for the (compulsory) courses (late placement). Some courses have a maximum capacity. Once this capacity is reached, signing up is no longer possible, not even during the late placement period. 
  • In most cases you can sign up for the courses yourself. If this is not possible, please contact the program to request enrollment by email: Master of Oncology. 

 

Master Cardiovascular See registration procedure of the VU. 

  • See registration procedure of the VU. 
  • Late placement: after the closing date of the registration period it is still possible to register for the (compulsory) courses (late placement). Some courses have a maximum capacity. Once this capacity is reached, signing up is no longer possible, not even during the late placement period. 
  • In most cases you can sign up for the courses yourself. If this is not possible, please contact the program to request enrollment by email: Master of Oncology. 

Study guide

For information on the different registration procedure per course, please check the Study Guide.  

All students register for courses themselves. Only first year students will be registered by the Education Office on the following courses: 

  • Bachelor Bedrijfskunde: 
      • Taaltoets – VU_TAALT 
      • Mentorprogramma BK - E_BK1_MP
      • Onderzoeksparticipatie 1E_BK1_OP1
  • Bachelor International Business Administration: 
      • English Language Test – VU_ELT
      • SAM Programme IBA - E_IBA1_SAM
      • Research Participation 1 - E_IBA1_RPR1
  • Bachelor Economie en Bedrijfseconomie:
      • English Language Test – VU_ELT
      • SAM Programme EBE – E_EBE1_SAM
  • Bachelor Econometrics and Operations Research:
      • English Language Test – VU_ELT
      •  SAM Programme EOR – E_EOR1_SAM

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