Registration
- You can only register for courses if the registration deadline is open. If you missed the deadline, please read the text below under the heading "Too late to register".
- Find your study programme in the Study guide and see for which courses you need to register. For some courses and/or course events you will be registered by your Educational Office.
- Go to the registration module and make sure your course and academic year are correct.
- Look under "preselected courses" or search for the course. Select the course and then the events (lecture, seminar, examination) in which you want to take part. When you register for a course, you also automatically register for the first opportunity to take the exam. Leave the check mark if you want to take part in the examination.
- Normally, a study programme consists of 12 EC per period (or 6 EC in periods 3 and 6), which comes down to a study load of 42 hours per week. This does not mean that you actually have 42 hours of lessons per week but this is a combination of class hours, contact hours, and self-study hours. It is possible to take more ECs but this leads to a higher study load. In such cases, we advise you to discuss your planning with your academic advisor first.
- For periods for which registration is not yet open (also for subsequent academic years), you can plan courses. Select your programme and academic year. Click on 'Plan course'. Planning courses does not mean you are registered. You must do this yourself once the registration period is open.
- Do you want to register for courses outside your study programme? Then go to the heading "Registering for an extracurricular course".
NB. The above does not apply if your course entry and result registration do not take place via VU Amsterdam. For some study programmes or courses offered by VU Amsterdam a different registration procedure could apply as well. Check 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'.
Resits
- If you received a No Show (NS) for your exam, you have to manually register via the registration module for the resit at least 1 week before the resit. You have to be registered for a course, in order to take the exam or resit.
- In all other cases, for example you did not pass the exam or received a NVD (requirements not met), you will be automatically registered for the resit.
Deregistration and No Shows
If you no longer wish to participate in a course or exam, please deregister within the deregistration deadline. Select the course in the registration module, click on 'Deregister' and confirm your deregistration. You will then be deregistered for all events of the course (lectures, workgroups and the exam). For courses, this is possible up to and including the first week of the period in which the the course starts.
If you have missed the deregistration deadline, you can still deregister for the exam. You can deregister for exams and resits until 1 week before the exam. Click on 'Edit' and uncheck the exam box.
Make sure you deregister in time! If you do not deregister in time, you will receive a No Show (NS) for the exam. The Teaching and Examination Regulations (TER) and Rules & Guidelines (R&R) of your programme and faculty determine whether this counts as an opportunity you have used up. For more information on the OER and R&R, go to Examination Board.
If your question about the registration for courses has not been answered after reading this page, please contact the Student Desk (you can find their contact details at the bottom of this page).