Graduate and Professional Student Registration Schedules

The first 15 working days of preregistration (dates listed below) the system is open Monday – Friday 24 hours a day (excluding holidays).

Students can view their assigned registration times for both Galveston and College Station under 'Registration Times' found on the “Registration Readiness” page in Howdy (available via the 'Registration Readiness' icon). Registration notices are posted approximately mid- to late March for Summer/Fall registration cycles and mid-October for Spring registration cycles.

Students registering for Galveston courses will do so in accordance with the Galveston registration schedule. Students registering for College Station courses will do so in accordance with the College Station registration schedule below.

Registration for Graduate Students

Prior to the start of pre-registration, prior to each new registration cycle, students should expect to do the following:

Check for holds by going to the "Registration Readiness” icon in Howdy
- Contact the offices having placed the registration holds to determine what is needed in order to remove the holds PRIOR to your pre-registration date.
Complete the Location Update for the semester you expect to register (i.e., Summer 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, etc.)
Complete the Terms of Use acknowledgement for the semester you expect to register (i.e., Summer 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, etc.)

Registration Tutorial Videos and Guides are available in Howdy to assist students in preparing for registration.

Log into Howdy > visit the My Record Tab > go to the 'Student Tutorials & FAQs' portlet > Click on 'Registration Tutorials' > click on 'Preparing for Registration', 'Class Search & Schedule Planning Help', and 'Registration' to view tutorial videos.

Spring 2024

Pre-Registration (November 2-15, 2023)

Continuing graduate students (enrolled in Fall 2023, Summer 2023, or Spring 2023) or admitted for Spring 2024 will be provided registration assignments as follows:

Students may not request updated time assignments due to missing their registration time, holds, etc. and will need to wait until open registration to registration.

Graduate students who are: Athletes, Students flagged by the Disability Resources office, Aggie Yell Leaders, Veterans, SGA President, SGA Senate Speaker, GPSG President, Parenting Graduate Students, & Graduate Student Employees	Thursday, November 2, 2023
Graduate students	Friday, November 3, 2023

Open Registration (November 20, 2023)

Graduate students may register for a course load of up to 15 hours in the Spring. Students can register in excess up to 18 hours for the Spring semester with the approval of their academic dean. A graduate student may enroll in more than 18 hours for Spring with approval of the Graduate and Professional School. Approvals from dean/designees or GPS should be sent to registration-admin@tamu.edu.

Open Registration for all eligible, continuing students	5 a.m., Monday, November 20, 2023
Open Registration Temporarily Unavailable	after 5 p.m., Wednesday, December 13, 2023 thru 7:59 a.m., Thursday, December 14, 2023
Open Registration Reopens	8 a.m., Thursday, December 14, 2023 thru 5 p.m., Friday, December 22, 2023
Students in mini-mester courses should refer to the online alternate Add/Drop Deadlines to review deadlines for dropping and adding courses scheduled during the closure of open registration.
Open Registration Reopens	8 a.m., Tuesday, January 2, 2024 thru 5 p.m., Friday, January 12, 2024

Late Registration* (after 5pm, January 12, 2024)

*For students not enrolled as of 5pm, January 12, 2024

Students with zero registered hours who register during Late Registration will be assessed a $100 late registration fee.

Once a student becomes registered during this time they may make changes to their schedule in accordance with Add/Drop registration.

after 5 p.m., Friday, January 12, 2024 thru
5 p.m., Monday, January 22, 2024

Add/Drop Registration* (after 5pm, January 12, 2024)

*For students enrolled as of 5pm, January 12, 2024

Students enrolled in courses by the end of Open Registration may make schedule changes during Add/Drop without incurring a late registration fee.	after 5 p.m., Friday, January 12, 2024 thru 5 p.m., Monday, January 22, 2024
Last Day to Drop ALL Classes for 100% refund. Refer to Student Business Services for the Refund Policy for Withdrawals and Dropped Courses	Monday, January 15, 2024
Last Day to Add or Drop* a Spring 2024 course. Students will be able to drop courses as long as they remained enrolled. Will NOT be able to drop all classes, see Withdrawal* below.	5 p.m., Monday, January 22, 2024
** Students wanting to drop all classes on or after January 16, 2024 must submit a withdrawal request in the Withdrawal channel on My Dashboard tab in Howdy. There is not a 100% refund for withdrawals as of the first day of the Spring term. Refer to Student Business Services for the Refund Policy for Withdrawals and Dropped Courses

Important Information

*Students with zero registered hours during the first four (4) class days of summer terms or the first five (5) class days of fall/spring semester will be assessed a $100 late registration fee when they register.

*Changes to an existing class schedule may result in additional tuition/fees; payment must be made by 5 p.m. in GSC Suite 2801 (Student Business Services) or by 5 p.m. online the day the changes are made to avoid a late fee or cancellation of class schedule. For more information regarding tuition and fees please visit http://sbs.tamu.edu/ or call 979-845-8127.

Registration schedule is subject to change.

Students are limited in the number of online registration transactions each semester in order to prevent excessive taxing of our system hardware by users running unsolicited programs to search for available course seats. The majority of students are able to register for classes within this limit.

Users are prohibited from using a "bot," a "script," or other third-party programs to register for classes. Doing so will likely result in exceeding the maximum number of allowed online registration transactions and the loss of registration privileges in Howdy for the term. Students exceeding their limit of online registration transactions will have to conduct any future registration activity for the semester with academic advising staff during open registration.

Other TAMU Registration Schedules

For graduate and professional students enrolled in degree programs under the Texas A&M University School of Law, Health Science Center, Galveston Branch Campus, and Qatar Branch Campus, please refer to the following websites for the appropriate registration schedule:

College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences - Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
School of Law
Texas A&M Health Science Center
- Texas A&M School of Dentistry
- School of Medicine
- School of Nursing
- Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy
Texas A&M University at Galveston Branch Campus
Texas A&M University at Qatar Branch Campus

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