Enrolment

Knowing what your program requires will really help you build your timetable.

• Read your full program description;
• Visit My Academic Requirements in uoZone to make sure you enrol in all courses or activities you need to get your degree.
• Check the course timetable for courses of your interest.

New students: Please make sure you have accepted your offer of admission, without which you will not be able to register. You will find your access code to uoZone in your admission package.

• Once you have checked your program requirements and course sequences, planned your course selection and understood how the course timetable tool works, start to create sample timetables to get ready before the official course enrolment period begins. This way, you’ll have a better idea of courses you want to add to your timetable when you start enroling.
• Perform searches in the course timetable search tool and use the timetable template (printable PDF or Excel spreadsheet). Create more than one draft timetable, since you have to prepare for both the Fall and Winter terms.
• The timetable template is already divided into time slots based on the University of Ottawa’s class periods. Select more courses than you need and build different samples of your timetables in case there is a time conflict or a course is full. The more sample timetables you create, the easier it'll be for you to swap things here and there to come up with your final schedule.

Some courses may be restricted (limited number of spots, reserved for students in specific programs, etc.), so there is no guarantee a spot in these courses will be available, even if you meet all eligibility requirements.

• If you have to enrol in make-up courses, put these in your timetable first, since they don't show up in your course sequence. After you've finished adding your make-up courses, put in your compulsory courses, followed by your optional and elective courses.
• Remember to include any personal commitments, your part-time job or other activities when you're creating your timetable.

Once your enrolment period has begun, go to the Applications menu in uoZone and click on Enrol. For detailed instructions, please refer to the How to enrol in a class tutorial, on the Enrol application page.

Make sure to register for the Fall and Winter terms at the same time.

Don’t hesitate to ask for help. Our enrolment support team can answer your questions and guide you through the enrolment process.

If you have technical problems with uoZone or any other accounts, complete a Service Desk request. You will need your student number.

Waitlist

The enrolment module features a waitlist system. If you’re interested in a course but all sections are full, you can place your name on a waitlist and you will automatically be enrolled when a spot becomes available, subject to any enrolment limits and providing spots are reserved for your program.

For step-by-step instructions on how to place your name on a waitlist, please consult the How to Add Your Name to a Waitlist tutorial, available on the Enrol application page.

Impossible for you to enroll online? You can do so in person or by mail. First, get your course selection approved by returning the completed and signed Graduate enrolment form (PDF) to the academic secretariat of your faculty, department or school, by mail, by fax or in person.

• If you have not completed your registration according to regulations specific to a course or an activity, or not within the deadline posted in the important dates and deadlines, you will not receive credits or marks. You are entirely responsible for ensuring that your registration has been duly completed and that it meets all the expectations and regulations of your program. No retroactive modifications or registration will be permitted.

uOttawa email account

• The University of Ottawa communicates by using the official university email with all its students (@uottawa.ca). Don’t forget to regularly check your email to ensure that you won’t miss any news. You also have the option of setting a forwarding address, which will redirect all messages from your uottawa.ca email account to another email address (ex. Hotmail, Gmail, etc.).
• New students: As soon as your registration is complete, your email account will become available.

Making changes to your course selection

If for any reason you need to make changes to the courses you’ve selected, you can return to the Enrol application in uoZone and make changes until the deadline indicated in Important academic dates and deadlines.

You can still withdraw from a course after the deadline, but this will affect whether or not you meet your program requirements.