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Registration Information






  • Adding a Course(s)
    Students who need to add a course or courses may do so by processing an add/drop form in the registration area in G-1 Thackeray Hall during the established add/drop period. Specific dates for each term's and session's add/drop period are published in the Schedule of Classes. After the deadline established for the term or session, a student cannot normally add a course or courses but may file an appeal for a late add with the Registrar's Office.


  • Course Withdrawal
    A student may add or drop courses without record before the end of the add/drop period with the approval of the student's advisor and submission of an Add/Drop Form to the Office of the University Registrar.

    A student who wishes to withdraw from an individual course after the add/drop period but prior to the end of the ninth (fourth) week of the term (session), must complete a Monitored Withdrawal Form available from the Office of Student Personnel Services, obtain the signature of the instructor, and return the completed form to the Dean's Office of the school offering the course. A W grade will then be issued. No financial adjustments are made.

    After the ninth (fourth) week of the term (session), a student may withdraw from a course only in extraordinary circumstances and with the permission of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs.

    Specific dates for each term's and session's add/drop period are published in the Schedule of Classes.

    A student who stops attending a course and does not initiate the withdrawal or resignation procedures may be assigned an F grade.


  • Termination by Add/Drop Process
    Students may terminate their registration in all classes by processing an add/drop form in the Registration Area, G-1 Thackeray Hall, prior to the end of the add/drop period for the term.

    Students registered for courses scheduled to begin after the end of the add/drop period for the term may terminate their registration by informing the University Registrar's Office of their intent to do so at any time prior to the first scheduled meeting day of the class.


  • Termination by Resignation Process
    First-time and Continuing Students

    After the end of the add/drop period, first-time students must resign through the Office of Student Accounts, 201 Thackeray Hall.

    An official resignation for first-time students occurs when the student notifies Student Accounts of his or her intent to terminate registration for all classes after the end of that term/session's add/drop period, but no later than the 60 percent point (in time) of the term or session. (Forty percent of the term/session remaining.)

    After the 60 percent point in time of the term or session, first-time students can only terminate their registration by withdrawing from all their classes through the Office of Dean, 5T01 Forbes Quadrangle.

    After the end of the add/drop period, the continuing student must resign through Student Accounts, 201 Thackeray Hall.

    An official resignation for continuing students occurs when the student notifies Student Accounts of his or her intent to terminate registration for all classes after the end of that term/session's add/drop period but no later than the close of business on the 60th calendar day of the term or the 30th calendar day of the session.

    After the 60th calendar day of the term, or the 30th calendar day of the session, students can only terminate their registration by withdrawing through the Dean's Office of their school.

    Failing to attend the classes for which a student is registered, or failing to notify the appropriate academic and administrative offices of non-attendance is not considered an official resignation.

    Students who fail to follow proper procedures for termination of their registration are responsible for all tuition and fees assessed for the term or session.

    A student who stops attending a course and does not initiate the withdrawal or resignation procedures may be assigned an F grade.

    The effective date of resignation is determined by one of the following: (1) the date of in-person contact with the Student Accounts Office (201 Thackeray); (2) the date of the postmark on the letter of intent to resign (or the date of receipt if no postmark exists); or (3) the date of notification by telephone (24-hour answering service in the Office of Student Accounts, (412) 624-7585).

    Adjustments to tuition charges, resulting from official resignations, are based on the effective date of the resignation and in accordance with the following schedules.

    Students providing appropriate verification from a physician, of a bona fide medical reason for resignation, may be entitled to special financial adjustments.

    The University has introduced a more complex summer term format. Questions on registration, withdrawal, add/drop and resignation for summer should be directed to the individual school's Student Affairs Office.


  • Resignation Fee Schedule of Adjusted Charges
    First-time Student
    Effective Resignation Date Reduction Charge
    Up to the end of the add/drop period
    for the term/session    		 100% 0%
    80% of the term/session remaining 80% 20%
    70% of the term/session remaining 70% 30%
    60% of the term/session remaining 60% 40%
    50% of the term/session remaining 50% 0%
    40% of the term/session remaining 40% 60%
    Thereafter 0% 100%

    Note: The following registrations do not count as first term: College in High School, Semester at Sea, Pittsburgh Council of Higher Education, School of Medicine Academic Program Code 350556, Pre-Matric Program.

    Continuing Student
    Effective Resignation Date Reduction Charge
    Up to the end of the add/drop period
    for the term/session    		 100% 0%
    Between the end of add/drop and the
    end of the first 25% (in time) of the
    enrollment period    		 50% 50%
    Between the end of the first 25%
    (in time) of the enrollment period and
    the end of the first 50% (in time) of
    the enrollment period    		 25% 75%
    After the end of the first 50% (in time)
    of the enrollment period    		 0% 100%
    Note: When a student resigns from a course that is shorter than 3 1/2 weeks that has met, there is no reduction in tuition charges.

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