The registration revision period – your last opportunity to make changes to your class schedule without risking financial penalty – is coming up soon.

The registration revision period is the first two weeks of classes in the Fall and Winter Terms. During this period, changes can still be made to your course registrations without any academic or financial penalties.

Revision period dates:

1. Last day to drop courses is: January 19, 2025
2. Last day to add courses is: January 20, 2025

Remember: The last day to add a course falls one day after the last day to drop a course without financial penalty. This means that if you register for a course on the deadline to add courses, you cannot drop the course afterward. You can still voluntarily withdraw from the course, but the course will appear on your transcript with ‘VW’ as the grade and you will be responsible for paying the fees associated with the course.

During the registration revision period…

• You can add and remove courses to create a timetable that suits your needs.
• Courses that you decide to drop or change during this period will not be added to your student records or your academic transcript.
• You will receive a notification if a seat becomes available in a course you are on the waitlist for, and you can then register for it.
• Any changes that you make to your course registration will reflect on your tuition.
• If you drop a course during this period, your fees for that course will be reversed accordingly.

Waitlisted courses and the revision period

During the revision period…

• If you are on the waitlist for a course that you no longer need, please make sure that you drop yourself from the list. This will allow a notification to be sent to the next student on the waitlist without delay

Dropping a course after the revision period

At the end of the Revision period…

• Once the registration revision period is over, you are still able to Voluntary Withdraw (VW) from a course up to a certain date in the term. However, please note that a Voluntary Withdraw will appear on your transcript as a VW and you will still have to pay the tuition associated with the course.

Remember – Think before you drop!

Update your residency status

If you have recently become a permanent resident or a Canadian citizen, then you can update your residency status in your Aurora account. Updating your status during the revision period will enable you to receive a fee adjustment and pay domestic tuition rates for the current term.

Please note that if you have updated your status after the registration revision period, you will be required to pay international rates for the current term and will pay domestic rates for your following term(s).

Steps to Update your Residency status:

1. Login to Aurora.
2. Select ‘Personal Information.’
3. Select ‘Change Residency Status’.
4. From here, follow the steps on the screen and have the required documentation ready to upload.

For more information concerning the Fall and Winter Term dates and revision periods, please view UM’s important dates and deadlines.

Not attending UM courses this fall?

If you don’t plan to attend UM, you must drop all courses before the end of the revision period to avoid being charged fees for your courses.

Steps to leave UM:

If you plan to leave UM, make sure you confirm the following information:

1. Remove yourself from any courses and ensure that you do not have any active registration.
2. Check your account summary in Aurora to ensure that you have no outstanding fees.
3. Check your holds in Aurora to ensure you have nothing outstanding.
4. Contact an academic advisor in your faculty/program to ensure that you have no outstanding obligations with them.

We want to ensure that all registered students have the necessary information to kick off the academic year smoothly. This information will help you navigate the beginning of the term. 

Important Dates and Deadlines

For a detailed list of Winter Term deadlines, visit the Important Dates and Deadlines page. 

Course Adds and Drops (Revision Period)

The registration revision period, commonly known as the ‘add and drop’ period, allows you to make course or timetable changes without academic or financial penalties. Dropped courses during this time will not appear on your transcripts, and tuition fees for these courses will be reversed.

• Drop a course deadline: January 19, 2026
• Add a course deadline: January 20, 2026

During the revision period, you can:

• Add a class if a seat becomes available or if you change your mind about a subject
• Register for a course from your waitlist if space becomes available
• Update your residency status in Aurora and receive a fee adjustment if applicable

After the revision period, you can still withdraw from a class, but it will be recorded on your transcript, and you will be responsible to pay for all fees for that course.

Resources: Dropping a Course, Changing a Course, Cancelling your Registration

Fee Payment Information

Ensure that your tuition is paid by the following deadlines to avoid late fees and holds on your account:

• Winter Term: February 4, 2026.

Access your fee payment information through Aurora and navigating to “View Account Summary by Term Card.” For more details, visit: Fee Payment, Non or Late Payment, Sponsorship Information, Financial Aid & Awards.

Photo Identification (ID) Cards 

The Pop-Up Photo ID Centre will be open at the Fort Garry Campus, stop by UMSU University Centre, room 102B, during these dates and times: 

• January 5^th – 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• January 6^th – 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• January 7^th – 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• January 8^th – 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• January 9^th – 9:00 AM – 4:00 P<

Students can check in online for faster service. ID cards are also required to obtain the U-Pass for Winnipeg Transit bus service.

Verify your Social Insurance Number

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) mandates that the university collect Social Insurance Numbers (SINs) to issue T2202 tax forms. You can verify your SIN on your Aurora homepage under “Verify my SIN card.” Those needing corrections can contact Registrar.Office@umanitoba.ca for assistance.

Registrar’s Office Services

The Registrar’s Office is your main resource for your registration and academic records. Here is the most common start of Term requests: 

• Enrolment verifications
• Personal informationupdates, such as residence status changes
• Aurora technical help

UM Achieve

UM Achieve can help you:

• Track your academic progress
• Map your degree program requirements
• Estimate your time to degree completion
• Explore other degree programs

Access UM Achieve through UM Achieve for students, and contact your Academic Advisor if you have questions.

Helpful Contacts

For assistance throughout the term, connect with:

• Your Faculty/Advisor: Academic Advisors
• Inquire through AskUmanitoba
• Registrar’s Office: Phone: (204) 474-9420 |  virtual queue check in
• Fee Payment: Phone: (204) 474-8716 | Email: stdntfee@umanitoba.ca
• First Year Centre: Phone: (204) 474-6209 | Email: fycentre@umanitoba.ca
• International Centre: Phone: (204) 474-8501 | Email: international@umanitoba.ca
• Indigenous Student Centre: Phone: (204) 474-8850 | Email: isc@umanitoba.ca
• Financial Aid and Awards: Phone: (204) 474-9531 | Email: awards@umanitoba.ca

All the best in Winter Term 2026!

The Registrar’s Office will not be processing most document orders over this period, and document orders will be unavailable starting on December 18 at 4:30 PM. They will be reactivated on January 5.

The following services will be unavailable to students during this period:

• Transcript orders
• Enrolment Verification Document orders
• Confirmation of Eligibility to Graduate letter orders
• Confirmation of Degree Awarded Document orders
• Waitlist notifications (note that waitlist notifications will be paused December 22 at 12:00 PM)
• Online Photo ID card orders 

The following services will remain available to students during the Holiday Closure:

• Tuition Fee Appeal requests through Aurora
• Final Grade Appeal requests through Aurora
• Add or drop a course
• Joining the waitlist on a course
• Check your final grades

Office Hours:

• The Registrar’s Office will close at 4:00 PM on Tuesday, December 23, and reopen at 9:00 AM on Monday, January 5, 2026.

How to Prepare:

1. Order Essential Documents:

• • Consider ordering transcripts and enrolment verifications beforehand.
  • Run a degree audit if you need to.

2. Talk to Your Academic Advisor:

• • If you have academic-related concerns, reach out to your academic advisor for guidance.

3. Handle Fee Payments in Advance:

• • To avoid any account holds, make sure to settle your fees before the shutdown.
  • Payments received during the upgrade will be processed once the system is back.

For any issues or concerns, reach out to your academic advisor ahead of time. We appreciate your cooperation!

Note that this is only one day after students return to classes following reading week.

Deciding to withdraw from a course can be challenging. Whether you’re considering a change in your academic path or facing personal difficulties that affect your studies, it’s important to understand your options and the potential impact of your decision.

Before You Withdraw

1. Talk to Your Instructor
   Discuss your concerns with your course instructor. They may have strategies to help you improve before the term ends.
2. Consult Your Academic Advisor
   Meet with your academic advisor to review your course load, study strategies, and options for retaking the course in the future.
3. Know the Requirements
   Be aware of course load requirements and the implications of a VW. If you have a government student loan, are a sponsored student, a Bison athlete, or are in another situation that requires a minimum course load, this is especially important.
4. Check Your Program Requirements
   Refer to the First Year Planning Guide or the Academic Calendar to understand where this course fits into your intended or current program.
5. Consider Prerequisites
   Verify if this course is a prerequisite for upper-level courses in your program.
6. Look at Future Offerings
   Check current and previous Summer Term schedules to see if the course will be offered again this year.

Important Notes on VW and Your Student Record

• No refund will be issued for a course withdrawn via VW.
• VW’d courses will be recorded on official transcripts and student records with a final grade of VW.
• Courses cannot be withdrawn after the VW deadline has passed.

For information visit the important dates and deadlines page.

The registration revision period is the first two weeks of classes in the Fall and Winter Terms. During this period, changes can still be made to your course registrations without any academic or financial penalties.

Revision period dates:

1. Last day to drop courses is: September 16, 2025
2. Last day to add courses is: September 17, 2025

Remember: The last day to add a course falls one day after the last day to drop a course without financial penalty. This means that if you register for a course on the deadline to add courses, you cannot drop the course afterward. You can still voluntarily withdraw from the course, but the course will appear on your transcript with ‘VW’ as the grade and you will be responsible for paying the fees associated with the course.

During the registration revision period…

• You can add and remove courses to create a timetable that suits your needs.
• Courses that you decide to drop or change during this period will not be added to your student records or your academic transcript.
• You will receive a notification if a seat becomes available in a course you are on the waitlist for, and you can then register for it.
• Any changes that you make to your course registration will reflect on your tuition.
• If you drop a course during this period, your fees for that course will be reversed accordingly.

Waitlisted courses and the revision period

During the revision period…

• If you are on the waitlist for a course that you no longer need, please make sure that you drop yourself from the list. This will allow a notification to be sent to the next student on the waitlist without delay

Dropping a course after the revision period

At the end of the Revision period…

• Once the registration revision period is over, you are still able to Voluntary Withdraw (VW) from a course up to a certain date in the term. However, please note that a Voluntary Withdraw will appear on your transcript as a VW and you will still have to pay the tuition associated with the course.

Remember – Think before you drop!

Update your residency status

If you have recently become a permanent resident or a Canadian citizen, then you can update your residency status in your Aurora account. Updating your status during the revision period will enable you to receive a fee adjustment and pay domestic tuition rates for the current term.

Please note that if you have updated your status after the registration revision period, you will be required to pay international rates for the current term and will pay domestic rates for your following term(s).

Steps to Update your Residency status:

1. Login to Aurora.
2. Select ‘Personal Information.’
3. Select ‘Change Residency Status’.
4. From here, follow the steps on the screen and have the required documentation ready to upload.

For more information concerning the Fall and Winter Term dates and revision periods, please view UM’s important dates and deadlines.

Not attending UM courses this fall?

If you don’t plan to attend UM, you must drop all courses before the end of the revision period to avoid being charged fees for your courses.

Steps to leave UM:

If you plan to leave UM, make sure you confirm the following information:

1. Remove yourself from any courses and ensure that you do not have any active registration.
2. Check your account summary in Aurora to ensure that you have no outstanding fees.
3. Check your holds in Aurora to ensure you have nothing outstanding.
4. Contact an academic advisor in your faculty/program to ensure that you have no outstanding obligations with them.

UM REGISTRAR’S OFFICE

Get your student Photo ID Card before classes start:

Check in online to get your spot in the queue. You will receive text messages when it is your turn to come to the Pop-up ID Centre.

• Check in to join the virtual queue.  
• You will receive a text message when we are ready to serve you.   

What to bring:  

• Government-issued Photo ID
• Study Permit (if applicable) 

Notes:  

• If you are a returning UM student, you do not need a new one each year/term. 
• If you have to replace your ID card, the cost is $25.75. 
• Regular Photo ID Centre operations will resume in the Registrar’s Office, room 400 UMSU University Centre on September 8th.  

Your Student ID Card

Your UM student ID card, issued when you first attend, serves multiple purposes throughout your time here. It functions as your library card, provides photo ID for on-campus services, and is used as ID during exams (for remote exams, present alternate government-issued ID). It is required for access to recreation facilities, purchasing a food service meal plan, validating your Winnipeg Transit U-Pass or Post-Secondary Student Peggo Card, and grants access to certain doors on campus.

Get to Know the New System

When you first access the registration screen, take a moment to explore the layout and get familiar with the features. To get started, visit Registration for a step-by-step guide on the new interface.

Top Tips for a Successful Registration

Here are some quick tips to make your registration process smooth:

1. Locate the Registration Card
   Start by finding the “Registration” card on your Aurora Landing page—this will be central to your registration process.
   
2. Add Courses One by One
   Register for each course individually. UM’s registration summary won’t hold a spot for you until you complete each action. Registering one class at a time will help secure spots in high-demand courses.
3. Spanned Courses
   You will now be able to recognize term spanning courses with an attribute that labels them “Part A” and “Part B.” To register, start with “Part A,” and the system will automatically enroll you in “Part B” shortly after. Check for any scheduling conflicts across terms, as unresolved conflicts may result in being removed from the course. You’ll receive notifications of any issues through your UM email.
4. Joining the Waitlist
   If a course is full, join the waitlist by selecting “waitlist” in the Action column of your summary and then submitting. You’ll see “waitlisted” under the status column. To check your waitlist position, go to the “Schedule Details” section of your registration page. Under schedule details, you will see in green highlight, “waitlisted”, locate the arrow to the left of the course title to drop down the hidden details that shows your waitlist position.
   
5. Optimized for Desktop
   While you can register on a mobile device, we recommend using a desktop or tablet for the best experience. If you’re using a phone, only one panel will display at a time. Switch between class searches and the registration summary by selecting the “Panel” button at the bottom left, and toggle between “Schedule” “Schedule Details” and “Summary” using the tabs at the top.

Ready to register? Gather your materials, review the resources linked above, and step into Winter Term with confidence!

How to Prepare:

1. Order Essential Documents:

• • Consider ordering transcripts and enrolment verifications beforehand.
  • Run a degree audit if you need to.

2. Talk to Your Academic Advisor:

• • If you have academic-related concerns, reach out to your academic advisor for guidance.

3. Handle Fee Payments in Advance:

• • To avoid any account holds, make sure to settle your fees before the shutdown.
  • Payments received during the upgrade will be processed once the system is back.

For any issues or concerns, reach out to your academic advisor ahead of time. We appreciate your cooperation!

This is a preliminary version and updates will appear as the Senate approves changes in May and June. The final version will be available July 2, 2025.

The Academic Calendar is a comprehensive publication  that outlines what is needed to get a degree. Inside, you will find:

· UM’s policies and procedures

· Academic regulations

· Important dates

· Information on all programs and faculties

· Important resources and contact information

· Course descriptions, including pre-requisites, mutually exclusive courses and equivalent course information

There are three versions of the Academic Calendar— undergraduate, graduate and one for programs and courses offered through Université de Saint-Boniface. Look at courses for both Fall and Winter Terms and plan registration for both.