Registration

Graduate students must maintain continuous registration in all terms —Fall, Winter and Summer— until graduation or withdrawal from the University subject to the time limits stated in the Faculty of Graduate Studies academic regulations, and must pay the appropriate term fee.

Ensure that you register and accept your fees before the posted deadline; late registration will result in a $200 late fee. Visit the York Registrar's Office and select "Enrol online" under Section 3. Enrol Online and Register.

Note: The Faculty of Graduate Studies does not require an enrolment deposit. By accepting your fees in the online York Registration and Enrolment System, you are deemed to be registered.

Academic Term		Registration & Enrolment  Access	Registration Deadline
Summer	May 1 – Aug. 31	March 5, 2013	May 6, 2013
Fall	September 1 – Dec. 31	June 4, 2013	September 9, 2013
Winter	January 1 – April 30	June 4, 2013	January 6, 2014

Registration Status

Students are expected to remain in the category of registration to which they are admitted unless a change of status is approved by the Graduate Program Director and the Faculty of Graduate Studies. A change of status (i.e. leave of absence, change to part-time, extension of time) for a term must be made prior to the start of term.

Change of Status

To request a change in status, you must complete an Academic Petition Form or a Program Approval Form and return it to your Graduate Program Office. Please note any change in registration status will affect your funding; before initiating your request, consult with your graduate program and review the FGS academic regulations.

• Complete an Academic Petition for the following:
  www.yorku.ca/grads/forms.html


• authorization to pursue graduate studies at a location other than York
• change of registration status
• extension of program time limits
• leaves of absence
• no course available petition
• reinstatement
• reinstatement to defend
• waive a program requirement
• other


• Complete a Program Approval Form for:
  www.yorku.ca/grads/forms/ProgramApprovalForm2008.pdf


• an elective leave of absence
• maternity leave
• parental leave

Note: The fee to be registered as inactive is $169.49 plus $15.00 registration fee. This includes maternal/paternal leave, elective leave, external leave, and leave on compassionate or medical grounds.

Withdraw from Program of Study

In order to withdraw from the Faculty of Graduate Studies, students must submit a letter to their graduate program office. The effective date of withdrawal is the date the letter is received.  Note: Withdrawing from a course or dropping a course does not constitute official withdrawal from the program; graduate students pay fees per term, not per course.