Registration Timeline
Updated March 2026
Summer 2026 Registration Dates
Registration for the Summer 2026 semester begins on Wednesday, April 1. Please see the chart below for your registration start time.
**All registration times are in Eastern Time (ET) and adjusted for Daylight Saving Time.**
| DATE | TIME (ET) | EVENT |
| Wednesday, April 1 | 5:15 PM | Summer 2026 Registration opens in GU Experience at 5:15 p.m. ET. Please check your account to ensure there are no administrative holds prior to registration. If you have a hold, please contact the Office of Student Accounts at myaccount@georgetown.edu(This link opens in a new tab).
Some classes will enroll by waitlist to give priority to graduating students. This does not mean those classes are full. |
| Tuesday, April 7 | 4:15 PM | First waitlist lottery runs at 4:15 p.m. ET*. Waitlist lotteries will continue to run each weekday (excluding holidays) at 4:15 p.m. as seats become available.
Students awarded seats will have 23 hours to claim them in GU Experience. |
| Wednesday, April 22 | 3:00 PM | Non-Degree (Visiting Student) Application Deadline at 3:00 p.m. ET |
Fall 2026 Registration Dates
Registration for the Fall 2026 semester begins on Tuesday, July 7. Please see the chart below for your registration start time.
**All registration times are in Eastern Time (ET) and adjusted for Daylight Saving Time.**
| DATE | TIME (ET) | EVENT |
| Tuesday, July 7 | 5:15 PM | Registration opens for 3L, 4L, and 4E students |
| Thursday, July 9 | 5:15 PM | Registration opens for 3E students |
| Tuesday, July 14 | 5:15 PM | Registration opens for 2Es (including 2E transfer students) |
| Tuesday, July 14 | 5:15 PM | Registration opens for 2L students (including incoming 2L transfers) |
| Thursday, July 16 | 5:15 PM | Registration opens for continuing Graduate students, including continuing students in the 2-year program |
| Tuesday, July 21 | 9:00 AM | Registration opens for all incoming graduate and certificate students (specialized and general) |
| Monday, July 27 | 9:00 AM | Registration opens for incoming Non-Degree & J.D. Visitors (includes visiting exchange students) |
Note: Any changes to these timelines will be communicated through Georgetown’s email system and on the Office of the Registrar website. Each student has a Georgetown Google Apps for Education email account and should check this account regularly.
Reminders: Students may freely drop courses before the last day of add/drop activity without notation on their transcripts (some courses have special add/drop and withdrawal deadlines as noted in the Curriculum Guide). After the add/drop deadline, course withdrawals must be approved by an academic advisor and are subject to the Tuition Refund Schedule. A withdrawal notation (“W”) will be posted to the transcript for the withdrawn course. See Course Withdrawals for the full policy, instructions, and the request form.For Cross-Campus enrollment procedures and credit policies, see “Credit for Courses in the Undergraduate or Graduate Schools of the University” chapter of the Student Handbook.