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2020 - 2021 Guide to Registration and Fees

Registration and Course Selection

 

Kingston Hall

Registration consists of three steps:

  1. Selection of courses;
  2. Payment of Tuition and the Student Assistance Levy (SAL); and,
  3. Receiving your Student Card / Validation sticker.

Please remember that you have not completed the registration process until you have completed all steps.

 

Please be aware that, if you have an outstanding debt, you will NOT be able to participate in the course selection period. All outstanding debts must be paid before you can register. Log on to SOLUS to view your account and see if you have any outstanding debts.
Law Students: Key Dates for Course Selection
  • First-Year Law Students will be registered in their first-year courses by the Faculty of Law in July.
  • Open Enrolment to add a course for Upper Year Law students:
    • August 10 - September 21 for 3L
    • August 12 - September 21 for 2L
  • October 2: Last date to drop a course for Upper Year Law students.
  • New Upper-Year Law students should contact the Student Services Office for enrolment assistance
Step 1: Course Selection
These steps are for undergraduate and professional students only. If you are a Graduate student, please contact your Graduate Assistant to talk about your course selection and registration.
Video Tutorials

First Step for Registration

How to Register
Windows for Course Selection
  • August 10 - 26: Some courses will have restrictions to ensure students who need certain courses receive priority; and,
  • August 31: Open Enrollment when all courses will be available to you as long as you meet the course prerequisites.
Students in the following programs and years will have some or all of their courses automatically added to their schedule by their Faculty / School in late July:
Commerce Years 1 and 2
Education All years
Music Year 1
Nursing All years
Kinesiology Years 1 and 2
Engineering & Applied Science All years
Medicine All years
Students in the following programs and years will choose some or all of their courses and will have what are called 'Enrolment Appointments':
Arts and Science All years
Commerce Years 2 - 4
Music All years
Nursing Years 2 - 4
Physical Education / Kinesiology All years
Engineering & Applied Science Years 2 - 5
Law (Open Enrolment - no appointments) All years
Enrollment Appointment
You will be able to see your "Shopping Cart" and "Enrolment Appointment" time in SOLUS as of August 4. When your Enrollment Appointment time begins, access the SOLUS Student Centre to enroll in your classes. If there is space available in the classes you have selected, you will be enrolled in those classes.
September Open Enrollment
If you chose some or all of your courses, you will have another chance to add, drop, or swap courses during September Open Enrollment, Open Enrolment begins August 31st at 12:01 am, except for Law - August 10 to September 21 (add); August 10 - October 2 (drop) - and Education (TBA). Please remember that help can only be provided from Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (Eastern Standard Time).Online user guides for SOLUS can be found at www.queensu.ca/registrar/solus
Step 2: Payment of Tuition and Student Assistance Levy (SAL)
Tuition and the Student Assistance Levy will be applied to your account within 24 hours of your courses being selected and/or loaded and are due in full by September 30th for Fall Term and January 10th for Winter Term. To see how much you owe, log on to the SOLUS Student Centre via the MyQueen’sU Portal. Under the 'Account Summary' click on ’CHARGES DUE BY DUE DATE’.
Challenges meeting the Tuition and Student Assistance Levy (SAL) deadline for Winter term?

To assist students who cannot meet the January 10th payment deadline for winter term, but have a proven source of funding, an Alternative Payment Arrangement (APA) Program has been developed. The APA allows students, upon approval, to defer payment of their tuition without penalty, to January 31st for winter term fees.

An APA request must be submitted no later than December 15th for winter term. APA requests must be sent from your @queensu.ca email address and must include your student number.

Submit an APA request if you will be receiving the following sources of funding that prevent you from paying your Winter tuition by January 10th.
  • Provincial / Territorial Government Assistance (Out of Province government assistance) – send a copy of your Funding Details to awards@queensu.ca if you did not notify Queen's of your Provincial/Territorial government assistance last year
  • Scholarships / Awards External to Queen’s – send your award letter to: fees@queensu.ca
  • Third-party funding (e.g. foreign government, corporation,band funding, etc.) – send your sponsorship letter to fees@queensu.ca
  • Extenuating Circumstances – if you have circumstances that will prevent you from paying your tuition by the due dates, you may request an APA. For example, if you can pay most of your fees by the deadline, but not all (e.g. receiving a final summer employment pay cheque after deadline). – send a detailed request to fees@queensu.ca
You will be granted an APA automatically for Winter term if you have:
  • Applied for OSAP for 2020-21 and have received an assessment by August 15th
  • Notified Queen's of your Provincial/Territorial government assistance last year in 2019-20
  • Applied for US Government Loans for 2020-21

For full details on the APA process, visit: http://www.queensu.ca/registrar/financials/HowToPay/APA
Step 3: Student Card Validation

The final step of registration is to ensure you have your Student Card validated. You will keep your card for the duration of your degree program at Queen’s, and will have it validated each September.

Every Queen’s student is issued a Student Card at the beginning of their studies. It serves not only as a form of identification, but as your passport to a number of on-campus services, including those provided by:

  • The Office of the University Registrar
  • Campus Security
  • Faculty offices and departments
  • Queen’s University Libraries
  • The Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC)
  • Numerous student services, including pre-purchased meal plans and bus service

Students are issued a card at the beginning of their studies, and it is validated each year provided you are enrolled.

For more information on the Student Card, as well as policies governing its use, please visit: www.queensu.ca/registrar/studentid