Once the interinstitutional form has been completed and signed, the student’s program must submit it to the Office of the University Registrar via specialenrollments@registrar.unc.edu. Students must be registered for at least the minimum number of credit hours for interinstitutional eligibility prior to submission of the request. The full-time unit load maximum for the student’s program cannot be exceeded with the addition of the interinstitutional course without additional approval from their program.

The deadline to submit an interinstitutional request to the Office of the University Registrar coincides with the last day for students to add courses to their schedule in ConnectCarolina as noted on the Academic Calendar. If a student is interested in a course that begins after this deadline, due to differing University schedules, or separate modules that the course is being offered in, the deadline will be the fifth day after the start of that class. Start dates will be verified with the institution offering the course.

After approval from Special Enrollment has been granted, a copy of the student’s completed Interinstitutional Approval Form will be sent to the registrar’s office of the host institution. Once their registration date for visiting students opens, they will attempt to register them for their desired course(s). Confirmation of enrollment status is sent to the student and Special Enrollment from the host institution. After successful enrollment is confirmed, a placeholder is added to the student’s UNC-Chapel Hill record in ConnectCarolina for the designated number of credit hours.

Important: Registration for a requested course must be confirmed by the visiting institution for enrollment to be complete. Interinstitutional courses cannot be added on a post-semester basis for any reason.