Prompt registration and enrolment is essential as this can affect when you receive your campus card and timetable information.

Enrolment is the process by which you become a student at Durham. Enrolment occurs after you have received your results and you have logged onto your Durham email. Through enrolment you provide key information that allows the university to help and support you. Registration is where you select or ‘register’ for the modules you are studying during your first year of study. This happens in September.

Verification is where you confirm your identity and collect your campus card. You will need a passport, driving license, or birth certificate (but full details are listed here). The information here may be not be up to date; the university provides up to date information here and by email.

Not enrolling and registering promptly can affect how quickly you receive your campus card and your access to course materials. Enrolling on time means that your arrival at university is as smooth as possible.

You can access Banner Self Service here.

For Registration in September:

• Normally you study 120 credits (or 6 20 credit modules). Core modules already appear registered. This leaves you with generally 20 or 40 credits of modules to select. Advice is generally given in an email on what optional modules are most helpful or appropriate.
• Often optional modules in first year can be in any other department as long as you meet the following criteria.
• For optional modules:
  • You need to have the pre-required or pre-requisite qualifications, e.g. an A-level of equivalent in a subject.
  • If a module has a co-required, or co-requisite module then you need to take them both, e.g., single maths b requires single maths a
  • You need to meet or avoid any excluded combinations, e.g. single maths a cannot be taken with some other maths modules.
• You can search for optional modules using the module search in the faculty handbook (make sure it is the current version), by selecting the department you are interested in (leave as any otherwise), level (level 1 for first years level 0 for foundation), type as open and number of credits (most modules are 20 credits, others are half modules 10 credits).
• You can search for your programme information (i.e. what core modules you are studying as part of BSc/BA in X) on the faculty handbook and selecting your department then degree programme from the faculty list at the top.

Written by a current Durham University student