Good to know!
All essentials for course registration and tips to work with the Student SelfService.
One day after activating your NetID follow the 10-step roadmap.
Overview of the most important tips
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Check whether you need to register your courses yourself.
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Keep an eye on the opening date for course registration.
- You register your courses in the Student SelfService by logging in with your VUB email address.
- The administrative system sometimes needs a night to process your enrolment and to prepare your VUB email address. Sometimes even longer.
- Always follow the 10-step roadmap for course registration.
- Keep an eye on the deadlines.
- In case of problems with course registration contact your faculty, not the the Education and Student Administration.
- Often there is a very logical reason why a specific course cannot be chosen. Before you attack the helpdesk, please check the most common error messages.
- Make sure that you are well informed about the relationship between the number of credits you take up and the Flemish learning acccount and your possible right to child benefit and/or scholarship.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here we keep a list of the most frequently asked questions by students.
Your question is not listed here? Do not hesitate to contact us.
FAQ overview
- When do I best register my courses?
- How does the course registration work?
- How can I apply for exemptions? How do I handle course registration in case of an exemption?
- How can I change my year programme?
- How can I unsubscribe courses?
- When are registered courses visible in the digital learning platform Canvas?
Error messages and issues
Often there is a logic behind the error message, rather than a technical malfunction. Only your learning path counselor may in certain cases grant permission to deviate from the planned study programme.
Your error is not listed here? Do not hesitate to contact us.
Overview of the most common issues
The most common issues and how to deal with them:
Overview of the most common error messages
The most common error messages and how to deal with them:
- "Study activity is full. If a waiting list is available, select Add another study activity to return to step 1. Select the study activity link, select the Waiting list option and resubmit your request."
- "This study activity is not planned"
- "This study activity can not be added - the requirements are not met."
- "These study activities can not be added. By adding these study activities the maximum allowed credits or courses would be exceeded for this period."
- I get the error that I also need to register a study part called 'SELF'
- 'only available from dd/mm/yyyy'
- "You can not register for this study activity. The registration period has expired."
- The option 'search by my requirements' is currently unavailable
Do you have a question or a problem?
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