Early Registration

Registration for summer session 2025 is now underway. Early registration for the fall 2025 semester will take place over three weeks, from Monday, April 14 through Friday, May 2.

Drop Deadline

• Please remind students that the deadline for an undergraduate to drop an individual semester-length course without collegiate authorization is Monday, April 21, 2025.
• After initiating a course drop in MyUI, students must obtain authorization from their academic advisor, then must finalize the drop in MyUI by 11:59 p.m. on the deadline.
• Deadlines for off-cycle courses may be found using the Registrar’s Course Deadlines Lookup.

Considerations for instructors related to the deadline to drop a course:

• The mark of W will appear on the student’s transcript when they drop a course.
• Ws are neutral marks that do not affect a student’s GPA.
• It is important that students understand how they are doing in the course at this time in the semester. This information can help them make a realistic and well-informed decision about continuing in a course. Sometimes dropping a course can be in the best interest of a student.

Withdrawal Deadline

• The deadline for undergraduates to withdraw their entire spring 2025 registration without collegiate authorization is 11:59 p.m. on Monday, April 21, 2025.
• After initiating a withdrawal in MyUI, students must obtain authorization from their academic advisor, then must finalize the withdrawal in MyUI by 11:59 p.m. on the deadline.

Please refer students with questions to CLAS Undergraduate Programs in 120 Schaeffer Hall or clas-undergrad@uiowa.edu. Undergraduate students who wish to drop a course or withdraw their registration after April 21 will need collegiate authorization. 

Note: this memo was also published on April 9, 2025.