How to enroll in Summer/Winter courses
Courses fill quickly; we encourage you to enroll as soon as you are able to ensure you get your first-choice class.
Notes
- Current Cornell students, including staff in the Employee Degree Program, who wish to take Fall/Spring courses should enroll via the Student Center.
- Staff in the Employee Degree Program
- The Employee Degree Program (EDP) provides benefits-eligible employees with full tuition toward both undergraduate and graduate degree programs at Cornell after one year of full-time employment in a benefits-eligible position.
- To learn more about EDP, determine your eligibility, and review EDP tuition benefits and tax implications, visit Education Benefits at Cornell or contact the Office of Human Resources at (607) 255-3936.
1. Review deadlines
See the academic calendar for term dates, payment deadlines, and the last day to add/drop courses:
2. Select your course(s)
If you haven’t done so already, find your course and note your course number and title, which you will need to complete step 3.
Also, review prerequisites, credit limits, and instructions for selecting courses.
Choose from
3. Request enrollment
For Summer
Enrollment opens for Summer Session on March 16, 2026.
For Winter
Using the link below, send us a request indicating that you’d like to enroll in Winter Session classes.
Winter Session enrollment access in the Student Center will be activated within 2 to 3 business days, after which you can add or drop classes as usual.
Requests submitted after 12:00 p.m. on the second day of class will not be processed. A petition will be required for any enrollment after this deadline.
Enrollment registration request (link available in October)
4. Pay your tuition and fees
See tuition and how to pay.
You’re responsible for the tuition associated with all classes in which you’re enrolled, whether or not you participate in those classes.
If you no longer wish to take a class, follow the steps on the Course Changes page to drop it immediately. If you drop after the refund period has passed (see Summer Academic Calendar), you’ll be responsible for the total cost of your tuition.
Summer Session students: If you’re participating in more than one session, payment must be submitted for all sessions according to the applicable dates for the first session in which you are enrolling.
A note to graduate students
- If you only want to use the university’s libraries and/or other facilities while working on your research, and/or use Cornell Health’s services, you must register at the Graduate School.
- Summer/Winter Session graduate students: Please be advised that academic year stipends and tuition awards do not cover Summer/Winter Session courses.