Winter Session Admission

Current Binghamton students

• Undergraduate students

  When registration opens in mid-October, simply go to BU Brain and register for the Winter Session course you want, the same way you'd register for your fall and spring semester courses. No further application or admission is necessary. Find out more about registering for courses using BU Brain.

• Graduate students

  When registration opens in mid-October, simply go to BU Brain and register for the Winter Session course you want, the same way you'd register for your fall and spring semester courses. No further application or admission is necessary. Find out more about registering for courses using BU Brain.

New or Returning Binghamton students

• Former Binghamton University undergraduate students
  • If you have missed fewer than three (3) consecutive semesters, go to BU Brain Self Service and register for the  Winter Session course you want, the same way you'd register for your fall and spring semester courses. No further application or admission is necessary. Find out more about registering for courses using BU Brain Self Service.
  • If you haven’t attended the University for three (3) consecutive semesters and did not receive a Binghamton University bachelor's degree, apply for admission to Winter Session using the Undergraduate Admissions Request for Re-Enrollment Form. You must be formally readmitted to the University before registering for Winter Session courses; students will be readmitted to the school from which they most recently withdrew.
    • Admissions requirements include fulfilling health requirements and, if you're an in-state student, completing the New York State Residency Status Application.

  Note: if you are studying abroad, participation in a Binghamton University or another SUNY study-abroad program does not require you to re-enroll. If you are participating in a non-SUNY program and you will not be enrolled in three consecutive major semesters, you will be required to re-enroll.

• Non-matriculated Undergraduate students

  You must be officially admitted to the University as a non-degree/non-matriculated student before registering for Winter Session courses.

  • Apply for admission to Winter Session online: Undergraduate Continuing Education Non-Degree Application. You must be formally admitted to the University as a non-degree/non-matriculated student before you may register for Winter Session courses.
  • Admissions requirements include fulfilling health requirements and, if you're an in-state student, completing the New York State Residency Status Application.
  • Once admitted, please visit the Harpur Advising website to find the appropriate contact if you have questions on course selection, transferring credits or becoming a non-matriculated student for a future term.

  Important things to know:

  • Acceptance to the Winter Session as a non-degree student in no way implies admission to the University in a degree program for future semesters.
  • Applicants with previous college experience must be in good standing at the last institution they attended.
  • Visit the Undergraduate Admissions website for more information.
• Non-matriculated Graduate students

  If you have a bachelor's degree and want to take graduate courses or undergraduate courses without pursuing a graduate degree:

  You must apply for admission to Winter Session through the Graduate School, and you must be formally admitted before you can register for winter courses.

  • Submit the Graduate School Non-Degree Application.
  • The application fee is $50.
  • The application is very short and is completed online.
  • Applicants must also submit a hard copy of their official, final undergraduate transcript. The transcript must verify conferral of the bachelor's degree.
  • Undergraduate courses taken while a student is enrolled as a graduate student will show on a graduate transcript, it will carry no grade points and will not count in a graduate GPA, nor will it count toward the completion of a graduate degree. Credit hours and the quality of work are indicated, but the letter grade is preceded by a "0".
  • Once you have been admitted, make sure to follow the instructions for new non-degree graduate students.