Depending on your academic level and major, you are assigned a freshman advisor or a faculty and professional advising team. To find your academic advisor, log on to your myUK account, select “Student Services” from the top of the screen, and then “Degree Planning and Registration (myUKGPS).”  Your advisor is listed on the upper right-hand side of the screen under “My Advisor.”

To schedule an academic advising appointment, use the myGPS scheduler or contact your advisor via email or phone, or just stop by their office.

1. Select “Student Services” from the top of the screen.
2. Select “myInfo”.
3. From the menu on the left, select “myAppointments.”
4. Under “Advising Departments,” select “College of Engineering.” 
5. Under the available appointment categories, select the nature of the appointment you wish to schedule (ex. “Priority Registration 30”).
6. Select an available day on the calendar. Available days are in BLUE.
7. A list of available appointment blocks will be displayed for the selected day. Mouse over and select the desired appointment.
8. The appointment block will now display a grey background color. This indicates the appointment has been scheduled.
9. You will receive an email on your UK email account confirming your appointment.

Meet with your academic advisor to have your advisor hold lifted. You must have this hold lifted before you can register (non-degree students do not have an advisor hold).

Check your account for any stops or holds. To do this, log on to your myUK account, select “myInfo” from the top of the screen, and then “my Stops and Holds” from the menu on the left. You must resolve any stops or holds before you can register.

Newly Admitted Undergraduate Students

• Freshmen, transfer and readmission students will register during a Big Blue Nation Orientation.
• Non-degree students are not required to attend a “see blue.” U Orientation, but may do so if they wish. If you chose not to attend an orientation, refer to the information in your acceptance letter for registration dates.

Currently Enrolled Undergraduate Students

• Registration for upcoming semesters is held every November and April. Students are assigned a registration window. During this time, students may register for courses, add⁄drop, review their schedules and perform other functions.

Please consult the Academic Calendar for important dates and deadlines. Please mark your personal calendar so these deadlines are not missed!

The Degree Planning and Registration Application (myUKGPS) is an integrated system that helps students do both short and long-term planning, register for courses for the current term and view their progress to make sure they are staying on track to get their degree on time. View instructions on how to use myUKGPS.

A hold on an account indicates that a student owes money or must complete a process with a particular office prior to registration or add/drop activity. Holds must be removed from a student's account before registering for classes or receiving a transcript. A student may check whether or not they have a hold by calling the appropriate department in which the stop was placed.

You may cancel your registration before the first day of class by using myUK. See below for dropping a class with a W grade.

All students, including degree-seeking, non-degree seeking and visiting students, who wish to leave the university during a term (fall, spring, summer or winter) must formally withdraw.

There are five methods of withdrawing from the University of Kentucky:

1. Withdrawing in person at the Registrar's Office in 10 Funkhouser Building;
2. Requesting withdrawal from course work via UK email account (@uky.edu; @g.uky.edu or @l.uky.edu)
3. Requesting withdrawal from course work via fax;
4. Mailing your withdrawal request to the Registrar's Office; and
5. Dropping or withdrawing from all courses using myUK. (NOT available beginning the 1^st day of classes; see options 1 - 4 to withdraw).

The College of Engineering Post-Midterm “Permissive” Withdrawal Petition is now closed. For more details, please see the Permissive Withdrawal Policy and the academic calendar.

Students are allowed to repeat one time as many as three different completed courses with only the grade, credit hours and quality points for the second completion used when calculating the student’s GPA. The limit of three repeat options is for the student’s entire undergraduate career at UK, no matter how many different bachelor's degrees are pursued in a lifetime.

The repeat option can be used only to remove the first grade in a class from the GPA and replace it with the second grade. Both grades remain on the transcript but the first will have a notation saying the first grade is not used to calculate the GPA. An E grade received for an academic offense may NOT be replaced with the repeat option.

A student exercising the repeat option must consult the student’s academic advisor and must notify the Office of the Registrar. A student may exercise the repeat option at any time prior to graduation and must be enrolled at UK.