Winter & Spring 2027 Course Registration

Dear WKU Students,

Please be advised that priority course registration for the Winter and Spring of 2027 will begin on Tuesday, November 17th, 2026, at 9:00 AM (Beijing time). The courses will be published one to two weeks before registration begins. You may then begin planning your Winter and Spring course schedule via the Student Self-Service.

Students will be assigned to one of the eleven registration priority groups:

• Groups 2 through 8 are for undergraduate students in the 2025 and earlier cohorts, based on the number of credit hours earned prior to the start of the Fall 2026 semester. The schedule below outlines the credit-hour range and registration dates for each priority group.  

• Groups 9 through 11 are for students in the 2026 cohort, who are randomly assigned to one of three groups. You can view your designated group in the upper right corner of the Student Self-Service. In the next two registration cycles, students in these three groups will follow a rotated registration order. For details, please click here. The randomization process was conducted in the presence of representatives from the Student Government, the Student Director, and Alpha.

The registration system will prevent students from registering prior to their assigned day and time.

The registration system will close on November 25th at 6:00 AM (Beijing time) and will reopen on December 2nd at 9:00 AM (Beijing time). After reopening on December 2nd, registration will remain open until the add/drop deadline of the respective term. During the closed period, colleges reserve the right to release additional seats, such as by removing restrictions, before registration reopens to all students.

Administrative Course Registration

If a course has certain registration restrictions or requirements that prevent you from registering directly through Student Self-Service, you may be eligible to apply for the course through ONCE. For details, please refer to the 'Important Notes' below.

The ONCE KU Course Registration Application will open group by group, starting on December 3rd at 9:00 AM (Beijing time). For detailed timeslots, please refer to the registration calendar below. As an exception, course sections with an active waitlist will only become available in the ONCE KU Course Registration Application starting five calendar days prior to the beginning of the term, with the term start date excluded from the calculation, at 9:00 AM Beijing time.

Please refer to the Academic Calendar for add/drop dates and other important deadlines - https://www.wku.edu.cn/en/academics/academic-calendar.

You can check your earned credits in the Student Self-Service by logging into your account and selecting Academics > Student Planning > My Progress. 

Preparing for Registration: 

• Complete FERPA Preference Submission - You will not be able to access the KU Course Registration Application in ONCE until you submit your FERPA preference via ONCE. (Applies to students in the 2024 and later cohorts).

• Meet with Academic Advisor - All students are required to meet with their academic advisor to discuss their schedules for the upcoming term. If you have not met with your advisor yet, please do so as soon as possible. 

• Schedule Subject to Change - Course information is subject to change after publishing. We encourage you to check your planned courses again before registration.

• Waitlist Function - If a course section with an active waitlist is full and you still wish to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist through Student Self-Service. Click here for detailed procedural guidance. Please note that course sections with an active waitlist will only become available in the ONCE KU Course Registration Application, intended primarily for approving course overloads for students with special circumstances, starting five calendar days prior to the beginning of the term, with the term start date excluded from the calculation, at 9:00 AM Beijing time.  

Important Notes:

• Click here for instructions on navigating course registration in the Student Self-Service.

• Undergraduate students may repeat a course once (resulting in a total of two enrollments) if they received a grade of F, D, C, C+, or W in the original attempt. A second repeat of the same course is only permitted if both previous grades were F, D, C, C+, or W, and the ONCE KU Course Registration Application form has been approved. Courses with grades of B- or higher may not be repeated unless specified in official curriculum requirements. Graduate-level coursework cannot be repeated or recalculated even if it is completed by an undergraduate student. 

• Some course sections are restricted to students who started in a particular year; for this purpose, all undergraduate students are assigned a start year code in the registration system based on their start year/admitted year. You can view your designation in the upper right corner of the Student Self-Service. If you have taken a prolonged Leave of Absence and believe that the designation will disrupt your actual four-year plan, please contact the Office of the Registrar prior to the opening of registration for consideration of whether a one-time and irreversible adjustment to a later start year is appropriate. Click here for details.

• Some course sections are restricted to specific student populations (e.g., specific majors). Special approval from the college will be required if you wish to register for a course for which you do not meet the restriction requirements. Please submit a ONCE KU Course Registration Application form. 

• If a class you are attempting to register for requires petition approval, you must obtain approval from the college that offers the course. Please submit a ONCE KU Course Registration Application form. 

• Closed sections will require an approved ONCE KU Course Registration Application form. 

• Click here for instructions on applying for courses via ONCE. Please note that you should only select TBA as the instructor if you have confirmed that no instructor is assigned in Student Self-Service. Otherwise, the form may not be acted upon. Colleges reserve the right to establish their own application review timeline.  

• Some holds prevent students from registering for courses. Before registration begins, students are strongly encouraged to review their accounts and resolve any pending registration holds displayed in the upper-right corner of Student Self-Service. If any holds remain, they must be resolved before students can register for courses. Once the registration restriction or hold has been resolved, the student will be eligible to register. For more details regarding holds, please click here. 

Thank you for your attention and cooperation, and please contact our office if you have any questions. Best wishes and success as we near the end of the Fall 2026 semester!

Office of the Registrar

Wenzhou-Kean University 
GEH D202 - Phone: +86 577 55870163 – Email: registrar@wku.edu.cn 
Office Hours: (Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m.-11:40 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. -4:30 p.m.)

The University reserves the right to restrict or drop a student’s registration in any course offered or to cancel courses announced on Student Self-Service.