When is the enrolment period for the upcoming course starting?

Usually, when it comes to the start of the enrolment process for a specific course, it is advisable that students prepare for the enrolment period for the following year. In addition to the possible deadlines that the institution gives to the latecomers to integrate into the school places without problems.

In this way, each university and even each degree course has its own specific date. Just to organise all the staff to effectively execute the admission process as well as the enrolment for the next course.

With this, each autonomous community has a procedure that involves dates. These generally extend from the end of June to the beginning of September.

This means that there are some educational centres that have almost the same date. For example: at the University of Seville they use the «automatrícula» method. Their enrolment process starts from the end of June until September. On the other hand, at the University of León, the enrolment period for the following academic year starts on 28 June until the beginning of September.

Since there are several questions among students to understand, when does the enrolment period for the following academic year start? We have taken on the task of explaining to you what the registration deadlines entail in general.

Start date

Enrolment deadlines usually run from June to September. These include the season for new students as well as for those enrolling for the following courses.

In the case of the University of Seville, they use a phased approach. That is to say, the first phase starts at the end of June. And the second phase at the end of September where the remaining places are offered.

Another example is the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, which starts the process in mid-June.

If you still have any doubts, generally the university institutions send emails to inform students about the registration start date. They explain in detail the registration deadline for the following academic year.

Find out which subjects you can choose from

In each educational centre, you will be able to benefit from specific information on each subject you are going to take. You will be able to find out about: the timetable, syllabus, the type of course, the teacher who will be teaching the class, as well as the location where the course will take place.

These are very important aspects because, although not all subjects are compulsory, you will have to cover a certain amount of credits using the optional subjects.

Forms

Generally, enrolment for a new course involves filling in some forms, which may differ from one autonomous community to another. These forms are the ones that will allow you to formalise your enrolment at your educational centre.

Advice

If you have not yet been able to adapt to your university life and you are still confused about the registration deadlines, we would like to give you some advice. Here is some advice for you:

Find out as much as possible about the study plan; this will allow you to organise yourself with regard to all the compulsory and optional subjects you will have to take during the course of your studies. This way, you won’t have any problems when it comes to completing the number of credits.
If you have any doubts, contact the guidance services; universities usually have guidance groups in their departments that will be able to provide you with all kinds of information.

What happens if I don’t enrol for a year?

In cases where you have not been able to enrol for a year, this unfortunately implies to the institution that you have irrevocably withdrawn your enrolment (this may depend on the institution). This is because you did not exercise your right to register for the corresponding enrolment.

In spite of this, there is a «late enrolment», whereby each university opens a period of time in which late enrolments who have not been able to register successfully can do so in the second phase of the registration process.

However, the process of enrolling latecomers may vary from institution to institution.

Even so, if a year has passed without you having enrolled, the main consequence is that the university will release the vacancy for another applicant to fill it.