UCU course pre-enrolment in Osiris
Course registration for all general UCU courses takes place via Osiris Student. It is set up as a pre-enrolment procedure with several rounds in which you can enter your course preferences. A weighted placement process and possible priority-based draw will determine for which courses you will be enrolled.
Your pre-enrolment reflects the discussion you had with your tutor about required courses and preferences. Pre-enrolment for the next semester will open shortly after the midterm break.
Always prioritise the courses you must take. Also make sure that you choose enough alternatives. This will not diminish your chances to get into your preferred courses.
The deadline(s) for the course pre-enrolment process are communicated in the academic calendar. The Osiris course pre-enrolment manual can be found here.
| Contested | Occasional places available: the course is filled to capacity but places could become available if students alter their choices. |
|---|---|
| Not yet contested | A few places still available |
| Not contested | There should be enough places to claim your spot |
| Fall semester 2023-2024 (2023-SEM1) | |||
| Occasional places | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UCACCMET24 | Qualitative Inquiry in Everyday Life | C2 | |
| UCACCMET25 | The Humanities Lab: Logic and Discourse | C1 | |
| UCACCMET25 | The Humanities Lab: Logic and Discourse | C2 | |
| UCACCSTA21 | Biostatistics | D1 | |
| UCACCWRI21 | Creative Writing | D1 | |
| UCHUMLIN11 | Introduction to Linguistics | B1 | |
| UCHUMPHI11 | Introduction to Philosophy | B2 | |
| UCHUMPHI12 | Introduction to World Philosophies | C2 | |
| UCINTCER21 | Engaged Citizenship | D2 | |
| UCSCIBIO21 | Molecular Cell Biology II | B2 | |
| UCSCICOG11 | Cognitive Neuroscience I | D1 | |
| UCSCICOG11 | Cognitive Neuroscience I | D2 | |
| UCSCIMAT14 | Foundations of Mathematics | D1 | |
| UCSCIPHY12 | Relativistic and Classical Physics | C1 | |
| UCSSCANT11 | Introduction to Anthropology | C1 | |
| UCSSCANT22 | Gender and Sexuality | D1 | |
| UCSSCANT31 | Anthropology of Power | D2 | |
| UCSSCPOL21 | Political Science: State of the Art | A2 | |
| UCSSCPOL25 | Political Economy of the Global South | B1 | |
| UCSSCPSY11 | Introduction to Psychology | C1 | |
| UCSSCPSY11 | Introduction to Psychology | C2 | |
| UCSSCPSY23 | Psychopathology | D2 | |
| UCSSCPSY33 | The Psychology of Human Motivation | A1 | |
| UCSSCSOC11 | Introduction to Sociology | A1 | |
| Few places | |||
| UCACCMET12 | Research in Practice | A1 | |
| UCACCWRI31 | International Journalism | D2 | |
| UCHUMHAR11 | Intro to Art History and Museum Studies | C2 | |
| UCHUMHIS14 | Modern History | C2 | |
| UCHUMHIS14 | Modern History | B1 | |
| UCHUMHIS35 | Great Powers in the Modern World | C1 | |
| UCHUMLIT11 | Introduction to Literature | C2 | |
| UCHUMMES11 | Introduction to Media Studies | D2 | |
| UCHUMPHI11 | Introduction to Philosophy | B1 | |
| UCHUMPHI21 | Metaphysics & Epistemology | B1 | |
| UCHUMREL13 | Global Religions: Ideas and Practices | A2 | |
| UCINTHIS23 | Black Music and Social Transformation | C2 | |
| UCSCIBIO01 | That's Life: Biology Today | A2 | |
| UCSCIBIO13 | Human and Animal Biology | B1 | |
| UCSCICHE23 | Biochemistry | A2 | |
| UCSCIEAR11 | Introduction to Earth and Environment | A1 | |
| UCSCIEAR21 | Ecosystem Change in the Anthropocene | A2 | |
| UCSCIMAT01 | Mathematics for Poets | B2 | |
| UCSSCANT11 | Introduction to Anthropology | C2 | |
| UCSSCANT25 | Anthropology of Conservation | B2 | |
| UCSSCGEO11 | Introduction to Human Geography | C1 | |
| UCSSCPOL11 | Introduction to Political Theory | D1 | |
| UCSSCPOL13 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | C1 | |
| UCSSCPOL23 | International Relations | D2 | |
| UCSSCPOL33 | Advanced International Relations | D1 | |
| UCSSCPOL36 | International Organizations | B2 | |
| UCSSCPSY21 | Social Psychology | B1 | |
| UCSSCSOC11 | Introduction to Sociology | A2 | |
| More places | |||
| All other courses | |||
If you do not meet the formal prerequisites for a course you wish to take next semester, you must apply for “Course Admittance” (in Osiris Student under Cases -> Curriculum Matters). Course admittance needs to be obtained by the course admittance deadline as indicated in the academic calendar. You can request course admittance as soon as you have received a guaranteed spot in the course.
The Osiris pre-enrolment module will warn you when selecting a course for which you do not meet the formal entrance requirements (NB If you are currently taking a course that will make you meet these entrance requirements, you do not need to request course admittance).
For several of UCU's language courses, you need to participate in the language testing day to determine at which level you can take the language course. If you participate in the language test, you no longer need to request course admittance for the course level you are advised to take. You can sign up for the language testing day via Osiris Case/Zaak. Please see the information about the Language Testing Day
Enrolment for the regular Research thesis (15 EC) is done through course label UCTHS150 in the pre-enrolment module. The same for the new 7,5 EC Capstone thesis [UCTHS075]. During the thesis proposal procedure at the beginning of the semester the field of study should be indicated.
Keep in mind that when you are not going to complete your Research thesis during one semester (Fall-Spring thesis or Spring-Summer), you might need to register a “Non-standard UCU credit load” (see below) to be able to be enrolled for the thesis and three courses (15 + 22,5 = 37,5 EC).
For registration of an Honours thesis: the standard procedure applies.
Registration for internships, 2,5 EC course modules and Lab courses are at this moment not done through the Osiris pre-registration module.
Internships: contact the internship coordinator.
Lab courses: contact the lab course coordinator.
2,5 EC course modules: enrolment through the accompanying and preceding 5 EC course (UCACCMET23 or UCACCMET25).
If you are sure to take an off-campus course (note the formal procedure) you have to adjust your UCU credit load prior to pre-enrolling for courses (see non-standard UCU credit load item).
Your double degree requirements could give reason to adjust your UCU credit load for the semester, e.g. if you are taking fewer UCU courses because you are taking non-UCU courses for your double degree (see non-standard credit load item). Make sure to adjust your credit load prior to pre-enrolling for courses.
A standard credit load at UCU is 30 ECTS. If your course load at UCU for next semester will deviate from this standard credit load you must first register a “Non-standard UCU credit load” request in Osiris Student under Cases -> Curriculum Matters. This applies to all situations that impact your credit load at UCU:
- Credit surplus (no permission required - so no need to complete an additional curriculum request "course load reduction" for this)
- Approved course load reduction
- Approved 5th course
- Confirmed place in an off-campus course (check time slots!)
Note that this procedure only facilitates adjusting your UCU credit load for course pre-enrolment in Osiris. This means that you have to make sure that you have approval via the formal procedure on all relevant curriculum requests that affect your course load in general: approval for off-campus courses, course load reductions etc. Any course placement based on adjustments without official and timely approval on relevant curriculum requests (credit surplus excluded as indicated above), may be rolled back without consultation, as a consequence.
If you need help, please contact UCU reception in the first instance. Additionally, please refer to the course pre-enrolment manual.