Course registration

You will see the course units you are enrolled on currently in your electronic timetable in MyManchester. If you need to apply to take any additional course units you must complete a pink Course Unit Approval form (given to you at the IPO induction session).

Timetables

You should already have been enrolled for a number of course units within the School(s) in which you wish to study, and these details are shown in your enrolment summary on the student portal (accessible via MyManchester).  Unlike the system you may be used to at your home university, The University of Manchester does not produce a Schedule of Classes which lists the timetable for all course units offered across the university.  However, the International Programmes Office has enrolled you on to the course units (and also any associated tutorials/seminars*) for which you have been approved. You can view your timetable by looking at http://www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk and following the links to ‘My Manchester’.

*Please note that some course units (especially Level 1 units) may not have individual tutorials assigned to them, but may have a generic Year 1 tutorial. In some cases these may not be relevant to the needs of Study Abroad/Exchange Students. If you are in any doubt, please ask the relevant Visiting Student Officer or Undergraduate School Office.

When you access your schedule online, you may find that you have timetable clashes. If the clashes are due to tutorials and not lectures, you should first try to choose suitable alternative tutorials to fit in to your timetable. If your clash is due to a lecture, unfortunately you will have no alternative but to drop the affected course unit and select an alternative.  If you have a lecture/tutorial etc that starts as one lecture/tutorial etc ends, it may be possible to still take both courses units. As a general rule, lectures/tutorials etc. end ten minutes before the hour and we suggest you see how this works in your first week of classes. You may find that you have time to get to your next class. If not, then you will need to select an alternative.

Add/Drop

All students have a two-week ‘Add/Drop’ period at the start of semester, during which course unit enrolment must be finalised. You will be required to submit a ‘Final Course Confirmation Form’ (you will receive this form at the compulsory International Programmes Office Induction session) to the International Programmes Office by the last day of the Add/Drop period. This is your final course choice, after which no further changes can be made. You should therefore be sure that you have 50-60 credits, no timetable clashes and that all courses have been approved for credit transfer with your home university. 

Maximum/minimum courseloads

A full course load at The University of Manchester is 120 UK credits per year. This normally breaks down as 60 UK credits per semester.  Most course units in Manchester are worth 10 or 20 UK credits.

As a guide, the following translation of Manchester credits can be used and as a general rule, one UK credit equates to 10 hours of work.

Manchester Credits        ECTS Credits       US Credits

5                                              2.5                          2

10                                           5                              3

20                                           10                           5

30                                           15                           8

Health & Safety course unit

All study abroad and exchange students must complete an online Health and Safety course during the first two weeks of semester. You will see this course unit (SAAE 11230) on your enrolment summary, and can access the course through Blackboard to complete. It is not credit-bearing, and should only take a short time to complete. Please complete this before the end of the Add/Drop period.