UK students

We can’t wait to welcome you in January! Are you ready to become an official Herts student? Let’s take you through how to complete registration.

Set up your University log in account

Your University account gives you access to all of our systems and platforms. Keep an eye on your inbox for your account set up email.

Step-by-step guide to completing online registration

Check out our video that will take you through every step of registration or read through the instructions below.

Step 1 – create your University student record account
Click on the link in your Get Started email to view your university username and set your password.
Step 2 – start registration
After setting up your university account you will receive a second email inviting you to complete your registration by following the steps in your Online Registration Portal. To start your Online Registration, please login to your student record and select the 'online registration' link under the 'services' heading.
Step 3 – check your course information
Check your course details – including your course title. If you have studied with us previously, please select the course that you are currently completing your enrolment for.
If anything looks wrong, contact our Ask Herts team for help, but don't worry about the course start and end dates, as they may not be exact.
Step 4 – add in your address details
Next you need to confirm your address. You’ll need to keep this up to date during your time with us.
Make sure you complete your full address details (including the postcode) as it is essential for your safety and will make sure that any important documents such as your qualification certificates, we send you will go to the right address.
- home address – this is where you normally live outside of term-time
- term address - this is your UK address where you will be living while you are studying with us. Make sure to provide an exact address - if you are living in University accommodation your full address will be included in our emails or you can find it in our student guides for living campus at de Havilland (PDF - 3.76 Mb) or our College Lane (PDF - 3.61 Mb) Campus
- work address - we only need this completed if you are studying a course directly linked to an employer, such as a degree apprenticeship.
Step 5 – add details of your emergency contact
If there is an emergency, we will need the details of someone who is ideally living in the UK who we can contact. They can be a parent or a friend and should be aware that you have listed them as your emergency contact.
Step 6 – questions about Herts students
UK universities must provide regular statistics about our students to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), so they can get an idea of who attends the University of Hertfordshire.
This section will go through questions such as ethnicity, your highest qualifications, any disabilities you wish to disclose, how you’ll be funding your studies and your religion or beliefs.
These questions are mandatory and there is an explanation available by clicking on each of the questions. If you wish, you can select ‘information refused’ for any questions you do not want to answer.
Step 7 – questions about your career aspirations
By telling us about your career aspirations, you will receive personalised support with your career plans from our Careers and Employment team.
Step 8 – questions about personalised support
To access personalised support, you will be asked if you are a care leaver (if you have spent time living whilst being looked after by Children's Services), estranged, a parent or a carer.
Step 9 – review your information and check the terms and conditions
Here you’ll see a summary of the information you’ve entered. Make sure to check it that it is correct. You will also see a link to the University’s terms and conditions that you should read through before submitting the form.
Once you have submitted your details and completed online registration, you will be confirming your plans to study here at Herts, woohoo!

What next?

When you've completed online registration, check your registration portal to make sure every step is completed.

I’ve uploaded my documents, now what?

Once you have uploaded your documents, our Student Enquiries and Enrolment team will review the documents to make sure you’ve met all the requirements. If there are any issues, such as missing documents or files that cannot be read by our systems, the team will be in touch.

Make sure you keep an eye on your emails during this time. If the team are satisfied that you have completed registration, they will mark you as fully registered. You will be able to check if you are fully registered by logging into your student record.

If you are funded by the Student Loans Company (SLC), the earliest your loan will be available to you will be the start date of term (20 January 2025).

Please note that your loan will only be released to you if you are fully registered at Herts.

What else should I do?

Now that you’ve completed registration, you can collect your student ID card from our Ask Herts Hubs.

You’ll need your student ID card for swiping into class to mark your attendance and accessing our Learning Resources Centres.

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