Currently enrolled AU students receive registration information through their American University e-mail account. Students who have not yet received the notification should contact registrar@american.edu. Continuing undergraduate students are eligible to register according to their total completed credits; see the Priority Registration schedule, below, for the first date of eligibility for registration. Continuing graduate students are eligible to register beginning March 31.

New Students: General Registration is open to all students beginning April 28.

Students registering on or before July 18, 2008 (advance registration with billing) must pay the balance owed by August 4, 2008. Students registering after July 18, 2008 (direct registration) must pay the balance due, less expected financial aid, on the day they register. Students registering after August 22, 2008 pay an additional $50 late registration fee.