Cross-Registration for Harvard College and Harvard Griffin GSAS Students

Non-FAS Harvard Schools – Fall 2026

As a general rule, you must cross register by the earliest possible deadline. When a non-FAS deadline is earlier than an FAS deadline, you must complete cross-registration by the non-FAS deadline. When an FAS deadline is earlier than a non-FAS deadline, you must cross-register by the FAS deadline.

April 1, 2025: Cross-registration opens for Harvard Divinity School courses.

*August 24, 2026: Cross-registration opens for all other schools.

October 5, 2026: Last day Harvard College students may add/drop a cross-registered course (5th Monday).

October 19, 2026: Last day Harvard Griffin GSAS students may add a cross-registered course (7th Monday).

November 2, 2026: Last day Harvard Griffin GSAS students may drop a cross-registered course (9th Monday).

*FAS students are permitted to submit petitions beginning this date, however official enrollment depends on when the host school’s cross-registration is open.

Brown/Tufts Fall 2026

GSAS only: Brown/Tufts courses are only available to graduate students. 

As a general rule, you must cross register by the earliest possible deadline. When a Brown/Tufts deadline is earlier than a Harvard deadline, you must complete cross-registration by the Brown/Tufts deadline. When a Harvard deadline is earlier than a Brown/Tufts deadline, you must cross-register by the Harvard deadline.

*August 24, 2026: Harvard cross-registration opens.

October 19, 2026: Last day Harvard Griffin GSAS students may add a cross-registered course (7th Monday).

November 2, 2026: Last day Harvard Griffin GSAS students may drop a cross-registered course (9th Monday).

*FAS students are permitted to submit petitions beginning this date, however official enrollment depends on when the host school’s cross-registration is open.

Step 1: Cross register for courses directly in my.Harvard. 

• If you are a Harvard College first-year student, you must send a statement of interest to your Resident Dean to be able to cross-register at MIT.
• If your course does not require instructor permission, you do not need to take further action to enroll. 

Step 2: If the non-FAS Harvard course requires instructor permission, the non-FAS Harvard instructor will approve your request to enroll. 

• Once your enrollment request has been approved by the non-FAS Harvard instructor, you will see a Permission Granted icon in my.Harvard.
• At this point, you are registered for the course.

Step 3: You must officially enroll in the course once the instructor has given you permission.

• You are not officially enrolled in the course until you complete Step 3.

GSAS only: Brown/Tufts Fletcher School courses are only available to graduate students. 

Step 1: Complete the Non-Harvard Cross-Registration Petition. You cannot register directly via my.Harvard.

• For Tufts Fletcher School courses: Additionally email your completed Tufts Fletcher School Cross-Registration Petition form by email to fletcherregistrar@tufts.edu during the Tufts Fletcher School registration period. Prior to the start of classes, the Tufts Fletcher School Registrar's Office will begin finalizing approval on a rolling basis until the Tufts Fletcher School registration deadline.

Step 2: Email Non-Harvard Cross-Registration Petition to enrollment@fas.harvard.edu.

The Harvard FAS Registrar's Office will process your request and enroll you in the course directly. Once we process your enrollment, you will see the course under Enrolled Courses in your my.Harvard student home.

As a general rule, you must follow the earliest deadline when dropping a cross-registered course. When an non-FAS Harvard deadline is earlier than an FAS Harvard deadline, you must drop a cross-registered course by the non-FAS Harvard deadline. When an FAS Harvard deadline is earlier than a non-FAS Harvard deadline, you must drop a cross-registered course by the non-FAS Harvard deadline.

To drop a non-FAS Harvard course, you can simply drop the course directly in my.Harvard. 

As a general rule, you must follow the earliest deadline when dropping a cross-registered course. When a Brown/Tufts Fletcher School deadline is earlier than a Harvard deadline, you must drop a cross-registered course by the Brown/Tufts Fletcher School deadline. When a Harvard deadline is earlier than a Brown/Tufts Fletcher School deadline, you must drop a cross-registered course by the Brown/Tufts Fletcher School deadline.

Step 1: Drop the course directly in my.Harvard. 

Step 2: If you are enrolled in a Tufts Fletcher School course, contact the Tufts Fletcher School Registrar's Office. They will drop the course in the Tufts Fletcher School course registration system.

Step 3: If you are enrolled in Brown course, contact the Brown University Registrar's Office. They will drop the course in the Brown course registration system. 

Harvard College students: Submit a change of grading basis request directly in my.Harvard. Beginning in the Fall 2024 semester, the grading basis for courses from schools outside of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences cannot be changed to Harvard College letter grades.

Harvard Griffin GSAS students: Submit a Petition to Change a Grading Status (language courses only)

The below schools use a different grading system than FAS. Please visit the host school's website for grading information:

• Harvard Graduate School of Design
• Harvard Business School
• Harvard Law School

Language courses only: You can only change the grading basis of a language course. You cannot change the grading basis of other Brown/Tufts Fletcher School courses.

To change the grading basis of a language course, you must submit a Petition to Change the Grading Basis.

Visit the course search in my.Harvard to view the cross-registration credit conversion tool. Look for Credit Conversion button below the search bar. Choose your home school and the course's school for more information.

Harvard Griffin GSAS students: Ordinarily, cross-registered courses may not represent more than one-half of your total program of study in any term. Consideration is given to students enrolled in interfaculty PhD programs. Learn more about graduate cross registration in the Harvard Griffin GSAS Policies. 

Harvard College students: There is no limitation on the number of credits to count toward the 128 credit requirement. 

You may not cross-register into January term courses nor can you receive credit for January term courses.

Visit the course search in my.Harvard to view the cross-registration credit conversion tool. Look for Credit Conversion button below the search bar. Choose your home school and the course's school for more information.

At the Tufts University Fletcher School: 

• Full-term courses will count for 4 credits
• Half-term courses will count for 2 credits

Audited courses will not appear on your Harvard transcript. 

Step 1: Contact your instructor to request permission. 

Step 2: Once you receive permission, you do not need to enroll in the course through my.Harvard. Your instructor will need to manually add you to all course materials.