Holds Impacting Registration: If you do not clear these holds prior to the start of course registration, you will be prevented from enrolling in courses and will have to pay associated fees.
Advising: This is a hold that requires you to meet with your advisor before enrolling in courses. Your advisor releases this hold by virtually signing your crimson cart.
Financial (impacting both registration and start of term): The financial hold will be tied to any balance related to the current term’s bill or recent charges. Students with a past due balance of $100 or greater will have a financial hold applied to their accounts. Contact Student Accounts with questions about financial holds.
Term bills for the upcoming term will be due in the typical time frame. Future charges will not impact student ability to register for classes for the upcoming term.
Financial Responsibility Agreement: Students must electronically sign the Financial Responsibility Agreement (FRA) and acknowledge their agreement to the terms outlined in the FRA.
UHS/Immunization: For Spring 2024, students are required to be up to date on the flu vaccine in addition to other vaccination requirements. You will not be able to register until HUHS has received and processed flu vaccine documentation. University Health Services places and removes holds for students needing to provide documentation of their immunization records. If you have already uploaded your immunization documentation, you can check your immunization compliance status in the HUHS Patient Portal. The Registrar's Office cannot lift this hold from your record. If you have any questions, please visit the HUHS website or contact them directly at 617-495-2055.
Language Requirement (Harvard College students only): If after the second term of study the language requirement & has not yet been met, you will see a language requirement hold in my.harvard. Once you meet with your advisor to discuss your plan for fulfilling your language requirement, your advisor will release the hold.
Holds Applied Before Start of Term: If you do not clear these holds by the start of term, you will be prevented from making any enrollment changes and will have to pay associated fees. Further, if the hold persists you could be prevented from registering in an upcoming term.
Check-In: If you have not completed the online check-in process for the current term, you will see a check-in hold in my.harvard.
Title IX: Each year, students at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences are required to complete an online Title IX training module. Once the training module has been completed the Title IX hold on your registration will be lifted; typically within an hour. Please visit the Harvard College Title IX website or Harvard Griffin GSAS Title IX and Gender Equity website for more information.
Mental Health and Wellbeing: Beginning in Fall 2023, incoming Harvard College students will be required to complete an online mental health and wellbeing learning module prior to registration. More information can be found at the Student Wellbeing at Harvard website.
International Office: International students may be required to visit the Harvard International Office before enrolling. This office will remove the hold once you have visited them.
Term Bill: If you have a balance on your student account you will need to pay the full amount in order to have this hold removed. If you are anticipating financial aid to be disbursed you may wish to contact your financial aid officer.
Registration Survey (Harvard Griffin GSAS students only): If you have not completed the assigned survey, you will se a Registration Survey hold in my.harvard.