Registration guidance for Part-Time & Distance Learner students
Information about the registration process for Part-Time & Distance Learner students, including those from the ELTC and the Department for Lifelong Learning.
Distance learning and part-time students (except Department for Lifelong Learning)
Students who will be commencing a distance learning/part-time course do not need to attend a Registration Event.
You will receive an email from preregistration@sheffield.ac.uk asking you to complete some registration tasks around four months before the start date of your course. You will then receive a second pre-registration email two months before the start of your course which will enable you to complete your registration online, remotely.
Examples of some of the tasks you will be asked to complete can be found in our pre-registration task lists:
Should you have any questions regarding this process, contact the Student Fees Team.
If you are part time and have been assessed as an overseas student, you will be asked to upload your passport and visa as part of the online registration process.
Department for Lifelong Learning part-time students
You will receive an email from preregistration@sheffield.ac.uk two months before the start of your course to enable you to complete your registration online, remotely. Examples of some of the tasks you will be asked to complete can be found in our pre-registration task lists:
If you have any questions regarding this process, email preregistration@sheffield.ac.uk.
There is a Department for Lifelong Learning Induction day set up by your department where staff will be available to assist you with your registration should you need help. For further details, contact the Department for Lifelong Learning:
If you are part time and have been assessed as an overseas student, you will be asked to upload your passport and visa as part of the online registration process.
ELTC Summer School students
For advice on how to complete your registration, view the Registration for ELTC Summer School Programmes: