Cross-Registration permits students enrolled in a degree program at the Harvard Chan School to take classes at other Harvard Graduate schools, as well as select other local schools which have a cross-registration agreement with Harvard.
Cross-Registration Policies – HSPH Students
- To enroll in cross-registered courses, enrollment must be open at both schools (i.e. at the Harvard Chan School and at the host institution). Students must follow the earliest deadline between the home and host school when cross-registering.
- In order to cross-register in a course, it must be:
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- A graduate level course
- Relevant to the student’s degree program
- Taken for pass/fail or ordinal credit
- Auditing is not permitted under any circumstance
- Approved by the student’s advisor and department
- The appropriate course type for the student’s program
- for example: students in an online-only program must only cross-register for online courses
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- Cross-registration is not available for Harvard Extension School, Summer school, or Radcliffe Seminar courses.
- Cross-registration is not offered during the summer term.
- Students are not able to register for courses that create a time conflict.
- This includes courses that end and start within 1 minute of each other.
- Course times are based on the dates and times printed in the Harvard course catalog only.
- We cannot override this based on instructor information.
- There is occasionally overlap in session dates between the Chan School and other schools.
- Even if there is an overlap/conflict for only one day, that is still a conflict and we cannot override it.
- Students are not permitted to cross-register for a course that is also offered by the Chan School.
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- With the exception of EH 530: students who want to take this course must enroll in the GENED 1094 section.
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- Cross-Registration is not allowed at the undergraduate level.
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- With the exception of language courses and GENED 1094 (which is jointly offered with EH 530).
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- Students are permitted to cross-register for language courses but these credits:
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- Will not count towards the fulfillment of any Harvard Chan School or department/program requirements
- Will not count towards the minimum credits required for completion of degrees
- Will not count towards the maximum ordinal credits that can be taken in a degree program
- Will not display on transcripts once a grade has been assigned
- The credits will count toward the maximum term credit limit
- Please see the full Foreign Language & Undergraduate Course policy
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- Harvard Chan students have until the ‘Cross-Registration add/drop/change deadline’, or the earliest deadline between home and host school, to finalize their cross-registered enrollment.
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- After the ‘HSPH courses add/drop/change deadline’, students will not be able to make the changes themselves in my.harvard. They will have to submit a drop petition or send an email to Registrar@hsph.harvard.edu instead.
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- Harvard Chan School degree candidates can cross-register for a maximum of half of their total credits per semester. A student who wishes to cross-register for more than half of their total credits in a semester must submit a General Petition.
- All students must take at least half their total degree credits at the Harvard Chan School, or risk being ineligible to graduate.
- My.harvard may allow students to enroll in courses that are not permitted per Harvard Chan School policy. If this happens, the Harvard Chan School Registrar will drop the student from that course.
- An instructor or host school registrar cannot grant an exception to this rule.
- If cross-registering into MIT or Tufts, please visit the ‘Enrolling into MIT and Tufts‘ Student Knowledge Center page for more information.
