Academic Registry

The Academic Registry is a central service of De Montfort University. Its role involves admissions, enrolment, student loans and grants, exams scheduling and management, certificates, graduations and student timetables as well as overall management of the student and curriculum record, and the University’s undergraduate and postgraduate regulations. It works closely with Faculties in these activities.  The Academic Registry also deals with student appeals, examination deferral requests and academic offence cases.  The Academic Registry consists of the following areas which have the responsibility of carrying out these roles.   The areas are:

Academic Registrar's Office is responsible for Academic Board, Academic Appeals. Academic Offences, Deferral of Examinations and Student Complaints

Data Management and Operational Services is responsible for security, accuracy and currency of student and academic data and for providing IT/IS support to other Registry divisions.

Educational Partnerships is responsible for co-ordinating and managing relationships with partner organisations, both public and private sector, delivering DMU validated courses.

International Admissions Office is responsible for dealing with applications of all students from outside the EU.

Graduate School Office is responsible for providing administrative support to postgraduate research students and staff and offers a comprehensive Researcher Development Programme that encourages our students to achieve their maximum research potential.

Student Administrative Support Division is responsible for admissions, enrolment/registration, re-enrolment, administration of student loans and grants, liaison with external bodies concerning student status, student record archive/requests.

It also has responsibilty for examination administration and management and for work surrounding academic awards.  In this capacity it is responsible for conferment of student academic awards, graduation ceremonies and provision of replacement certificates. 

Timetabling is responsible for production and management of the University's academic timetable and for teaching room bookings.