Registration and enrolment

Ready to join Herts? Before you officially become a Herts student, you will need to complete registration. You'll also need to do this if you’re a returning student.

What is registration?

Registration is a process where you:

check your programme details are correct
confirm and update your personal details
upload a photo for your student ID card
complete Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) questions
confirm your identity by uploading or providing documents such as your passport, student visa, right to study share code etc.

By completing registration, you will officially enrol onto your programme, agree to follow the University’s rules and regulations, and be liable to pay your tuition fees.

Do I need to complete registration?

Every Herts student must complete registration at the beginning of each year of your programme. This includes all new and returning students, and students moving from one Herts programme to another.

For all new students, you will be able to complete your online registration (the first step) after you've set up your University account.

If you have applied for student finance through the Student Finance England, they will not release your payments until you have fully completed your registration.

What do you need before you start?

Before you start the registration process, make sure you have the following information and documents to hand.

Home students
- Your University account details, which can be looked up here
- New students will need to submit a recent photo of them similar to a passport photo to be used on your student ID card. If you are having any issues, you can have your photo taken on campus in one of our Ask Herts Hubs in Hutton Hub, College Lane or at de Havilland Campus.
- Identification documents such as a scan or photo of your passport photo page or your birth certificate and driving licence.
- Your SSN (Student Support Number) which can be found on your Notification of Entitlement Letter or correspondence if applicable.
- If you’re being sponsored by a private company, we will need a written confirmation on company headed paper and a signed agreement to sponsor form. Your Joining Instructions Portal will prompt you if you are not sure if this step applies to yourself and your course.
- If your legal name is different to that of your passport, you will need to upload a copy of your marriage certificate or name change deeds, as you mut be registered in your legal name.
EU/EEA/Switzerland students
- New students will need to upload a recent passport-style photo which will be used on your student ID card. If you're having any issues, you can get your photo taken on campus in one of our Ask Herts Hubs in Hutton Hub, College Lane or at de Havilland Campus.
- If you’re already living in the UK, you will need your passport, decision under EU Settlement Scheme and your personal right to study share code.
- If you’re entering the UK for study, you will need your passport (European Union identity card is also accepted) and your student visa which is a combination of your Home Office Decision Letter and personal code. If you are entering on a visitor visa and have not had your passport stamped on entry, please bring your physical boarding pass or ferry ticket as it will prove the date you entered the country.
- If your legal name is different to that of your passport, you will need to bring your marriage certificate and name change deeds.
International students
After you have completed online registration, you will need to book an on-campus face-to-face appointment for your arrival to have your documents checked and scanned as part of the UKVI guidelines.
We recommend doing this as early as you can to avoid queues. When you come to your appointment, you will need:
- Your original hard copy passport with the vignette stamped and boarding pass (for student transit via Dublin).
- A print or electronic copy of your Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) collection letter or if you don't have your BRP, please bring your printed CAS letter or full Visa application. You can upload this to your document portal.
- Biometric residence permit (BRP).
- New students will be required to upload a recent passport-style photo which will be printed on your student ID card. If you have not completed this step, your photo will be taken at your registration appointment and that image used. If you are a home student and having any issues, you can have your photograph taken on campus in one of our Ask Herts Hubs in Hutton Hub, College Lane or at de Havilland Campus.
If you’re a national of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, or the United States of America, you will also need to bring the following documents to your appointment:
- Evidence of your arrival into the UK such as e-gate tickets, flight details, booking itinerary showing the date of arrival
- Copy of a boarding pass for your flight arriving in the UK.
Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) and counter fraud checks
For some programmes, your welcome letter may tell you that you need to complete a DBS and counter fraud check. Make sure to check the DBS identification documents checklist in your registration portal.
For more information on DBS and counter fraud checks, please see the government website.

Need help?

If you need any help, you can find useful information on Ask Herts about timetables, student status letters, biometric residence permit (BRP) and so much more.

If you have a disability, difficulty or any additional needs and you would to find out about what support we have available for completing registration, please contact our Student Wellbeing team.

How to complete registration

Now that you’ve got your documents, the next step is completing registration and on these next pages, we will take you through it step by step:

Registration and enrolment

What is registration?

Do I need to complete registration?

What do you need before you start?

Need help?

How to complete registration

UK students

Returning students

International students