Find out how to collect your username and password and register online.
How to complete online registration
All new students are required to register for their course. This is an important process because it means you are officially a member of the University, and ensures you have access to all the information and resources you need for your studies.
You should register before teaching starts on your course and when you return each year.
You will receive an email containing your candidate number and instructions on how to complete Online Registration.
There are two steps to Online Registration.
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Start registration
The first step allows you to get your username and password.
This gives you access to your:
- IT login (for your timetable, module resources and our online learning platform Canvas) and your Sussex email account
- wifi set-up process to get online
- Library account including your reading lists
- membership of the Students’ Union.
Tip: If you cannot see your teaching timetable or modules in Sussex Direct, contact your school office.
Your printing account is set up the first time you log into a campus computer.
To complete this step, follow the link below and select ‘Collect username and password’. All you need is your surname, date of birth and candidate number. You should make a note somewhere safe of your username and password, which are case sensitive.
Once you’ve got your login details, you can update your profile, including:
- checking personal details, including name, date of birth and contact details
- telling us if you have any disabilities
- declaring any criminal convictions
- uploading a photograph for your student ID card.
It's important that the University holds your personal mobile phone number (with relevant country area code) so we can contact you in the event of an emergency or other exceptional situation when we may have concerns about your safety or welfare.
The picture you upload must be:
- a portrait headshot with only you in the photo
- recent and a true likeness
- in colour
- clear, in focus and free from red-eye or shadow
- free of reflection or glare from glasses.
You must:
- face forward, look at the camera, with eyes open and nothing covering your face
- not wear sunglasses
- not wear a hat or cover your head unless for medical or religious reasons.
Try not to lose your card as you may be charged for a replacement.
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Complete registration
From Monday 2 September 2024, you can complete Registration.
This is where we ask you to:
- confirm your emergency/trusted contact
- confirm your term-time address
- agree to the University’s rules and regulations
- choose any option or elective modules (if applicable)
- pay tuition fees or rent (if applicable).
Once you have completed registration, you'll be able to collect your student ID card from Bramber House.
ID card collection is organised alphabetically based on the first letter of your surname. Check the timetable to know when to collect your card. Make sure you collect your ID on the day we tell you.
If you collect your ID card by 5.00pm on Wednesday 18 September, you'll receive any expected funding by the start of teaching on Monday 23 September 2024.
If you collect your ID card after this, any funds are usually released to your bank account within 3 working days of you collecting your card.
Students from overseas
Find out what you need to do if you’re a student on a visa (including a student visa and non-student visa).
On a student visa
If you’re a student from outside the UK who has been issued a CAS by the University and issued a student visa, you'll need to attend an in-person session following your arrival at the University.
This allows us to complete your registration process and issue you with your student ID card and your Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), unless UKVI have granted you a digital visa.
To ensure you complete the final stages of registration as quickly as possible, make sure you bring:
- your passport
- evidence of your arrival date in the UK (either a stamp in your passport or your boarding card/air ticket)
- the letter from UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) confirming your ‘leave to enter’ or ‘leave to remain’ dates
- your share code if you have digital visa status.
If you are a self-financing student (paying your own fees) registering on a taught postgraduate course, you must have paid at least 50% of your tuition fees prior to attending the final in-person stage of registration.
If you applied for a visa while still in the UK (for instance as a student who has been studying with Study Group) you will need to bring your previous BRP and evidence of your new visa application with you when you attend to complete registration.
When to attend an in-person registration session
In-person registration remains open if you're arriving late.
If you've arrived on time but still haven't completed in-person registration, you must do so by Friday 11 October 2024.
Visit the Student Centre from Monday 30 September to Friday 11 October 2024, 9.15am-4.15pm, to complete your registration.
On a non-student visa
Completing Registration is different if you’re an international student with a non-student visa and haven’t been issued a CAS by the University. You do not need to attend an in-person Registration system and can upload your documents online.
The online Registration system will show you how to upload the documents you need to provide to confirm you are eligible to study in the UK. This will include your passport, document visa or share code (if you have a digital visa status).
Once we have checked your documents, we will be able to confirm your registration and let you know your ID card is ready to collect. Document checks can take a few days.
Paying your fees
You pay your tuition and accommodation fees as part of the Online Registration process. You will be guided through this by the system.
If you are paying tuition fees with a Student Loans Company loan, you do not need to arrange payment through Online Registration.
If you’re staying in University-managed accommodation, you pay your accommodation fees through our accounts system a few days after you move in. We will be in touch with you about how to do this.
See more about paying fees when you start at Sussex.
Scholarships and loans
If you have a scholarship, this will show in the Registration process. If your scholarship is not showing, email scholarships@sussex.ac.uk.
Maintenance loans are released to eligible students once registration is complete and your ID card has been collected. This usually happens 2 working days after ID collection.
Late arrival
All new students are expected to arrive in time for Welcome Week, starting on Monday 16 September, ahead of the start of term on Monday 23 September. This marks the beginning of teaching for most students.
If you think you may arrive late, find out what you need to do next.
Find out more about arriving late at night during Welcome Week or after it has ended.
Re-registration for continuing students
All returning students are required to re-register online each academic year. As you progress from one academic stage to the next, you'll be invited to register again for the next stage of your course.
Registration for all students (new and continuing) closes on Friday 11 October 2024.
If you’re not registered by this date, you won't be a University of Sussex student. You'll lose access to University systems, including Canvas and Sussex Direct.
Registering attendance at teaching sessions
You may need to use the SussexMobile App to register attendance at teaching sessions. If this is the case, you'll be guided by your tutor.
This is different to completing the Online Registration process.