Registrar Forms.

Forms for students at Boston University School of Public Health

Forms may be scanned and emailed to the SPH Registrar’s Office.

Add Drop Form

  • Who Uses: Students adding a class after the semester starts, with instructor approval
  • Return to: SPH Registrar’s Office (obtain instructor signature if class has met)
  • Deadline: Before second class meeting date

Certificate Declaration or Change Form

  • Who Uses: MPH and Dual students who wish to declare, add, change, or drop a certificate
  • Return to: Online form, hitting submit returns information to SPH Registrar’s Office.
  • Deadline: Forms are dated for the next effective semester. Forms must be submitted prior to the semester you wish to apply the change in. Certificate change forms will not be processed in the week before a new registration period opens

Course Substitution Form

  • Who Uses: Students who wish to use an SPH course as a substitute for a degree requirement
  • Return to: SPH Registrar’s Office after obtaining required approvals
  • Deadline: Should be submitted before student submits a graduation application

Course Audit Request Form

  • Who Uses: Students who wish to change the status of a registered course from credit to audit status or vice versa
  • Return to: SPH Registrar’s Office after obtaining instructor approval
  • Deadline: Needs to be submitted by “Drop Without a W” deadline for the course

Directed Study/Research Form

  • Who Uses: Students who will register for a directed study or directed research project
  • Return to: SPH Registrar’s Office with faculty signature
  • Deadline: May add a 1 or 2 credit directed study up to the 7th week of the semester

Doctoral Student Continuing Study Status Form

  • Who Uses: Doctoral students who complete their coursework
  • Return to: SPH Registrar’s Office with program director signature
  • Deadline: Up to the 5th week of the effective semester

      Graduation Application January 2025

      • Who Uses: Degree students who will complete all their degree requirements by the end of the Fall 2024 semester
      • Return to: SPH Registrar’s Office
      • Deadline: June 10, 2024

      Graduation Application May 2025

      • Who Uses: Degree students who will complete all their degree requirements by the end of the Spring 2025 semester
      • Return to: SPH Registrar’s Office
      • Deadline: November 10, 2024

      Leave of Absence/Withdrawal Form

      • Who Uses: Degree students seeking leave of absence or withdrawal
      • Return to: SPH Registrar’s Office (some students will need additional signatures)
      • Deadline: Before start of semester

      Transfer Credit/Waiver Request Form

      • Who Uses: Degree students who wish to apply credit for graduate courses taken outside of BUSPH
      • Return to: SPH Registrar’s Office with supporting documents
      • Deadline: Before the course starts, allow 4 to 6 weeks for processing

      Verification Request Form

      • Who Uses: Students who need verification of enrollment or graduation (standard verification or filling out a form).
      • Return to: SPH Registrar’s Office
      • Deadline: Allow 3-5 business days for processing

      Spring 2025 Waitlist Form

      • Who Uses: Degree-seeking BU students who wish to join the waitlist for a SPH class.
      • Deadline: The waitlist closes for full-term and 1st half classes on Friday, January 10, 2025. It closes for 2nd half classes on Friday, March 7, 2025.

                  The following forms are not online forms:

                  • Name Change Forms – available at BU Registrar’s Office at 881 Commonwealth Avenue and at SPH Registrar’s Office. Must bring legal proof of name change when completing form.
                  • Grade Change Form – available only to faculty, must be requested from Registrar’s Office