Graduate Students

Instruction for Course Registration

  1. Go to www.registrar.duke.edu -> Students -> ACES Login
  2. Login with your NetID and password.
  3. Click on the green “Search for Classes” button on the right.
  4. Under “Enter Search Criteria” select the appropriate semester, from the drop down.
  5. Next to Course Subject either click the green “Select Subject” button or enter the abbreviation for the department you are interested in.
  6. You may adjust other criteria as you see fit, by dates and times of classes, instructor name, location, etc. However, simply searching the subject is the most efficient way.
  7. Scroll down to bottom of the screen and hit green Search Button.
  8. Select a class by clicking on it and add to your Bookbag. Items in your Bookbag are not officially enrolled courses.
  9. Click on your Bookbag.
  10. Put a check mark in front of the class(es) you wish to enroll in and hit Enroll button.
  11. If you wish to search for another class, click the Search radial and repeat steps 4-11.
  12. Regardless of whatever classes a student may take, they must always be registered for Continuation in Fall, Spring, and Summer each year. Continuation is automatically applied to student accounts in most cases, but each student should check their registration status during each registration period.
  13. If a class needs to be dropped, go to drop tab at the top of the screen, check the class to be dropped and click “Drop Selected Classes.”

Each semester you must be manually enbabled in ACES to register