Visiting Students

After clicking the application link below, all students must create an account under “First Time Users” to start a new application. You will receive an email with a temporary password/PIN to activate your account. Then you will need to create your password.

Start a new application and Select “Summer School Visitor” as the level of study.

Be sure to provide a VALID email address. Decision notifications and other important information will be sent to this email address beginning in March.

The 2025 Summer School Visitor online application opens on February 03, 2025.
Please allow at least 3-5 business days to process your application. Decision letters will be sent out beginning in March 2025.

 If you claim to be a resident in North Carolina for tuition purposes, you must complete the residency process with the North Carolina Residency Determination Service (RDS) at www.ncresidency.org. The application will provide specific instructions when you get to “Do you claim to be a North Carolina Resident?

You will not be able to submit your application until you complete this process. 

The RDS will provide you with a Residency Certification Number (RCN), which you will need enter in the box when you return to the application.

The residency application deadlines for 2025 

Maymester/First Session: 5/21

Second Session: 6/27.

First Session

March 3: International

May 7: All other summer visitors

Second Session

March 3: International

June 11: Rising high school seniors*
June 17: All other summer visitors

*All required documents MUST be submitted by this date.

Visiting students should be aware that courses offered in summer are the same rigorous courses offered during the academic year but in a condensed format that requires diligence and commitment to assignments. Classes generally meet 90 minutes per day (or the equivalent of asynchronous activities) and can require up to 3 to 4 hours of additional out-of-class work each day. That outside time is greater for Maymester courses.

The maximum credit hour load cannot exceed more than 8 credit hours in the Maymester/First Session or more than 8 credit hours in the Second Session. Students will be required to drop to 8 credit hours if the limit is exceeded. It is highly recommended that students who enroll in Maymester do not also take a First Session course.

The University defines full-time enrollment for the summer as 4 hours for undergraduate students and 3 hours for graduate students in one of the summer terms.

All grades for Summer School Visitors become part of an academic transcript at UNC-Chapel Hill. UNC-Chapel Hill requires that even nondegree-seeking students—including Summer School Visitors—maintain an acceptable GPA to continue to enroll. More eligibility information can be found on the advising website.

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Auditing of courses is permitted only in lecture-based courses. Auditing is not permitted in:

• courses that focus on the development of written or oral communication skills

• courses that rely heavily on class participation.

• independent studies courses,

• internships,

• special topics courses

• directed readings

• online classes.

Please note: dual-enrolled high school students cannot audit courses.

For information on the auditing process, please visit the registrar’s website.

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The Summer School will begin sending decision notifications and other information in March. Notifications and other information can be found on your application status page.

Once you are accepted as a Summer Visiting  Student, you must create a UNC email address. Information about how to create this email address will be sent to your application status page. More information about what must be done if you are accepted can be found in the visiting student’s webinar.

Visiting students begin registration on March 20, 2025.

Go to ConnectCarolina and click on the “Login to ConnectCarolina” icon.

Enter your ONYEN and password

Within the ConnectCarolina Student Center, you have a few different options for adding courses:

1. You can search for classes and add them to your Shopping Cart, and then enroll in those classes once your Registration Appointment starts. (Please note: adding a class to your Shopping Cart does not automatically register you for the class or guarantee a seat will be available when you try to enroll in the class. When adding classes to your Shopping Cart, be sure to follow through all the steps, until you see a message that the class has been added to your Shopping Cart.) When enrolling in classes that are in your Shopping Cart, check the check box next to the classes that you wish to try to enroll in, hit the “Enroll” button, and on the following screen be sure to click “Finish Enrolling.”

1. You can also enroll in classes by going to the “enroll” > “add” tab once your Registration Appointment starts.

Important Registration Notes: 

• Registration is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week once your appointment time begins.

• Check the Notes section for classes ahead of time to see if the departments have placed any registration restrictions on the classes.

• The web registration system times out in 20 minutes if no activity occurs during your session, and you will have to log back in.

• If you have questions about the registration system, check the registration guide on the Office of the University Registrar’s website.

• If you still have additional registration questions, you may contact the Registrar’s Office at registrar@unc.edu

To drop a course, please initiate the drop through Connect Carolina.

To cancel all your summer session courses (only done BEFORE classes begin), please contact Summer School at summer_school@unc.edu.

To withdraw from your summer session courses (only done AFTER classes begin), follow the instructions on the Registrar’s web page.

Deadlines for these actions can be found on the registrar’s page.

Visiting summer students at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are allowed to register and will not be penalized for failure to meet the state-mandated pre-matriculation immunization requirements for full-time students.

This change of policy is supported by an interpretation of the law by a consultant with the Immunization Services Division of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health. Visiting summer students are advised that it is always prudent to be adequately protected from diseases that are preventable with available vaccines. For your information, the vaccines required for matriculating students in the State of North Carolina include DPT (Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis within the last 10 years), Polio, and MMR (Mumps, Measles Rubeola, and Rubella). In addition, the following vaccines are recommended: Hepatitis B series, Varicella (chicken pox), Meningococcal Meningitis, and a test for tuberculosis if coming from a country with high prevalence of disease. For your convenience, these vaccines are available at Campus Health Services by calling 919-966-2281 for an appointment. Costs are at or below community rates.