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Registration for the 2023 Summer Institutes is now open.

Non-degree Students

To register for an Institute course as a non-degree student, please visit the Continuing Education Student Services page. If you are experiencing difficulties with your registration for an Institute, please contact Continuing Education Student Services at bsph.cess@jhu.edu with your questions about the registration process.

Full payment is required at the time of registration. Please visit the Institute Tuition page for more information. If a 3rd party sponsor will be paying for you, or you will be using tuition remission, please contact the Continuing Education Student Services office to submit the paperwork.

Current BSPH Students

If you are a BSPH student and are enrolled in a degree or certificate program at the Bloomberg School, please register through SIS just as you would for regular term courses.

Academic Credit, Not for Credit, Pass/Fail

Students wishing to take courses in the Summer Institutes must decide on the format in which they wish to take the courses:

For academic credit- courses taken for academic credit are charged per credit, according to the School's tuition and fees structure. Students taking courses for academic credit may choose whether they wish to take the courses for a letter grade or pass/fail.
Not for credit- individuals may elect to take courses not for credit, recognizing that they will not receive a grade and will not earn a BSPH transcript for the courses taken. Individuals taking institute courses not for credit are not required to participate in class assignments or exams, as they will not receive a grade. Please note that certificates of participation are not distributed in all institutes, so students who wish to take courses not for credit should verify beforehand whether this is a possibility for the courses they wish to take. If you wish to register for an institute course not for credit, please visit the Non-Degree Application page.

Registration Deadlines

Registration for the 2023 Summer Institutes ends officially on May 26, 2023. However, after this date, it is still possible for students to add (or drop) courses. View the Changing Registration chart below for more details on when you can add/drop courses.

Degree-seeking students who miss the registration deadline and the add/drop deadline below cannot use SIS to register and must request assistance from the Office of Student Enrollment and Account Management (SEAM). Students who are not enrolled in a degree program at Johns Hopkins University and/or students who wish to register not for academic credit should continue to reach out to bsph.cess@jhu.edu for assistance with their registration.

Special Considerations for ONSITE Bloomberg School Summer Institute Courses: Registration for all Onsite Courses will End 2 Weeks Prior to the First Class Session.

Since students attending onsite courses will need to comply with the University's COVID-19 protocols, we want to give them adequate time to prepare. For this reason, we recommend that students register for all onsite courses at least two weeks before the first onsite class in that particular course. Similarly, we recommend that students not “add” onsite courses during add/drop period.

COVID-19 Protocols

For the safety of the entire Bloomberg School community, all individuals who take courses onsite during the 2023 Summer Institutes must adhere to the same stringent health protocols that Bloomberg School graduate degree students are required to follow. View specific directions about how these protocols apply to you, what information you will be required to provide, and when and how to provide it.

Thank you in advance for your adherence to the Bloomberg School’s important health and safety protocols.

Cancellation Policy

The Bloomberg School reserves the right to cancel any course, in which event the full enrollment fee for the course will be refunded.

Changing Registration

Students may drop or add a course during the first day that the course is offered. After the first day that the course is offered, there will be no refund of tuition for dropped courses. It is not possible to add an Institute course more than one day after the start date.

Registration (including online courses) will end the day before the start of classes for the given section by 11:59 pm.

Students may add, drop, or make changes to a grade system for a course as per the following schedule. A course can neither be added nor the grade system changed after the stated deadlines. Any drops will be processed as withdrawals and there will be no tuition refund.

Course Duration	Add/Drop/Grade System Change Deadline
1-3 day courses	Prior to the first class. Add/drop from 7am to 12pm on the first day of class only.
4-5 day courses	Prior to the second class. Add/drop during the first day of class from 7am to 11:59pm.
6-9 day courses	Prior to the third class. Add/drop during the first two days of classes from 7am to 11:59pm.
10-14 day courses	Prior to the fourth class. Add/drop during the first three days of classes from 7am to 11:59pm.
15+ day courses	Prior to the fifth class. Add/drop during the first four days of classes from 7am to 11:59pm.

Option for Pass/Fail Grades in Summer Institute Courses

Students must follow the timeline shown on the "Changing Registration" table to switch their grade system to Pass/Fail for a Summer Institute course.
If students elect to take a course for a Pass/Fail grade, their transcript will indicate either P (Pass; corresponding to a letter grade of A, B, or C), D, or F. Both D and F indicate a failing grade and are included in GPA calculations. A Passing grade is not included in GPA calculations.
Students who are on academic warning may not take core requirement courses for Pass/Fail grading since they are required to improve their GPA and taking a course for Pass/Fail cannot accomplish this.
Students who engage in an academic ethics violation forfeit their right to switch to Pass/Fail.
Students should confirm with their source of funding support to ensure Pass/Fail grades are sufficient. For example, traditionally some employers have required an A or B grade in order to provide reimbursement for tuition. Similarly students should be mindful of grade format requirements for programs or positions to which they may seek to apply in the future.