Registration is a mandatory process that all new students and those returning for subsequent years of study must undertake, thus for one to be declared a bonafide student at the University of Botswana, they must be registered. All students must register with the University every semester before classes start. It is against the University’s academic regulations for anyone to attend classes for courses they have not registered for.
The registration package below provides information on the registration process. The window for students to start online registration is now open and will close on 28 July 2024. The information in the registration package is intended to allow new students to review the faculty registration guidelines provided to prepare themselves for online registration.
The University of Botswana will periodically update students on the registration process and progress through its official Facebook page, University of Botswana_Official.
Before you begin your registration
- Please go over the materials in the registration package.
- Make sure you have paid appropriate fees or you have a sponsorship letter.
Payment of fees
- All Returning/continuing students under DTEF sponsorship are expected to register without making any payment.
- All Newly Sponsored Students (DTEF and other Sponsors) should send their sponsorship letters by email to: studentpayments@ub.ac.bw. Please do ensure that you write your Student ID (Ref in your Admission letter) in the subject of the email.
- All Self‑Sponsored Students (Returning and New) are expected to pay a minimum of 25% of all the Semester fees, see the University of Botswana Schedule of Fees for further details.
Making your payment
- Online Payment:
Students can pay their fees online using the UB Payments platform.
- Bank Deposit:
- Local students can pay their fees at any branch of First National Bank of Botswana into Account Name: University of Botswana, Bank Account Number: 62130787601
- International students can pay into the Standard Chartered Bank Account details of which are as follows:
Account Name: University of BotswanaAccount Number:0100110109600Branch code:662167Swift code: SCHBBWGX
- Local students can pay their fees at any branch of First National Bank of Botswana into Account Name: University of Botswana, Bank Account Number: 62130787601
- For any financial queries or questions kindly send an email to this email address studentpayments@ub.ac.bw, or call +267 355 4633/4634/4635
Academic registration online
Before you start the registration process, ensure that you have a list of courses that you are supposed to register for, otherwise contact your Faculty for guidance in that regard.
This process applies mainly to new students as those returning are aware of the process of logging into the Student Administration System. New students are therefore to follow the steps below followed by the ones on the ONLINE REGISTRATION: A STEP‑BY‑STEP GUIDE to complete academic registration. The first steps towards online registration are as follows:
- Open the Student Administration System.
- You will then have to provide your login details in order to access the system. Your login details are as follows:
- User ID: Your Student Identity Number (Ref: on the Admission offer)
- Password: This is made up of the first 2 letters of your First Name in uppercase, the first 2Surname in uppercase and the last 4 numbers of your Student Identity Number. The example below is an illustration of the login details explained above:
- If your Student Identity Number is: 202001460, and your
- The first name is Peter
- Their surname is Tomson, and then
- User ID: 202001460, Password: PETO1460
- Finally, Click on Sign In to access the System.
- You can now follow the steps outlined in the ONLINE REGISTRATION: A STEP‑BY‑STEP GUIDE to complete your academic registration or follow the steps conveyed through the video below which summarises the whole academic registration process.