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Visiting Student Registration Information

Become a Visiting Student at Shenandoah

Visiting Students take courses and are not enrolled in a certificate or degree program at Shenandoah University. However, they are held to the same academic standards and judged in the same way as students who are admitted, degree-seeking students.

Courses that have a prerequisite requirement may not be available for Visiting Students. For questions about Visiting Student courses, please contact an Academic Advisor.

Visiting Student Registration

Summer Session 1

Conservatory, Arts & Sciences, Business, & Nursing:
Classes: Jun. 2 – Aug. 23, 2025

Pharmacy & Health Professions:
Classes: May 10 – Aug. 15, 2025

Summer Session 2

Conservatory, Arts & Sciences, Business, & Nursing:
Classes: July 1 – Aug. 23, 2025

Last day to register: July 2, 2025

Fall Term 2025

Pharmacy & Health Professions
Classes: Aug. 25 – Dec. 12, 2025

Conservatory, Arts & Sciences, Business, & Nursing:
Classes: Sept. 2 – Dec. 20, 2025

Visiting Student Registration Process

  1. After submitting the online Visiting Student Application, you will be contacted within 1 to 3 business days by a Shenandoah Academic Advisor for assistance in completing a course registration form.
    • Special approval may be required to register for specific courses. If necessary, the Academic Advising Department will assist you with obtaining the required approvals.
  2. You will receive an email to “Claim Your Credentials”. Please complete this process upon receipt of the email. This is how you access your username and create a password to use to log into Hornet Hub. Hornet Hub is the Shenandoah student portal where you can view your student account and make payments when pre-registered for classes. The username and password is also used to enroll and pay for specific classes available in Instant Enrollment.
  3. Once your Course Registration form is submitted by Academic Advising to Hornet Central for processing, you will be contacted by a Student Financial Services Specialist from Hornet Central with instructions for making the required payment.
  4. Once you are registered for a class(es), you will:
    • Receive an SU email account. Once your Shenandoah email account has been created, all communications from SU will be sent to your SU email account. Be sure to login and check this account regularly.
    • Receive access to SU Canvas where your course information will be located.

Earn a Degree

Should a Visiting Student later apply for admission as a degree-seeking student, the regular admission procedure is then followed with the Office of Admissions.

The maximum number of credit hours a Visiting Student may apply into a certificate or degree program with Shenandoah University are:

  • Undergraduate Visiting Students may apply no more than 30 credit hours to an undergraduate certificate or degree program.
  • Graduate Visiting Students may apply no more than 15 credit hours to a graduate certificate or degree program.