Forms (students)
To submit a form to the registrar's office please select a student type below.
Course Enrollment Permission Form
Steps in completing the form:
- Complete the Student Information and Course Information sections completely.
- Select the appropriate Action and obtain the requested signatures.
- Take the completed form to your college office for appropriate action.
Note: If this action will exceed the room limit, this form will not be processed.
Course Enrollment Permission (pdf)
Grade Forgiveness
The petition to use the Grade Forgiveness rule must be submitted in consultation with the student's academic advisor to the college of enrollment by the tenth Friday of the term in which they will repeat the course.
Submit a Grade Forgiveness Petition
Late Fee Petition
A Late Fee Petition may be submitted during a term in which a Late Payment Fee, Late Course Add Fee, or Late Registration Fee has been assessed. For TOPP late fees, please contact Buckeye Link; for housing late fees, please contact University Housing at housing@osu.edu or 614-292-8266.
Change of Record Requests
Students must submit an online Change of Record form to add or change their Primary (legal) Name, Social Security Number (SSN)/Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN), date of birth or legal sex.
Students may be submitting documents that contain personally identifiable information. Tips and Best Practices regarding securing their data may be found on the Cybersecurity for You website.
PLEASE NOTE: If a PDF has fillable fields, you must save a copy to your computer before completing it and then save the completed copy. Otherwise, your information will not appear in the upload.
Name Change
Students have the ability to updated their personal identity (Preferred Name and pronouns), Diploma Name and can update their address in My Buckeye Link (Personal Information section), however they must submit a Change of Record form to request a Primary Name change. Transcripts and enrollment verification use a student's Primary Name.
Tax ID
Employees that have submitted their SSN/ITIN do not need to submit it to the University Registrar's office, it will be synced with the human resources system.
Submit a Change of Record request: Primary Name, SSN/ITIN, date of birth, legal sex
Request a Race/Ethnicity Change (pdf)
Online Form Status
Email confirmations will be sent when the online form is submitted and after the request is processed. Additionally, you may check the status of an online form submitted to the University Registrar's office using the Student Document Status Lookup tool.
Alumni/former students do not have access to update their record; they must submit a form with required documentation to request the University Registrar's office update the following record requests:
Primary Name, date of birth, SSN (pdf) (transcripts and enrollment verification use your primary name)
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