Freshmen Registration

Steps Involved in Freshmen Registration

  1. Log onto your University Account and download your admission letter, which shows your matriculation number and other relevant information
  2. Pay required fees
  3. Do your medical check at  the UB Health Centre or the Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory at the Faculty of Science, or approved government hospital. You will obtain an attestation
  4. Attend Orientation
  5. Take the documents listed on your admission letter to your department for verification. You will not be able to proceed with registration if these documents have not been verified
  6. Registration at the Faculty

An ID Card will be produced for registered students. All registered students also benefit from Student Health Insurance.

Payment of Registration Fees

Payment of registration fees should be done using the online portal through one of the options made available there (you may find this guide helpful), or indirectly at an appropriate financial institution designated by the authorities of the University of Buea. Students should ensure that their fees are paid into their respective Faculty/school bank accounts as indicated on their admission letters.

Note: Caution fees must be paid together with all other registration fees by all new students before they can register at the University. The caution fee is refundable when the student leaves the University on presentation of the following:

  1. Attestation from the library that the student is not keeping any books belonging to the University;
  2. Attestation from the Sports Officer that the student is not keeping any sports equipment;
  3. Attestation from the Accounting Officer that the student owes no monies to the University;
  4. Attestation from the Director of Students’ Affairs that no damage has been caused to the room or furniture assigned to the student and that the furniture in the room is complete.

The deadline for the payment of registration fees by freshmen is normally announced by a notice of the Vice-Chancellor and all students are called upon to respect the deadline. Those who will not fulfil their financial obligations by the stipulated deadline will lose their places.

Always keep hard copies of your fee receipts.

Compulsory Medical Examination

The medical examination involves the following tests:

  1. Chest X-Ray
  2. Blood sugar level
  3. Weight and height
  4. Blood pressure
  5. Vision
  6. Hearing
  7. Tuberculosis
  8. Urine analysis

All these tests should be done either in a Government Hospital or at facilities in the University of Buea. Fresh students who opt to do the tests in the University of Buea will pay a fee of 5.000FCFA. The test results should be sealed, marked “CONFIDENTIAL” and addressed to the Head of the Health Centre, University of Buea.

The period of the medical examination goes along side payment of fees and registration. Students should do the medical examination early so as to avoid congestion during the registration period. The procedure to be followed is specified in a notice to students on registration procedures.

Registration at the Faculty

Freshmen must present the documents listed in their admission letters for verification before they can proceed with registration for courses. Registration for courses is exclusively online. Students should log on to their University Account and follow the procedure to register for courses.

Students will be able to modify their registration for courses during the add/drop period.

Students who fail to register for a course shall not be allowed to sit the examination in that course. Where a student sits the examination for a course they did not register for, the results will be cancelled and in addition, they may face disciplinary sanctions.

Registration of Returning Students

Steps Involved in Registration of Returning Students

  1. Pay required fees
  2. Do your medical check at  the UB Health Centre or the Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory at the Faculty of Science, or approved government hospital. You will obtain an attestation
  3. Registration at the Faculty

Registered returning students whose ID Cards have expired may apply for a replacement. If their ID Card is missing, they need to pay for a new one. All registered students benefit from Student Health Insurance.

Payment of Registration Fees

Payment of registration fees should be done using the online portal through one of the options made available there (you may find this guide helpful), or indirectly at an appropriate financial institution designated by the authorities of the University of Buea. Students should ensure that their fees are paid into their respective Faculty/school bank accounts as indicated on their admission letters.

Students who owe registration fees for previous years will have to make such payments in full plus the required penalties before their receipts for the current year are validated.

The deadline for the payment of registration fees by freshmen is normally announced by a notice of the Vice-Chancellor and all students are called upon to respect the deadline. Those who will not fulfil their financial obligations by the stipulated deadline will lose their places.

Always keep hard copies of your fee receipts.

Compulsory Medical Examination

The medical examination involves the following tests:

  1. Chest X-Ray
  2. Blood sugar level
  3. Weight and height
  4. Blood pressure
  5. Vision
  6. Hearing
  7. Tuberculosis
  8. Urine analysis

All these tests should be done either in a Government Hospital or at facilities in the University of Buea. Fresh students who opt to do the tests in the University of Buea will pay a fee of 3.000FCFA. The test results should be sealed, marked “CONFIDENTIAL” and addressed to the Head of the Health Centre, University of Buea.

The period of the medical examination goes along side payment of fees and registration. Students should do the medical examination early so as to avoid congestion during the registration period. The procedure to be followed is specified in a notice to students on registration procedures.

Registration at the Faculty

Students should log on to their University Account and follow the procedure to register for courses.

Students will be able to modify their registration for courses during the add/drop period.

Students who fail to register for a course shall not be allowed to sit the examination in that course. Where a student sits the examination for a course they did not register for, the results will be cancelled and in addition, they may face disciplinary sanctions.

Note: Students who suspended their studies or were suspended by the University are required to obtain
authorization for resumption of studies from the Registrar.