WashU is making big changes in the 2024-25 academic year to better support your students and the faculty and staff who advise and teach them.
We are saying goodbye to a 30-year-old suite of systems that we use to manage student records, course registration, advising, tuition payments, and saying hello to a new system called Workday.
Over time, we anticipate many wins with this transition, including better support of interdisciplinary education, greater alignment on key policies and processes such as leaves of absence and student onboarding, increased transparency around degree requirements, and less manual work for staff for tasks like waitlist management.
But it is going to be bumpy. Your student will need to learn and become comfortable with new processes for things like searching for courses, waitlisting for courses, keeping track of degree requirements, and reviewing and paying tuition charges.
Big changes will affect:
- Class registration
- Searching for classes
- Class waitlists
- Paying for tuition
Students will begin using Workday in Spring 2025 to plan and register for Fall 2025 classes. They will need to pay attention to key changes related to finding and waitlisting for courses, as well as start working with their advisors earlier than they might normally.
We are offering plenty of support resources to help them use the new system, including an opportunity to practice using the new system this fall.
Find out more about the transition here.