The published Spring 2025 Class roster lists our officially confirmed courses at Cornell Tech. As a Cornell Tech student, you will only be able to enroll in classes hosted by our campus programs at Cornell Tech and approved Ithaca classes. Ithaca classes not mentioned in the class list below are not open for enrollment.
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Further updates will be announced and updated on this page as we approach the Spring semester (including potentially more streaming PhD classes!).
Click here to review the Cornell Tech Academic Calendar. Cornell Tech adheres to the Ithaca Academic Calendar for start/end dates of classes, holidays, etc. We will adhere to the full study days and final exam week that is aligned with the Ithaca campus.
Full-Semester Course Deadlines (course prefix: CS, INFO, ECE, ORIE)
Add/Change Credits Deadline: February 4 at 11:59pm.
After this deadline, adds will only be considered in extreme circumstances and requires faculty permission via Add/Drop Form.
Drop Deadline/Last Day to Change Grade Option: March 18 at 11:59pm.
Dropping a semester long class after the deadline requires instructor permission via the add/drop form and will result in a W on your transcript
Special note: we will provide the link to the add/drop form once we are past the add deadline for courses.
Where do I enroll in classes? Are there guides to help me navigate the enrollment process?
Yes, students enroll in classes through Student Center. Instructions on how to add, drop, swap courses are available here!
The Office of the Registrar also has Class Enrollment FAQ page that provides additional helpful tidbits on navigating course enrollment.
Can I add classes to my shopping cart prior to the enrollment period?
Yes, classes can be added to your shopping cart prior to when the enrollment period begins. However, this does not save you a spot in the class or guarantee that you will be able to take the class. Once your enrollment period begins, make sure you complete all steps to finish enrolling.
Any classes you add to your shopping cart (Step 1 on Student Center) will remain there during your enrollment or add/drop period unless all three enrollment steps are completed. You are not enrolled or entitled to a spot in a class if it has only been added to your shopping cart. If you are ready to add the class to your schedule, make sure you finish enrolling (Step 3 on Student Center).
What course prefix should I enroll in for a crosslisted course? (This is applicable to Master's Technical Courses)
Some classes are cross-listed across different major disciplines. If you are trying to enroll in a cross-listed Master’s class, please make sure you enroll in the parent section of the class as this is where we saved PhD seats in.
| ORIE 5213/INFO 5213 | Discrete Optimization for Urban Planning and Mobility | PhD seats are in the ORIE section |
| ORIE 5751/CS 5726 | Applied Causal Inference using Machine Learning | PhD seats are in the ORIE section |
| ECE 5260/ ORIE 5735 | Graph Data Science | PhD seats are in the ECE section |
| ECE 5545/CS 5775 | ML Hardware and Systems | PhD seats are in the ECE section |
When will waitlists open? (This is applicable to Master's Technical Courses)
Waitlists for all technical courses will be open during Regular Enrollment. The maximum amount of seats for classes will be open for Spring Pre-Enrollment. Thus in January, we anticipate some movement to occur in classes as well as students to sign up via the waitlist for classes at that time.
Please do not inquire with faculty or other Registrar offices regarding the status of your enrollment. We ask that you refer to this webpage and also email our team at studentaffairs@tech.cornell.edu for any follow up inquiries.
I received this error message: "Available seats are reserved. You do not meet the enrollment group criteria to enroll in this class at this time" What does this mean and what should I do next?
Classes will have a limited number of seats available for specific populations of students. Almost all of Cornell Tech Master’s courses will have these reserved seats set up to allow an equitable distribution of student majors to enroll in a course.
If you encounter this error message during Enrollment, this means all seats have been filled by other students in your degree level (PhD students). Even if the class shows as open/seats available, please be mindful the seats are for other student groups (i.e. Masters students for master’s classes specifically!). You will need to sign up via the master’s class waitlist during Regular Enrollment (space permitting).
For PhD Classes, there will be no waitlists thus the seats allotted are the maximum for PhD students in totality. If you encounter enrollment issues for PhD Classes please email us at studentaffairs@tech.cornell.edu
Why does a class appear as open/have available seats but I can't enroll in it? (This is most applicable to Master's Technical Courses)
All Master’s courses at Cornell Tech will have reserve capacity groups arranged as mentioned in the question above. Once a class has reached maximum enrollment for a specific reserve group, it will no longer allow enrollment for students from that group into the class.
If seats are open for other student’s majors, you will still see the course’s status listed with a green circle as “open”. Please be mindful you will still not be able to enroll until a spot becomes available based on your major. Again, if you cannot secure a seat, please try again during Regular Enrollment to sign up via the waitlist as well!
What PhD Classes are currently available to enroll in?
Cornell Tech Based PhD Classes (these are taught on campus in NYC)
| New CS PhD Class – awaiting approval | Meta-Complexity and Cryptography | Rafael Pass |
| INFO 6135 | Technical HCI Research | Thijs Roumen |
| ORIE 6170 | Engineering Societal Systems | Nikhil Garg |
| ECE 6960 | Special Topics: Sustainable Computing | Udit Gupta |
| CS 6785 | Deep Probabilistic and Generative Models | Volodymr Kuleshov |
| CS 6412 | Adv. Topics in Operating Systems | Alex Conway |
| CS 7794 | Seminar in NLP | Yoav Artzi, Cardie, Danescu, Lee, Rush |
Ithaca Based PhD Classes (these are taught in Ithaca and streamed to Tech)
| CS 6110 | Advanced Programming Languages |
Myers,Andrew C.
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| CS 6230 | Advanced Topics in Parallel Computing | Guidi,Giulia |
| CS 6802 | Lattices: Geometry, Cryptography, and Algorithms |
Stephens-Davidowitz,Noah
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| INFO 6940 (LEC 032) | Red Tape: The Media of Bureaucracy | Gili Vidan |
I am trying to enroll in a class but there is a time conflict error. What do I do?
Students are not able to enroll in classes that have overlapping time meeting patterns (this will occur if it’s a 15 minute overlap or for the entire meeting pattern). You must decide which class to enroll in for consideration. Students cannot take two classes at the same time (i.e. if you are trying to take an online remote class and an in person Tech class). All classes are taught synchronously so please ensure that you plan accordingly.
How do I sign up for an independent study?
Cornell Tech PhD student’s independent studies are managed through their Ithaca academic field. If you need guidance on this process please contact our team at studentaffairs@tech.cornell.edu.
Can I enroll in MBA, LAW, TECH, or TECHIE courses?
PhD Students can only enroll in Technical courses – this is under the prefix INFO, ORIE, ECE, and CS.
How do I check my Registration Status?
To check your registration status, log in to Student Essentials and view your “Registration Status” at the top of the page.
Please also review the Class Enrollment FAQ’s as this will provide answers how to use the Registration System (Student Center) along with other helpful tidbits!
How do I see if I have a Hold on my account?
There are several different types of holds – some are informational and must be completed for graduation, and some are immediate and prevent current semester registration. Your Holds are listed at the top right of the page when logged in to Student Essentials. Click on “more information” for complete details including steps to resolve a hold.
As of now, students will begin seeing a Winter 2025 Term Checklist task in your To-Do List in Student Center. This task will stay active until it is completed. Students will have until January 17th, 2025 to complete their term checklist.
Additional Course Information & Personal Calendar Resources
To view both current and archived historical course offerings/descriptions, you may review the course catalog on courses.cornell.edu
To download your semester’s class schedule to your personal calendar, please log in to the Scheduler page of the Class Roster to import your schedule! Instructions on how to use this feature are provided on the “Using Scheduler” tool.
Please be mindful once you download the calendar, it will not update automatically if any changes are made thereafter (you will need to re-download the calendar after updates are implemented).