REGISTRATION INFORMATION
For NOVA Continuing Education Students
Payment ·
Third Party Payment ·
Senior Citizen Registration ·
Refunds and Cancelled Classes
If you have never taken a class at Northern Virginia Community College or any other Virginia community college, you are considered a new student and must complete the Application for Admission. Click here to complete the Application You will be assigned a Student ID Number when you submit your application. You will use this number to register, so be sure to make note of it.
If you have taken a class at Northern Virginia Community College, or any other Virginia community college, you are considered a returning student, and your student information should have already been transferred into NovaConnect. Can't remember your Student ID Number? Click here to find it. (Returning Students)
You may proceed with registration by selecting one of the options listed below.
- Online at this Web site
- Phone - Call the Continuing Education Office at (703) 257-6630
- In person at the Admissions and Records window (MH 111) - M-F, 9-4:30, Cash/Checks accepted
- Print out this Registration Form, complete it, and mail or bring to our office (address is listed on form)
If you have questions or problems registering, call our office at (703) 257-6630.
Registration is continuous throughout the semester. Register and pay for your course as soon as possible to avoid the disappointment of a cancelled or closed class.
Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis and remains open until the class maximum is met. In the event a class is completely enrolled, contact the CE Office at (703) 257-6630 for assistance. Students are not allowed to audit or attend classes for which they have not registered or paid.
Payment for Continuing Education courses is due at the time of registration, and your registration is not complete until payment is made. You must use a credit card on the Web. Cash and check payments must be made at the Manassas Campus Business Office, Room 312. The normal hours of operation are 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The phone number is (703) 257-6625.
If a student's tuition is to be paid by a third party (employer, government agency, foreign embassy, etc.), the student must register in person and present a letter of authorization or purchase order from the third party at the time of registration, with the understanding that the student accepts responsibility for full payment of the tuition if the third party does not. A student may not register using one form of payment and then switch to a third party payment at a later date.
Residents of Virginia who are 60 years of age or older are welcome to participate tuition-free in most non-credit courses, on a space-available basis as determined by the College. Such students are limited to three courses per semester including any credit course(s) that they may be auditing. Senior Citizens must come in person to the Student Service Center (MH 111) and apply to the college (if they have never taken a course here), present proof of age and fill out a Senior Citizen Certification of Eligibility for Free Tuition form. Please note that a new form must be filled out each semester you wish to take a course. Once the necessary paperwork has been submitted, seniors must call (703) 257-6630 one working day before the class meets to determine if space is available. In courses with limited space and large demand, the order in which telephone calls are received on that day determines admission to the course. To guarantee a place in a class, payment is required. A senior citizen who has already made payment for a course may not reverse that registration to free tuition at a later time.
You will receive prompt notification of course changes and cancellations by telephone. In the event that your course is cancelled, you will automatically receive a full refund. If you are unable to attend a course that has not been cancelled, you are eligible to receive a full refund if you call our office (703) 257-6630 a minimum of 4 days before the start date of the first scheduled class meeting. There will be no refund after this time.
Refunds will be issued in the form of a check, regardless of the method of tuition payment, and will be sent to the student's address submitted on the registration form. The checks will be mailed from the Virginia State Treasurer's Office in Richmond within 4-6 weeks.
Refund checks (except those requested by students who presented employer contracts) will be made payable to the student, regardless of who paid for the tuition and fees.