Course unit selection

Your School will inform you when to undertake course unit selection, where relevant.

How to use the course unit selection system

This new online system will help you choose the right combination of units:

Only shows units that you’re eligible to take.
Shows how many and which units you need to fulfil your course requirements. 
Highlights any clashes between selected units.
Stops you from choosing too many units and shows a warning if you’ve not selected enough.

You can view guidance on how to navigate course unit selection by clicking on the links below:

Course Unit Selection Overview	A video detailing the end to end process of using Course Unit Selection. It covers planning and enrolling optional classes, viewing a basic schedule and dropping optional classes after you have enrolled.
Getting Started	A guide explaining the basics of how to log in and navigate Course Unit Selection.
How to Plan and Enrol Optional Classes	A guide explaining how to plan and enrol optional classes.
How To View Your Classes	A guide explaining how to to check your enrollments and viewing a basic schedule.
How to Drop Optional Classes	A guide explaining how to drop your classes (courses) after you have enrolled.

You can access the system once your programme opens for selection – click the “course unit selection” tile in Campus Solutions.

Go to Course Unit Selection in Campus Solutions

Further information about the other tiles on the Student Centre Homepage can be found in this guidance document.

When to do course unit selection

Your School will inform you when to undertake course unit selection, where relevant.

We advise you to choose your units in advance and enrol as soon as possible when your programme opens. You can do all your units at once, or enrol on some and do the rest later.

If any of your choices are popular, you should enrol early or the unit may get fully booked. Once you "enrol" on a unit in the course unit selection system, your place will be reserved.

Joint honours students may have different open dates / times for their two subjects. The units for each one will become available for enrolment when that subject opens.

How to search the course unit database

You can search for more information about your course units at the link below:

https://portal.manchester.ac.uk/uPortal/f/mylearning/p/course-unit-info

I can't see / enrol on my units

There are a few reasons you might not be able to see or enrol on all your available units:

The unit requires departmental consent for you to enrol. The “course details” page within the system will tell you who to contact.
The course is currently full or has been closed to enrolments. You should choose a different unit. You can come back to see if space becomes available and drop a course to enrol. Please be aware that there is a risk when dropping a course with limited availability, that you may not be able to return to enrol on it again should you wish to. Some subjects manage demand for closed courses via waitlists.
You are missing a pre-requisite to take that unit (e.g. a passing mark on a previous unit):
- If you haven’t taken the pre-requisite(s) for a unit, you can’t enrol on it. You should choose a different unit.
- If you're waiting for a mark on the pre-requisite unit because you did a resit, you can “plan” that unit in the system but can only “enrol” once the resit mark is confirmed.
- If you're waiting for a mark on the pre-requisite unit due to the marking and assessment boycott, and are unable to enrol on your chosen unit(s), please contact your programme team.
You must enrol for this unit in a different way. There are some courses / units that you cannot enrol for through this course unit selection system (e.g. LEAP courses). The “course details” page within the system will tell you how to enrol for these units.
There is a technical problem with the system. If none of the answers above apply but you still cannot see or enrol on all your available units, you can contact us for help below.

I can't see the location of my classes

The course unit selection page includes basic timetabling information in order to help you plan your schedule. It should not be used as your definitive timetable, as tutorials, seminars, labs etc will not be included and the locations of your classes are not displayed here.

You should go to https://timetables.manchester.ac.uk/ for your complete timetable, which will update the day after you have enrolled onto your chosen courses. Allocation to group activities such as tutorials needs to be organised by School staff and will take a little longer to update in your timetable.

Further support and help

If you’re having trouble logging into University services it may be that your password has been reset. Find out what to do here.

The system will show an error message if you choose a combination of units that isn't allowed (e.g. it doesn't meet your course requirements or it has a timetable clash). The course unit selection guides above explain how the system works and what the error messages mean.

If you need further help during course unit selection, you can contact us:

For academic guidance on which units to choose: Contact your academic advisor.
Technical problems with the system (e.g. it won't load): Contact IT Services.
System shows the wrong degree / year, you can’t find a unit that should be available, or you have issues with your timetable: Email your School contact listed below.

Alliance Manchester Business School	ambs.programmes@manchester.ac.uk
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures	salc.courseunits@manchester.ac.uk
School of Biological Sciences	sbs.programmes@manchester.ac.uk
School of Engineering	soe.courseunits@manchester.ac.uk
School of Environment, Education and Development	seed.programmes@manchester.ac.uk
School of Health Sciences	shs.programmes@manchester.ac.uk
School of Medical Sciences (PGT only)	sms.programmes-pgt@manchester.ac.uk
School of Natural Sciences	sons.programmes@manchester.ac.uk
School of Social Sciences	soss.courseunits@manchester.ac.uk
UCIL	ucil@manchester.ac.uk