Registration - Overloads Petition Process

Most undergraduate students maintain a course load of 12 to 18 credit hours per semester during their time at Rice. A student is considered to have full-time enrollment status when they are enrolled in 12 or more credit hours. In rare and exceptional circumstances, a student may request and petition to overload and register for more than 18 semester credit hours.

The Office of Academic Advising manages the registration overload petition process to take more than 18 credit in any semester. Information on the registration overload petition process can be found on the Office of Academic Advising Overloads webpage.