Q40: When a vacancy becomes available, how does the auto-top up process take place?

When a vacancy becomes available, students on the subject waitlist will be registered automatically corresponding to your position on the waitlist. The system will execute the following validation checks before the actual subject registration takes place.

Your study load would not exceed 21 credits after adding the waitlisted subject, unless you have been granted to take extra credits by the programme offering department

You have fulfilled pre-requisite/co-requisite/subject exclusion/PS exclusion requirements of the waitlisted subject, if any

You do not have approved credit transfer or exemption of the waitlisted subject or have not registered/passed the subject in current and previous semesters

The waitlisted subject is time-clash free with your registered subject(s)

An email notification will be sent to you upon successful registration of a waitlisted subject.

# If you cannot pass these validation checks, the system will bypass your waitlist request and move to the student next to your waitlist position in the queue, and so on until the vacancy is filled up.

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Q40: When a vacancy becomes available, how does the auto-top up process take place?

Q40: When a vacancy becomes available, how does the auto-top up process take place?

Recent Articles

Q14. Do I need to seek approval from the Director of Immigration for switching from one programme to another at PolyU?

Q80: When and how can I take the compulsory and elective subjects of my Secondary Major?

What are the photo requirements for Student Identity Card?

Q79: Will the title of my Secondary Major be listed in my award parchment?

Q78: What should I do if I wish to withdraw from the Secondary Major?

Related Articles

Q51: What’s the execution frequency of the auto-top up process?

Q50: I am on waitlist position number one of a subject. Does it mean that the system will register the subject for me in the next round of auto-top up process?

Q49: I would like to register LEC001 and TUT002 under Subject Group 1000 of a subject. Both LEC001 and TUT002 have vacancies but my subject group 1000 has no vacancy so I cannot register directly. What should I do?

Q28: Why can't I take additional subjects outside curriculum, which are on offer in the semester?

Q37: When will the waitlisting function be available?