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Cornell University

Student & Campus Life

Chapter 1: Org Registration

Welcome to the yearly student org. re-registration process

The annual Re-registration for the 25-26 academic year runs from July 9 - October 10. 

Campus Activities will share an email late June with details on how to start your organization's re-registration.

Your organization must be registered to reserve spaces, use the Cornell name, request funding, and more.

All returning student organizations must re-register each academic year to stay active. For questions, email activities@cornell.edu(link sends email). The Campus Activities office can assist with re-registration. Those interested in starting a new organization should review the New Organization Application Process(link is external) (currently closed for 2024/2025).

To re-register your student organization, ensure you have the following prerequisites for successful approval:


To update officers, please email activities@cornell.edu(link sends email) with:

  • Accurate name and Acronym of your student org
  • Names of currently listed officers to remove
  • Names of currently listed officers to remain the same
  • Names and new positions of officers with role changes
  • Names, NetIDs, and positions of new officers to add
    Note: Your group must have a President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Faculty/Staff Advisor at all times. Additional roles and custom titles are possible, but the four required positions are mandatory.


If your organization requires waivers(link is external) for participation, please make sure that any new officers have filled out the waiver before their officer appointment. If you have officers listed who have not completed the waivers, your group will lose access to your funding


Your organization must have at least ten active members.


Submit the most recent version of your constitution. If needed, use the Constitution Template(link is external).


Ensure your websites and social media meet the 4.10 branding policy standards.


If your organization has a national or regional affiliation, provide a written document from that affiliate acknowledging the relationship between your student organization and the national/regional group.
To re-register your student organization, ensure you have the following prerequisites for successful approval:



The initial re-registration form will take about 20-30 minutes to complete and needs to be completed by ONE of your group’s officers, so communicate in advance about who will do the initial re-registration form.

Once the re-registration form is complete, each Officer and Advisor must spend about 20 minutes completing an Officer/Advisor form in order for the group to be reviewed for approval. This form contains important information that officers and the advisor must review.

Once your group is registered for the academic year, please be sure to add all of your members to the group(link is external) so CampusGroups has an accurate roster of your group members. 

The deadline for re-registering existing organizations is October 11th, while September 26th, is the deadline for submitting new group registrations. 

  • Undergraduate organizations are "officially" registered from when their re-registration is approved until the last day of classes (throughout the academic year and must primarily host club operations, events, and activities when classes are in session). Graduate/Professional organizations are "officially" registered from when their re-registration is approved throughout the calendar year. Events, activities, and operations should pause during finals (not study days) to allow students to focus on academics.



Each group is classified as University (IT -Internal) or Independent (EO - External) and tagged with specific categories. Categories describe the style of experience the registered student organization provides. For a more detailed breakdown of differences and similarities between IT and EO groups, please visit our group classification page.

Campus Activities will work with the designated representative for academic/college-affiliated organizations or another umbrella categorization.