When you are admitted to a UCI graduate program, an e-mail message is sent to the address you entered in your online application. The message gives you the URL, username, and password for the online Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) submission system. You must complete and submit electronically the SIR webform to indicate you are accepting our offer of admission and intend to enroll at UCI. It is in your best interest to submit this form as soon as possible because the Office of Graduate Studies can not formally admit you until we receive your completed SIR.* Once you inform us that you intend to register (by submitting a completed SIR webform), we can prepare administratively for your arrival. This preparation will prevent you from wasting your valuable time upon arrival at UCI.
For example, if we have not received your SIR, you can not enroll in courses. On the other hand, if you submit your SIR in a timely manner, you should be able to initiate (or even complete) online a number of administrative processes required for newly admitted students (e.g., completion of the
Statement of Legal Residence ) even before you arrive at UCI. Because each department sets its own deadline for receipt of SIR forms, you might
contact your Academic Department for exact deadlines.
