Membership and Registration

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To attend OLLI at Duke classes, activities, and events, you must first remit $45 in non-refundable annual membership dues (payable when you first sign up for courses during the school year). If your membership has expired, our online registration system will automatically add a new membership to your cart when you enroll in courses.

Purchase a Membership
There are four ways to purchase a membership:
  • Automatically during registration
  • Online prior to registration
  • By phone
  • By mail or in person

Automatically during registration
​If you have been a member, but your membership has expired, our online registration system will automatically add a new membership to your cart when you enroll in courses.

Online before registration:

1. Click here to go to the Learnmore site. Be sure to double check the quantity field and the amount.
2. Click “Checkout”.
  • If you already have a user account: login under “I already have an account.” 
  • If you are new to OLLI: complete the “I am a new user” section and click “Continue”.
    • On the My Profile page, enter your contact information. Fields marked with an asterisk are required. The others are optional. Click “Submit”. 
3. You will receive two emails for your username and password.  
  • Go to learnmore.duke.edu. Click “Student Login”. Complete the “I already have an account” section using your username and password. Note: Your username and password are case sensitive. Click “Continue”.
  • On the Student home page, you can change your username and password that is easier for you to remember. Click “Change My User Name and Password” in the menu on the left side. If you do this, be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the page and click “Save​
4.  Follow ​the directions to checkout.

If you need any help with your account, call our registration team at 919-684-6259 before registration day. 

By Phone:
Call our registration office Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, EST at 919-684-6259.

In Person:
​The OLLI catalog also contains a membership and registration form. You can deliver the form and your check, made payable to Duke University,  to the Bishop’s House  (We no longer encourage members to mail their registration forms)

Refund Policy:
Membership dues are non-refundable.
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Register

Registration opens at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, December 3, for classes held on Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays. Registration opens at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, December 4, for classes held on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
  • Online Registration
  •  In person
  •  By phone.
​The following video demonstrates how to register online for OLLI classes.

Online Registration: Before Registration Day

Check your web browser:
Before registration day, make sure your web browser has been updated to a recent version. (Internet Explorer 11 or later, Firefox 27 and later, Safari 7 and later, Chrome 30 and later). 

Not sure which version of browser you have? You can check the version of your browser using these instructions:
o     for Internet Explorer
o     for Firefox
o     for Safari
o     for Google Chrome (click on the link for Chrome or scroll down the page)
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Online Registration: Day of Registration / Registration Period

Search for courses you want to enroll in using one of the three search methods.
  1. ​Advanced Course Search.  The most direct way to find your course is to go to learnmore.duke.edu, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click “Advanced Course Search”. Enter the four digit course number, or a portion of the course name and click “Search”.  Click on the course name, then click on the course section you want to enroll in and click “Add to Cart”. Follow the directions to checkout. 
  2. By Day of the Week or by Category.  Go to learnmore.duke.edu, scroll down to “Courses”, then click the down-triangle labelled “show” beneath it. Click on the tab to “View by day” or “View by category.” Click on the course title to get to the course page, click on Add to Cart, and follow steps to checkout.
  3.  Search Box. You may also enter the course number or part of the title into the search box which appears on every page at the top right under the shopping cart symbol.  This will search the entire site and may also retrieve results from the .pdf version of the course catalog. Click on the appropriate link for the course, click on Add to Cart, and follow steps to checkout. Please note: since this is a Google search box refreshed by Google, it may not have the most up-to-date information.
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In person
​The OLLI catalog also contains a membership and registration form. You can deliver the form and your check, made payable to Duke University,  to the Bishop’s House  (We no longer encourage members to mail their registration forms)
Please note: Because of security precautions, persons using the paper form must pay by check. If you prefer to use a credit card, you will need to register online or by phone.
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Paper registration
You still have the option of registering using the form in the catalog. Please deliver or send your form to the Bishop’s House no sooner than Monday, December 2, and it will be processed on the appropriate Registration Day (s). Please note: no checks will be accepted from persons using the paper form. You will be invoiced after registration. You must pay within (5) business days of receiving the invoice, or you will lose your course registration. We charge a fee of $35 for all returned checks for insufficient funds.  If you wish to pay by credit card, you must register online or by phone.
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Registration by phone
If you would like to register by phone, you may call the registration office (919-684-6259) any time after 9:00am on registration day.  Please do not ask to register for classes prior to then.

​Members will be registered in the order calls are received. If your call goes to voicemail because of heavy call volume, leave a message; a registration member will contact you as soon as possible in the order calls are received. Please do not leave multiple messages, since these only slow down the registration team.

Refund Policy
Requests for refunds for dropped courses must be received by the end of the first week of class. After that time, no refunds will be issued except in the event of an emergency, at the discretion of OLLI at Duke staff. There will be a $20 service charge per course dropped. If a course is cancelled by OLLI at Duke, no charge will be incurred by members. Please note: Membership dues are nonrefundable.

Financial Aid
We want our classes to be available to all who wish to participate in them. Please contact the OLLI Program Director at 919-684-2703 to discuss financial aid. All requests are confidential.
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