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Last Updated: 2026-05-01
Steps: Manage Student Matriculation

Steps: Manage Student Matriculation

The matriculation process converts applicants to students. You can manually matriculate students or enable Workday to automatically matriculate students using one of these business processes in the Admissions functional area:
  • Student Application Fast Path Event
  • Student Application Pre-Matriculation Event
Applicants complete only 1 of those business processes depending on if their program of study is fast path-enabled or not. For any tasks and activities that should apply to students regardless of their program of study, we recommend you add them to the
Student Onboarding Event
 business process instead. You can also include administrative tasks in your matriculation processes, such as adding name pronunciation or setting up family and friends.
When the matriculation process completes, Workday:
  • Creates the academic record for the student.
  • Appends programs to an existing academic record based on append policies you configure.
  • Sets the status of the student's program of study as
    Matriculated
    .
  1. Access the
    Enable Student Matriculation
     task.
    Select the
    Enable Student Matriculation
     check box to configure matriculation for your institution.
    Security:
    Set Up: Enable Student Matriculation
     in the Student Records functional area
  2. Add a step to matriculate students on the
    Student Application Pre-Matriculation Event
     business process in the Admissions functional area.
    You must configure this business process, even if you plan on manually matriculating students only. You can add 1 of these configurations:
    Option
    Description
    Add the
    Matriculate Student Applicant
     step.
    Matriculates applicants in 1 step. Example: Matriculate applicants immediately after they accept their admissions offer.
    Add these steps:
    • Hold Matriculation if outstanding Application Requirements with Process Delay of Matriculation Exist: Part 1
    • Complete Matriculation once Application Requirements with Process Delay of Matriculation are Completed: Part 2
    Matriculates applicants only after they've completed certain action items. See Steps: Set Up Action Items for Matriculation.
  3. (Optional) Prevent duplicate records on the
    Student Application Pre-Matriculation Event
     business process in the Admissions functional area.
    For institutions that use the Duplicate Management Framework, add these steps in this order to the business process:
    • Find Duplicates for this Person
    • Reconcile Student Applicant
    Those steps must occur before the matriculation step on your business process.
  4. (Optional) Configure the
    Matriculate Student Applicant
     step on the
    Student Application Fast Path Event
     business process in the Admissions functional area.
  6. (Optional) Access the
    Matriculate Student Applicants
     task.
    You can use this task to manually mass matriculate student applicants.
    Security: Configure the
    Mass Matriculation Event
     business process and security policy in the Student Records functional area.
View program of study details for students on the
Overview
 report on the Academics profile group of the student profile.
Configure the
Student Onboarding Event
 business process to help newly matriculated students:
  • Get set up at your institution. Example: Review academic policies.
  • Be ready to register for courses for the first time.