Registrar

A registrar is an official keeper of records made in a register. The term may refer to:

Education

• Registrar (education), an official in an academic institution who handles student records
• Registrar of the University of Oxford, one of the senior officials of the university.

Government records

• Registrar (law), the official in charge of a court registry, usually a judicial appointment
• Registrar of Companies, India
• Registrar general, government officer in Britain and Commonwealth nations concerned with civil registration
• Registrar General's Department, the Government of Ghana agency responsible for the registration of companies and business
• Registrar of the treasury, an office of the United States Treasury Department
• County registrar, an official of the Irish Circuit Court who carries out quasi-judicial and administrative functions
• Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations, an Australian Government statutory office
• Superintendent Registrar, the senior official at a Register office (United Kingdom)
• Registrar Office of Credit Reporting Agencies, a statutory office under the Ministry of Finance (Malaysia) responsible for the regulation of private credit reporting agencies

Canada

• Registrar General of Canada, responsible for registering all documents issued under the Great Seal of Canada or the Privy Seal of Canada
• Registrar of Imported Vehicles, a program to help regulate Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards

Medicine

• Specialist registrar, a medical doctor in the United Kingdom receiving advanced training in a specialist field
• Senior registrar, type of medical or dental practitioner in the UK, Ireland, and Australia
• Specialty registrar, new training grade intended to replace specialist registrar

Technology and telecommunication

• Registrar (software), software used in the personnel or human resources (HR) area of businesses
• Domain name registrar, a company authorized to register Internet domain names
  • Drop registrar, a domain name registrar who registers expiring Internet domain names
• Pool Registrar, a component of the reliable server pooling in software design
• SIP registrar, a Session Initiation Protocol endpoint that accepts REGISTER requests

Other uses

• Registrar (Church of England), an ecclesiastical office
• Registrar (museum), responsible for implementing policies and procedures that relate to caring for collections
• The British term for a stock transfer agent

See also

• Register (disambiguation)
• Registrar of Copyrights (disambiguation)
• Registry (disambiguation)