You cannot register without your troop contact registering first.
You can only register with your troop.

• Steps to Register for UTMBU
• 1. Scoutmasters must register their troops at our registration site. Scoutmaster registration will open in early November.
• 2. After the scoutmaster has registered the troop and Scout Registration is opened, scouts can create their accounts here. Be sure to indicate the correct troop you belong to when you create your account.
• 3. After creating their account, scouts can log back into the same registration site and sign up for their desired classes online.
• 4. Once you have registered for classes, each participant and their parent/guardian must complete our online Waiver and Liability Form. You cannot attend MBU if this form is not filled out.
• 5. You can pay for your courses using PayPal, credit card, or debit card through our Online Payment website, or you can mail in a check payment made out to APO to the address listed below. If you are mailing in a check payment, fill out the Payment Form and mail it in with your check. Payment and forms are due by January 21st.
• 6. Once registration is closed and the payment deadline has passed, we will re-open the system on February 1st to allow scouts to add and drop classes that may have become available.

• The charges for the Merit Badge University classes are $7.50 per class, regardless of whether it is a two-hour or four-hour class.
• The Fee for the Tenderfoot Program and Venturing University is $20 a Scout or Crew Member.
• CHECKS MUST BE MADE OUT TO APO.
• Once you have sent us the registration form there are no refunds.
• If you delete a class you will not receive a refund.
• If you add more classes, you are expected to pay.
• There will be no schedule changes on the day of MBU.

The address for UT Merit Badge University and where you send Registration forms to is:


• Merit Badge University
  Alpha Phi Omega
  P.0. Box 8237
  Austin, TX 78713-8237

More Registration Information

Common Registration questions are answered on our FAQ page.

• 1. Each class period must be filled. Some classes are scheduled for four hours, thereby covering two class periods. The Tenderfoot and Venturing programs last all day.
• 2. Scouts should take merit badges that they are interested in and have not started previously.
• 3. Please be careful to choose the correct class times for which you want to attend.
• 4. Classes are first come, first serve and may fill up quickly.
• 5.*Not all classes will be completed on the date of the Merit Badge University.*