Registrar

Last updated December 24, 2025

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

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

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

Registrar General of Hong Kong, the title of two now-defunct government positions in Hong Kong
Registrar (Hong Kong), a type of judicial officer
Registrar of Companies, the head of the Companies Registrar

Registrar (medicine), a doctor, dentist, or public health practitioner undergoing specialty training in the UK and Commonwealth nations
Senior registrar, a doctor, dentist, or public health practitioner in the latter stages of specialty training in the UK and Commonwealth nations

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

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