# Bulk-import students via CSV

> Add many students at once from a spreadsheet. The import adds them to your roster. It does not enroll them in a course or email them — those are the two steps that follow.

Last updated 2026-09-21 · Source: https://prolaud.com/help/course-bulk-import

Go to Students, open the Add student menu, and choose Import CSV. Your file needs an email column; name and phone are optional. Keep the header row and save the file as UTF-8 so names display correctly. A file can have up to 10,000 rows.

![The Students page header. The arrow next to Add student is open, showing two options: Share invite link and Import CSV.](https://prolaud.com/help/course-bulk-import/01-add-student-menu.png)

*Import CSV sits under the arrow next to Add student.*

## What happens to each row

- Will import — a new student with a valid email address is added to your roster.
- Already in your workspace — an email you already have is skipped. The existing student is not changed.
- Bad email — a missing, malformed or disposable address is skipped.
- Repeated in file — the second copy of the same email in one file is skipped.

![The import preview for a file of six rows. Totals read 3 Will import, 1 Already in workspace, 1 Bad email and 1 Repeated in file, and the table marks each row with its status.](https://prolaud.com/help/course-bulk-import/02-import-preview.png)

*You see every row's outcome before anything is saved. Here three are new, and three are skipped for the three different reasons.*

> **Note:** Importing only adds people to your roster. It does not create a login for them, enroll them in a course, or send them an email.

## After you import

Enroll the new students in a course from the Students page, then send them to your academy — either with the Resend all invites button, which emails each of them a link, or by sharing your invite link yourself. Each student then signs up with the same email address you imported them with.

![The All Students table after the import, listing the newly imported students.](https://prolaud.com/help/course-bulk-import/03-roster.png)

*The new students are on your roster straight away. They have not signed in yet, so none of them can see a course until they sign up.*

> **Note:** The full walkthrough, with screenshots, is in Moving your students and courses to Prolaud (/help/switching-to-prolaud).

## Common questions

- Can I import the same list twice? Yes. Students already in your workspace are skipped, so nobody is added twice and nobody's details are overwritten.
- Do imported students get an account? Not straight away. They are on your roster, and they create their own login when they sign up on your academy with the same email.
- How big can the file be? Up to 10,000 rows, within your plan's student limit.

## Related

- [Moving your students and courses to Prolaud](https://prolaud.com/help/switching-to-prolaud)
- [Onboard new instructors](https://prolaud.com/help/onboarding-new-faculty)