To go though the process of admission to membership, as by examination and enrollment, in a society or college
In some countries, if you matriculate, you register formally as a student at a university, or you satisfy the academic requirements necessary for registration for a course. I had to matriculate if I wanted to do a degree. + matriculation ma·tricu·la·tion The head decided I should have another go at matriculation. to officially begin studying at a university or, in the US, at a school or college matriculate at (past participle of matriculare, from matricula , from matrix )
\Ma*tric"u*late\, v To enroll, to be admitted into membership, esp in a university or college
To enroll; to enter in a register; specifically, to enter or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a college or university, by enrolling the name in a register