Emma Watson has reportedly enrolled in university under an assumed name.

The 'Harry Potter' actress - who plays studious Hermione Granger in the hit wizard franchise - is said to have registered to attend Columbia University in New York, but gossip website JustJared claim she has signed up for her course as Charlotte E. Watson - using her middle name.

The 19-year-old star has been linked with a number of prestigious colleges in both the UK and the US but is refusing to confirm where she is planning to study as she wants to remain anonymous.

She said recently: "I just want to keep my college choice private for as long as I can. I probably sound like a paranoid nut, but I'm doing this because I want to be normal. I really want anonymity. I want to do it properly, like everyone else. As long as I don't walk in, and see, like, 'Harry Potter' posters everywhere, I'll be fine."