International Programs

For more details about what you should do to prepare for your arrival to OSU, please review the information below:

• Orientation and Arrival Letters
• Important Dates & Orientation Schedule
• Orientation Description
• Immigration Document Check-in Schedule
• Visa Make-up Session Schedule
• Registration Information

Orientation & Arrival Information:

Degree-seeking students

• Pre-Departure Guide (pdf file)

Exchange Student Letters

• Admission, Visa, and Arrival Information for Students on an Exchange Program (pdf file)

International Student Orientation Schedule:

Spring 2013

March 27, 2013 

Newly-admitted students will be getting information upon admission. For more details, please send us questions at intl.orientation@oregonstate.edu.  If you want to speak with someone by phone, please call 541-737-2464.

For GE Session 2 Orientation, that will begin on May 6, 2013.

Summer 2013

June 19, 2013 

Newly-admitted students will be getting information upon admission. For more details, please send us questions at intl.orientation@oregonstate.edu

Fall 2013

Friday, September 20, 2013: Conditional Admission Program (CAP) Orientation
Monday, September 23, 2013: International Student Orientation (OSU, PW, AE, CPP & CAPN)                                                                              

Orientation Description:

At the beginning of each term, INTO OSU and International Student Advising and Services (ISAS) hold a mandatory orientation program for new international students. This program is designed to provide you with valuable information and facilitate your transition to OSU. By participating in the International Student Orientation, you will gain essential information about:

• immigration rules and regulations that affect your visa status
• student health services and health insurance requirements at OSU
• academic life at OSU and how to register for classes
• campus and community resources
• opportunities to meet other new international and domestic students at OSU

All newly admitted international students are required to attend orientation and the immigration document check-in. If you do not attend both, International Student Advising and Services will place a hold on your registration. For more details, please send us questions at intl.orientation@oregonstate.edu

To cover the cost of orientation, all degree and exchange students will be charged an orientation fee of $35 (winter and spring terms) or $50 (fall term). This fee will be automatically charged to your OSU student account.  INTO OSU students have the orientation covered in the fees for their programs.

Immigration Document Check-in:

In addition to the orientation, international students are also required to come to the Immigration Document Check-In and bring photocopies of the documents listed on the following link: Documents to Bring for IDC. 

Make-up Orientation Session Schedule:

If you are not able to arrive in the US by the orientation date, you may schedule a make-up orientation session through the front desk of ISAS in Heckart Lodge, or by calling 541-737-6310.

Students who fail to attend both the mandatory International Student Orientation and the Immigration Document Check In will have a registration HOLD placed on their records. If you are unable to attend one or both of the sessions above, please contact International Student Advising and Services at 541-737-6310 or email isas.advisor@oregonstate.edu.  

Registration Information:

For information on Registering for classes, please visit the New Student Programs & Family Outreach website to learn more. If you are on an OSU Exchange program, please check with your OSU Exchange Coordinator for more information about how you may register.