INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION OFFICE

Incoming Exchange Students

UMD Application Documents | Post-UMD Acceptance Documents

If you have already been accepted by your home university to study abroad at the University of Minnesota Duluth, congratulations! The next step is to complete and return all the necessary forms to our office, IEO, including the application.

If you have not applied to your home university please stop by your international study abroad office for details on applying to study at the University of Minnesota Duluth for up to one year.

Forms are available in PDF and/or Word as indicated.

Please review instructions (and checklist) when applying to UMD as an international exchange student:
International Exchange Student Information [PDF]

Please read through the following information and return all forms by the deadline.

Exchange Student Application [PDF]

The International Education Office (IEO) and the US Department of Homeland Security need all information on this form to be filled in in correctly and exactly as it appears on your passport in order to issue your I-20 form required for the US student visa.

Complete, print, sign and mail the form directly to IEO.

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Class Request [PDF]

Complete this form with the courses you would like to enroll in. Select courses using the class schedule for the study abroad semester. Do not forget to make sure you meet the pre-requisites.

Complete and return the form as early as possible to ensure enrolment in courses.

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Housing

Students must indicate on their UMD Exchange Student Application if they will stay on campus or off campus housing. 

OFF-CAMPUS
Applicants selecting off campus will need to find housing on their own and notify IEO, prior to arrival into Duluth, of their local address. 

ON-CAMPUS 
Please note that official housing application forms are sent directly to partner institution's international offices. Only original applications are accepted.

For applicants selecting on campus housing, housing applications need to be completed and submitted directly to to IEO with a USD $200 check, made payable to UMD. 

Stadium Apartments have been the preferred apartments on-campus for international students as it is the only apartment complex on campus available for students to check into during arrival week,  the only apartment building that stays open during winter break (for year-long students), and the only housing complex that offers the opportunity for an individual room. 

Be aware of the check-out time frame for on-campus housing. For fall semester 2009 all residents must be checked out of campus housing by December 22, 2009 if not returning for spring semester. Students completing their studies spring semester 2010, checkout must be completed by May 14, 2010.

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UMD POST-ACCEPTED STUDENT DOCUMENTS

Congratulations on being accepted to study at UMD!

In order to best serve you, please read through the following information, complete and submit the three forms requested before the deadline.

Arrival Details [PDF]

Students should complete the Arrival Details form to indicate when they will be arriving to campus. If you wish to have IEO to arrange pick-up from your Duluth arrival location (airport or one of the bus stops), make certain to indicated this on the form. All students must arrive prior to orientation, which held all day the Friday just prior to the first day of class.

Complete and mail the form directly to IEO.

AIRPORT: Duluth International Airport is serviced by Northwest Airlines. The airport is located only a few miles from the UMD campus. If you would like to be met at the airport, it is necessary that you notify IEO of your arrival time well in advance, so we can make arrangements to meet your flight.

BUS: If you are arriving at the Minneapolis airport and want to take a bus to Duluth, there are currently 3 options:

• Jefferson Lines
  web site: www.jeffersonlines.com | phone: +1 612-359-3400
• Greyhound Bus Line
  web site: www.greyhound.com | phone: +1 214-849-8100
• Skyline Shuttle
  web site: www.SkylineShuttle.com | phone: +1 218-724-4676

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Health Care

In the United States, the government does not pay for health care. You are required to purchase health insurance. Health care in the United States is complicated and very expensive – one illness can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and financially devastate you and your family. Therefore, for your protection, UMD mandates that all international students purchase the Student Health Benefit Plan. For more information about the plan, please visit: http://www.bhs.umn.edu/insurance/duluth/international.htm

To ensure you have met all immunization requirements please read the letter from UMD Health Services and the complete the Immunization and Health History forms.

A Letter from UMD Health Services [DOC]

• UMD Immunization Form [PDF]
• UMD Health History Form [DOC]

Complete and mail the forms directly to IEO.

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