Universal Student Guidelines for Ecampus Online Courses

Universal Student Guidelines for Ecampus Online Courses

Understudies with F-1 or J-1 visa

Universal understudies in the United States with F-1 or J-1 visas must keep up full-time enlistment (no less than 12 credits undergrad, 9 credits graduate) at OSU. Of the required full-time enlistment, just 3 credits can be taken as Ecampus online coursework.

F-1 or J-1 understudies may participate in low maintenance (up to 20 hours for each week) work on the OSU grounds while classes are in session and full-time (40 hours for each week) amongst terms and amid the mid year get-away.

F-1 or J-1 understudies won't be qualified for Optional Practical Training (OPT) unless the timeframe spent on the OSU grounds is least 3 terms or 9 months.

Other than a F-1 or J-1 visa

In the event that your visa sort permits study (H-4, L-2, E-2, R-2, and so forth.), you may enroll for low maintenance or full-time Ecampus online courses.

In the event that your visa sort is H-1, study is constrained to low maintenance as it were.

On the off chance that your visa sort is F-2, study is disheartened by the college and/or denied by directions.

On the off chance that your visa sort is B-2, study is disheartened by the college and/or denied by directions.

No visa required if...

Global understudies are getting to online courses/programs from outside the U.S. with the purpose to stay outside of the U.S. These understudies are not required to get a visa.

You may apply for low maintenance or full-time concentrates on, with no visa required, in the event that you may take online studies through Ecampus and won't enter the U.S. for studies. In the event that you are enlisted in online studies, there is no compelling reason to enter the U.S. for scholarly purposes. Your due date for admission to OSU will be the same date with respect to global understudies at present in the U.S. on F-1 understudy visas.

Understudies who wish to proceed with their studies on-grounds at OSU

On the off chance that you are a universal candidate outside the United States, with the aim to enter the United States sooner or later amid your online degree program, the accompanying relates:

While you are taking online courses from outside the United States, you won't be required to have a visa.

On the off chance that you might want to go to classes on grounds at OSU, you should apply for college affirmation, and preceding entering the United States you should acquire a structure I-20 from the University. You should then apply for the F-1 Student Visa for passage into the United States.

When you are conceded and taking courses at the college, you should keep up full-time enlistment at OSU. A greatest of 3 credits of your full-time enlistment can be online coursework through Ecampus. (See extra rules in area above for understudies with F-1 or J-1 Visas.)

Essential Links

On the off chance that you have questions, please contact International Admissions - intladmit@oregonstate.edu or International Student and Advising Services - isas.advisor@oregonstate.edu.

OSU International Programs helps understudies wanting to study or direct research in different nations, helps worldwide understudies and researchers coming to OSU, and gives English dialect preparing.

The expense of Ecampus classes is not secured by your trade program. You will be actually in charge of paying their extra cost on the off chance that you take any Ecampus courses.