Please read this information as a guide to help you with your studies and to maintain valid immigration status. The information below applies to international students at all campuses.
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- Is summer your final term at WSU? Important status information
If summer 2023 will be your last term, remember these important immigration status points!
Be aware: Full-time enrollment in IN PERSON CLASS or an approved reduced course load is required.
- Undergraduate: 6 credits
- Graduate: 3 credits
If you have any questions about these requirements, please contact ISSS.
- Reduced Course Load requirements
Please remember that as an international student in F-1 or J-1 status, you are required to maintain the following minimum enrollment requirements:
- Undergraduate: 12 credits
- Graduate: 10 credits
If you wish to withdraw from a course and the withdrawal will drop you below full-time enrollment, you must first be authorized for a “reduced course load (RCL)” for that term. RCLs are not approved nor intended for risk of failing the class or to “wipe out” bad grades.
This authorization can be given only by ISSS and must be approved BEFORE you withdraw from the course(s).
If you think you may need to drop below full-time enrollment next summer or fall, please speak with an International Student Advisor to see what options (if any) are available for you.
If you have any questions about the above announcements, please contact International Student and Scholar Services.
- WSU Pullman students contact +1 509-335-4508 or ip.intlservices@wsu.edu
- WSU Everett, Spokane, Tri-Cities, and Vancouver students contact Nitivia Jones at 1 509-335-2422 or nitivia.jones@wsu.edu