ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS: WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT ORIENTATION, YOU MUST PRESENT THE COPIES OF THE DOCUMENTS REQUESTED. ALSO, BRING I-20 AND PASSPORT.



Welcome international student and congratulations on your acceptance to New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)!  We will soon see you in Newark, New Jersey, a city of history, culture, and good food!

Our orientation is MANDATORY for ALL students.  We will be presenting key information about NJIT, immigration matters, academic advisement, registration, personal health and safety, banking, paying your NJIT tuition, and local accommodations. We have found that active participants at our orientation more quickly settle into their new surroundings.

You must attend orientation before you will be allowed to register for classes.

August 2008 Orientation Programs are as follows:

UNDERGRADUATE FRESHMAN STUDENT ORIENTATION {MINIVERSITY}
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

This orientation is for all international first year students (those who have never attended college in the United States). It is part of  MINIVERSITY. Information about this orientation will be made available through the Center for First Year Students.



PLACEMENT TESTS

All freshman and transfer UNDERGRADUATE students will need to take placement examinations. Information about the placement examinations will be sent to you from the Center for First Year Students.

Note: If in doubt about the Placement Test, contact the Center for First Year Students at (973) 596-2981.



UNDERGRADUATE F-1 TRANSFER STUDENT (F-1 STATUS) ORIENTATION
(for all undergraduate international students transferring from another U.S. college/university)
Thursday, August 28, 2008

Overview of F-1 status and document collection. Students proceed to academic orientation at 4:30 p.m. to meet faculty in their major, discuss transfer credit, choose classes, and register. Obtain NJIT student ID after registering for classes.



J-1 EXCHANGE STUDENT ORIENTATION
Thursday, August 28, 2008
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Fenster Hall, Room 190

You MUST have the original DS-2019 and passport and health insurance "statement of coverage" along with copies of DS-2019, I-94 (front and back), passport biographical page, and visa.



GRADUATE STUDENT ORIENTATION
Monday and Tuesday, August 25 and 26, 2008

Students should arrive by 7:30 a.m. on August 25, 2008 and report to the Campus Center Ballroom. You MUST have the original I-20 and passport, and copies of I-20, I-94 (front and back), passport biographical page, and visa.

The Office of International Students and Faculty is available to assist you with pre-departure issues. Please contact us with concerns.  Call (973) 596-2451, fax (973) 596-5450, or e-mail international.students@njit.edu. Please ask questions.  We will respond promptly.  Our goal is that you arrive at NJIT knowledgeable, eager to begin your student career in the United States.

If seeking temporary accommodation before the start of the semester, please review our web site at http://oisf.njit.edu/new_students_prearrival.php.

If arriving on campus before August 25, 2008, please come to say “hello” to us at our office, Room 140, Floor 1 of Fenster Hall. Our office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

We wish you a very safe trip and look forward very much to meeting you!

We strongly urge you to review the Office of International Students and Faculty web site (http://oisf.njit.edu) for any orientation updates.


VERY IMPORTANT: You MUST bring your NJIT I-20 (for F-1 students) or DS-2019 (for J-1 students) and passport with you when you FIRST ARRIVE on Monday, August 25, 2008 at orientation.  Make photocopies of the following: biographical page (with expiration date and photo) and visa page in your passport, BOTH sides of the I-94, and all I-20’s/DS- 2019’s (NJIT’s and other schools').

We must have all documents before you will be allowed to register. No exceptions will be made.


Orientation will consist of helpful seminars and workshops dealing with important issues relating to your non-immigrant status and your study at NJIT.

If for reasons beyond your control you are unable to attend the international student orientation program, please tell us when you will be arriving and, upon reaching campus, come to the Office of International Students and Faculty, 140 Fenster Hall.

Thank you!