Welcome

The University of New Orleans currently hosts almost 800 international students, faculty, and staff from about 90 countries. The Office of International Students and Scholars provides comprehensive immigration advising, programming, and support services to all international students and faculty and their dependents. We work with faculty and administrators to build friendship agreements with foreign universities, and we assist international student organizations in planning activities such as International Night and cultural events.

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If you are interested in information regarding admission to the University of New Orleans, please direct your questions to admissions@uno.edu.

REMINDER TO UNO FACULTY AND STAFF: INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE VISITORS, EMPLOYEES AND GUESTS ON CAMPUS

This is a reminder that all faculty and staff are expected to be familiar with and to comply with University of New Orleans policies and procedures regarding international employees and exchange visitors. Links to information on sponsoring J-1 exchange visitors and employees, hiring H-1B specialty occupation workers, as well as relevant UNO policies are available at http://oiss.uno.edu/departments.cfm .

Faculty and staff in the Colleges of Science and Engineering who wish to invite international visitors to campus must receive advance approval of the cognizant University officials, including the Department Chair, Dean, Empowered Official for Export Control, and Academic Affairs. Such requests should be submitted at least 25 working days in advance of the planned arrival date. Please see http://www.uno.edu/compliance/international-vistors.aspx for more information.

OISS Summer 2017 Schedule - Please note that OISS will be closed on Fridays from May 15 - August 4. We will be open Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Starting August 7 we will resume our regular office hours Monday - Friday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm.