ATTENTION STUDENTS: WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT ORIENTATION, YOU MUST PRESENT THE COPIES OF THE DOCUMENTS REQUESTED. ALSO, BRING ORIGINAL NJIT I-20 OR THE ORIGINAL NJIT DS-2019 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 great food!

Our orientation is MANDATORY for ALL students.  You will be given information about NJIT, your immigration status, academic advisement, registration, personal health and safety, banking, paying your NJIT tuition, and local accommodations. We have found that students who really take part in our orientation settle more quickly into their new surroundings.

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

January 2010 Orientation Programs

UNDERGRADUATE FRESHMAN STUDENT ORIENTATION
Wednesday, January 6, 2010

This F-1 status orientation is for all international first year students (those who have never attended college in the United States).  Information about this orientation will be made available through the Center for First Year Students.  We will meet you as part of Connections Miniversity.



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 STATUS TRANSFER STUDENT ORIENTATION
(for all undergraduate international students transferring from another U.S. college/university)
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 240 of the NJIT Campus Center

You must bring the original NJIT I-20 and passport, and copies of all I-20's, I-94 (front and back), passport biographical page, and visa.



J-1 EXCHANGE STUDENTS WILL JOIN THE JANUARY 12 AND 13, 2010 GRADUATE STUDENT ORIENTATION
An additional meeting will be on Thursday, January 14, 2010
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Fenster Hall, Room 425

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



GRADUATE STUDENT ORIENTATION
Tuesday and Wednesday, January 12 and 13, 2010

Students should arrive by 7:30 a.m. on January 12, 2010 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 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.

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, 140 Fenster Hall.

If seeking temporary accommodation before the start of the semester, please e-mail reslife@njit.edu.

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 web site (http://ois.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 Tuesday, January 12, 2010 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.