Orientation
International Students must attend two mandatory orientation sessions. Each orientation is held the week before classes begin and will be announced by email after student's acceptance.
- J1 or F1 International Student Orientation (OISS Orientation): This orientation session is mandatory for any student with a J1 or F1 visa. It includes general information about Tulane University and will cover all the rules and responsibilities concerning holding a student visa to the United States.
- Business School Exchange Student Orientation: This orientation session is mandatory for all Exchange Students at the Business School. Topics discussed will include course registration, expectations, and resources for success.
Housing Arrangements
Exchange students are responsible for arranging their own accommodations. It is an independent process. Students may arrange housing after arriving, however, some students prefer to arrange housing in advance. Note that if a student chooses not to arrange housing in advance other exchange students may already have roommates.
On-Campus Housing: On-campus residence hall space is extremely limited. Exchange students are not guaranteed accommodations on-campus. Information can be found on Tulane University’s Housing and Residence Life website at https://housing.tulane.edu/.
Off-Campus Housing: The large majority of exchange students live in off-campus apartments located in the neighborhoods around the university. Costs vary but can be less expensive than living on-campus. It normally takes at least 4 to 5 days to finalize setting up an apartment/house. If a student does not have housing when he/she arrives, the student should be sure to make a reservation at a hotel, hostel or Airbnb for the first few days in the city.
Course Selection/Registration
Since exchange students are unable to register themselves, students will need to submit the course preference form the Freeman Study Abroad Office can register he/she for classes. Exchange students can access the course preference form by logging into their Freeman application. Please remember: Our office is only allowed to register students for courses in the A. B. Freeman School of Business.
Program Fees
The requirement to pay tuition and fees is waived with the exception of the health center fee and health insurance policy, plus any supplemental course fees used to support additional costs of instruction, supplies or materials. Participating students under the terms of the exchange agreement continue to pay 12 tuition and fees to the home institution. The home institution has the discretion to impose certain nonacademic fees on its students, in order to facilitate the student exchange program. The costs of food, accommodation, travel, books, transportation, passports, visas, insurance, and personal expenses shall be borne by the participating students. Paying Fees
To pay your fees:
- Login to Gibson (https://gibson.tulane.edu)
- Click on “Billing”
- Click on “View Online Payment”
- Click on “Make a Payment” Payment options include credit card (for a convenience fee) or via international bank transfer.
Exchange students can pay with an international credit card – follow the process to pay with credit card and make sure to select the “foreign address” option. Payments are due by the deadlines indicated in Gibson. View the billing and payment schedule online on the students accounts page.
Tulane Username and Email
Once Phase I of the application is complete, our office will process the application as soon as we can. When we do, the student's application status will change from “Pending” (pre-decision) to “Offered” (post-decision). Within 24 hours of official acceptance to Tulane exchange students should receive automated email messages from fimservice@tulane.edu with their Tulane username/email address and a temporary password. This username and password will be used to login to all general Tulane accounts (Email, Gibson, Canvas, Student Health Online Portal, etc). (Note: It takes approximately 24-48 hours for the Tulane system to link with the Online Student Health system. So, if your info is not found, wait about one more day.) If a student has not received these messages, he/she should check spam/junk mail folder or an alternate email address that he/she may have provided. If the messages are not in spam/junk mail folder or any other email address, let us know immediately.
