Current Participants

Resources After Placement

Orientation Handbook
Read through this handbook while you are preparing to go abroad and while you are abroad. It will answer many questions you will have, as well as, provide you with instructions for completing your program requirements. It also provides you with information you will find useful during your time and travels abroad.
Steps after Orientation
Use this as a guide to keep you on track in completing your program requirements and meeting deadlines before you leave the country.

Resources While Abroad

Enrollment Verification and Arrival Report

This is the most important form you will need while abroad. It is due within the first five days after classes begin at your host university for each semester. You must have it completed and faxed no sooner than the first day of classes and no later than the fifth day of classes.

Without this form, your enrollment can not be verified. If you are receiving federal financial aid, your aid cannot be released until your enrollment is verified.

For each course listed on the Enrollment Verification and Arrival Report which was not previously evaluated on the Course Equivalency form, a description of the course, the level in the host university degree plan in which the course is taught, and the number of credits for the course must be faxed with the Enrollment Verification.

Once all this information is received, we will be able to have the course(s) evaluated and your advisor will be able to make a determination as to how the course equivalent(s) applies to your degree plan at OSU.

If you are receiving federal financial aid, it is at this point your financial aid will be released.

Add/Drop Notification

This form is to be used only if you make any changes to the schedule you reported on your Enrollment Verification. The concept of this form is the same as the Add/Drop card used by OSU.

You may make changes to your schedule with no effect on your transcript up to six weeks after your host courses begin. After six weeks, the only courses that will appear on your OSU transcript are those in which you are enrolled after six weeks.

After six weeks, you may NOT add any courses. However, you may withdraw from courses with a grade of “W” posted to your OSU transcript.

Academic Progress Report

Please complete this form if you are a recipient of financial aid (including scholarships), are studying abroad for more than one semester, quarter, or block, and are unable to provide an official transcript of your grades at the end of your first period of study.

OSU cannot disburse your financial aid for the subsequent academic term until you submit either the grades for the completed coursework (official transcript) or, if grades are unavailable, a statement signed by an appropriate official or faculty persons at your host institution, verifying that you are making satisfactory progress.

Often times, it is faster to have this form completed and submitted so financial aid can be released. For this reason, it is recommended that this form be completed at the end of each semester, even if you are studying abroad for only one semester. This does not negate the need for an official transcript, however.