VISION STATEMENT

The Office of International Student & Scholar Services (OISS) supports the University mission by providing excellent services to a diverse array of international students and scholars and to their academic departments, and by nurturing the growth of international programs and community.

MISSION STATEMENT

• Assist international students and scholars to maintain legal status while pursuing their education and research goals;
• Build a “home away from home” for Rutgers Newark’s diverse population of international students, scholars, and their dependents by providing services, programs and advocacy to support them and by assisting campus leadership in fostering an environment of effective cross-cultural communications and of mutual understanding;
  
• Assist academic departments in their international initiatives and serve as the resource center for them as they work with the international community; and
  
• Ensure University institutional compliance to the U.S. immigration regulations governing enrollment of F1 students and J1 exchange visitors.