Arrival Fall 2019

Please be on the look-out for our series of five pre-arrival e-mails.  Once you receive them, make sure you complete the iValpo pre-arrival checklist as well as your FOCUS registration (mandatory).  Prepare to arrive to Valpo on August 11 or 12 and attend mandatory orientation on August 13-16.

Housing

You have several options for housing on campus, but only some of the dormitories stay open during holiday breaks (Alumni Hall has been break housing in the past).  Please see the pricing below for each dormitory.  If you have any questions about housing, you can email the following address: residential.life@valpo.edu.

Financial Responsibility

If you are coming from Hochschule fur Kirchenmusik, Hochschule Reutlingen, Universitaet Tuebingen, La Rochelle Business School, Cergy Pontoise, or Compiegne, your exchange agreement pays for your tuition and general fee.  You are responsible for paying for your housing, meal plan, and living expenses.

If you are coming from Kansai Gaidai, your exchange agreement pays for your tuition, general fee, room, and meal plan.  You are responsible for paying your living expenses.

If you are coming from UDLAP, your exchange agreement pays for your tuition, general fee, and room.  You are responsible for paying your meal plan and living expenses.

If you are coming from any other university on an exchange program, you are responsible for all expenses: tuition, general fee, housing, meal plan, and living expenses.

List of Fees

Undergraduate Tuition & General Fee: $20,910 per semester

Housing

  • Alumni/Lankenau Hall Dormitories: $3,790 per semester
  • Brandt Hall Dormitory: $3,950 per semester
  • Guild/Memorial/Wehrenberg Hall Dormitories: $4,220 per semester
  • Kade-Duesenberg German House Dormitory: $4,220 per semester
  • Beacon Hall Dormitory: $5,090 per semester

International Meal Plan: $1,500 per semester

VU Health Insurance: $645 (estimated) for the Fall semester  *Optional for exchange students

International Orientation Fee: $50 mandatory fee

FOCUS Fee: $165

Classes & Scheduling

We offer a specialized course registration process for exchange students.  To begin the registration process, visit DataVU and follow these steps:

  • Click on the orange “prospective students” tab
  • Click on “search for sections”
  • To find available classes, enter “2019 Fall Semester – U/G” as the term, and select a subject
  • You can also search by Fall Mini 1 or 2, or days of the week you would like to take classes

Once you have chosen your courses, please complete this Course Preference Form which gives you space to select 5 classes and 2 alternates (in case the 5 preferred classes are full already).

Once we have received your form, we will connect you with contact information of your academic advisor who will sit down with you at Orientation to confirm your class schedule.  Please note: Placement in your preferred courses is not guaranteed.  It depends on your advisor’s recommendations as well as seat availability in courses.

Contact

The principal contact for exchange students is Emily Prough, Senior Coordinator of International Students & Services. She can be contacted at Emily.Prough@valpo.edu or 219-548-1546.