Arrival Fall 2018
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 12 or 13 and attend mandatory orientation on August 14-17.
Housing
You have several options for housing on campus, but only some of the dormitories stay open during holiday breaks (Brandt, Alumni, Wehrenberg, & Kade-Duesenberg have been break housing in the past). Please see the pricing below for each dormitory. If you have any questions about housing, you can contact 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: $20,130 per semester
Housing
- Alumni/Lankenau/Scheele Hall Dormitories: $3,640 per semester
- Brandt Hall Dormitory: $3,800 per semester
- Guild/Memorial/Wehrenberg Hall Dormitories: $4,060 per semester
- Kade-Duesenberg German House Dormitory: $4,060 per semester
- Beacon Hall Dormitory: $4,890 per semester
International Meal Plan: $1,500 per semester
VU Health Insurance: $583 for the Fall semester *Optional for exchange students
International Orientation Fee: $50 mandatory fee
FOCUS Fee: $155
Classes & Scheduling
We offer a specialized course registration process for exchange students. To begin the registration process, visit DataVU and follow these steps:
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Click on the orange “prospective students” tab
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Click on “search for sections”
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To find available classes, enter “2018 Fall Semester – U/G” as the term, and select a subject
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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, Coordinator of International Students & Services. She can be contacted at Emily.Prough@valpo.edu or 219-548-1546.
