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Information for Incoming Exchange and Study Abroad Students

Welcome to WVU! West Virginia University is a truly international university. With students from over 100 different countries, representing all of our fields of study, we strive to engage all student to be truly global citizens.

Incoming Exchange/Study Abroad Student Arrival


The Office of Global Affairs will provide transportation to campus from the Pittsburgh International Airport on set days at the start of each semester. Transportation from the Morgantown Airport to university accommodations will be available upon request. Students should complete the Student On-Boarding and Arrival Questionnaire as part of their visa document application process. 

Students arriving at the Morgantown Municipal Airport (10 minute drive) or the Pittsburgh International Airport (1.5 hour driving time) not on the set transportation days will need to make arrangements to get to campus. Uber and Lyft are available options, as well as the Mountain Line bus. Bus schedules to and from the Morgantown and Pittsburgh Airports can be found here: Pittsburgh Airport Route and Morgantown Airport Route.

Students arriving to the Dulles International Airport (3.5 hour driving time) will need to make personal arrangements for transportation to campus.

WVU Coursework

Incoming Exchange Students are required to register in full-time, on-campus credit hours during their time at WVU. Course offerings can be found online: courses.wvu.edu

Full time for undergraduates requires 12 WVU credit hours. Graduates must register in 9 WVU credit hours.

Housing

Office of Global Affairs (OGA) encourages all exchange students to live on our downtown campus as this is where the majority of your course work will be and its closer to the main street in downtown Morgantown, several of the student body activities take place on the downtown campus. 

Students that are required to live in WVU on-campus housing facilities follow the link below to decide which location is best for you. https://housing.wvu.edu

Students that are not required to live in WVU on-campus facilities, I would encourage you to look at the WVU operated apartment facilities as opposed to private off-campus facilities.   

Dining & Meals

Dining Halls are located in many of WVU's dormitories and your meal plan will work at all of these.  If you are staying in a WVU Residence Hall, then you are automatically enrolled in the meal plan, and it is automatically applied to your student account.  For more information on Dining & Meals, please click here.

International Student Health Insurance

All students at West Virginia University are required to have health insurance. WVU's preferred provider is AETNA Student Health.  If you do not have AETNA student health, then you must complete a waiver; more information can be found here.

NOTE: Your waiver will not be accepted unless your insurance has the same coverage as the AETNA Student Health policy.

For more information, please feel free to contact: educationabroad@mail.wvu.edu

We look forward to meeting you in Morgantown!