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Graduate students beginning programs in Winter, Spring and Summer 2024 will complete a required online orientation course. Please see Online Orientation for F-1 & J-1 Students for complete details on how to access the required online course.
New graduate students arriving for Fall 2024 will participate in both a required pre-arrival orientation course and in-person international orientation programs and activities designed for graduate students (GISO). Dates and additional details of Fall 2024 GISO will be available as the term gets closer. Please check back.
Fall term GISO (held in September) is designed to help new graduate international students acclimate to life at Northwestern. You will meet your OISS advisor, review important immigration requirements, tour both the Evanston and Chicago campuses, and have the opportunity to participate in social activities.
Navigate campus with an interactive or printable map of Northwestern University - both Evanston and Chicago campuses.
Use this QR Code to link to locations both on and near the Evanston campus that will be useful in your initial days.