Employment

Employment for international students is highly restricted and, with the exception of graduate assistantships, can never be used in meeting the financial guarantee requirement.  International students are allowed to work on-campus for no more than 20 hours per week during the semester. Students may work on campus full time (more than 20 hours per week) during summer if they were registered for spring and are registered for summer or plan to be registered for fall. Students may also work full-time during the winter break only if they were enrolled for fall and will be enrolled for the upcoming spring semester. Off-campus employment requires either authorization from the staff in ISSA or a recommendation from ISSA with final authorization from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). No one else can approve work off-campus. Illegal employment is a deportable offense.