Undergraduate F-1 visa students are expected to keep an enrollment of 12 credit hours for every regular semester. Summer semesters are optional UNLESS the Summer semester is the first semester of enrollment for the student. Undergraduate students’ first semesters always require full time (12 UG hours) enrollment.

Graduate students with the F-1 visa are expected to keep an enrollment of 9 credit hours for every regular semester. Summer semesters are optional UNLESS the Summer semester is the first semester of enrollment for the student. Graduate students’ first semesters always require full time (9 Grad hours) enrollment.

Graduate assistants, including research and teaching assistants, may be required by their departments to enroll in 12 credit hours. This is an assistantship requirement on campus only, and NOT a government requirement.