Important Information, Policies & Handbook for Future and Current OPIE Students
Policies and Procedures
- Course Registration Information
- End of Semester Reports for OPIE Students
- Earning Credit and Making Progress in OPIE
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Health Insurance Information for OPIE Students
- Getting a Visa
- Placement and advancement
- Student Handbook
- Student Forms
- Testing
International Student and Scholar Services: This staff will help you with immigration, passports, visas, travel papers, etc. They can also help with employment, transferring to another university, and health insurance.
Information for Future Students
Program Dates
See Calendar Dates for Full-Time English-Only Program with OPIE.
Registration Information
If you are taking OPIE English courses, OPIE will register you at the beginning of the semester. If you are taking academic courses at ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ (undergraduate and graduate), you are responsible for registering online. See Course Registration Information.
Withdrawal Information
If you decide to withdraw or leave OPIE and/or the University before your classes end, your money may not be refunded. It is important that you understand the University’s policy and consult the official calendar of deadlines. To begin the withdrawal process, visit your OPIE adviser and/or with your college office (University College, Chubb Hall for OPIE-only students). Also make sure to discuss your withdrawal with the Office of International Student and Scholar Services.
Links to OPIE Policies
- Testing
- Placement and advancement policies
- Expectations regarding your attendance, participation, homework completion, and ability to make adequate progress
On-campus Living Requirement
ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ requires that some students live on campus. All ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ enrolled students under the age of 23 with fewer than four academic year semesters (fall/spring semesters only) in the residence halls prior to the start of the semester in which they enroll must reside in university-owned housing and participate in the associated mandatory meal plan. See the Housing Application.
If you are not required to live on-campus, you may live off-campus. The Community Engagement Programs Staff within Off-Campus Living can help you find off-campus living.
Health Insurance
All enrolled ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ and OPIE students are required to have health insurance. See more information about health insurance.
Student Handbook
At the end of our Student Handbook, you will find a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers!). We encourage you to read these.
Waivable Fees
All ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ students are automatically charged for two optional fees: the Wellbeing Fee (enhances student health care) and the Student Legal Service Fee (provides legal services). To waive or p