Principal Investigator Maria Brennan
Co-investigators Janka Moss , Carlene A Green-Paul , Aurora Brule , Mayoka Takemori , Sylvia S Hiestand , Emily A Cheng
Project Website http://web.mit.edu/iso/index.html
The International Students Office (ISO) serves approximately 3,000 international students who attend MIT, 900 newly admitted MIT students, and 500+ dependents. The ISO provides the following services:
(*) Advise on immigration regulations by individual appointment and group seminars(*) Prepare legal documents that allow international students to gain work experience through a period of practical training(*) Provide forms required by international students and their dependents to travel outside the US(*) Process legal documents required for the admission of all international students (including undergraduate, graduate, special, exchange, and visiting students)(*) Organize orientation programs for entering international undergraduate and graduate students
The ISO also sponsors events and programs to help students adjust to life in the US and at MIT, and provides counseling related to emergencies and unexpected immigration problems.
The ISO reports administratively to the Office of Dean for Graduate Education.