Welcome to the University of Maryland! Our office has prepared the following information to assist in your arrival to the university.

Welcome to the University of Maryland! Our office has prepared the following information to assist in your arrival to the university.

An academic department may invite you to conduct research or teach at UMD under a J-1 Exchange Visitor visa. If so, you will receive an invitation or offer letter by email with the details of your visit.

Undocumented students, with or without Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) are welcome to UMD. Learn more.

We understand some students have issues entering the US by the start of classes. ISSS is here to support you along your process. If you are not able to enter the US on or before the start of classes, you have two options: late arrival or admission deferral. Whatever your plans for arrival, ISSS will need to know. Watch out for an email for your “Intent Form” 30 days before the start of classes. This form will help ISSS assist you on your immigration process and will help direct you through the late arrival process or with your deferral. 

Welcome for newly admitted international students and information on steps to become a UMD Terp.

The sound is unmistakable—a grumbling putter followed by screeching breaks and a reluctant idle: the mailman is here, and Tiara Darnell ‘11 is running to her mailbox. In the carrier’s hand is her gateway to the rest of the world, coming in the form of an international postcard from her father. Growing up in a military family is not without its challenges, but for Darnell, these childhood afternoons waiting for the postman were the origins of a global fascination that would take her all over the world.