USA

Visa

All exchange students must obtain a Non-Immigrant Study visa (F-1 or J-1) from the US Consulate General in Melbourne before you leave Australia.

The application process is complicated and you will have to attend a personal interview at the Consulate.  You should read carefully the Consulate website and follow the links for Non-Immigrant Visas.  In summary the process is as follows.

1. Your host university in the US will send you a personalised visa application form (DS-2019 or I-20).
2. Book your interview.  You should do this online as soon as you receive your visa form.
3. Complete two additional application forms (three if you are a male 16-45 years).
4. Pay the visa application fee at any Australia Post shop.
5. Go to the Consulate for your interview and pay the Issuance Fee in cash or with a money order (no credit cards).
6. Pay the SEVIS fee online by credit card.

Monash Abroad will give you detailed instructions after you have been nominated for a US exchange.

The US study visa allows you to work only on your campus for up to 20 hours per week, but work is not always available at many Monash partner universities.

Other:   Science or IME units not open to exchange students.
Monash MBA students interested in an exchange should first visit the MBA website and contact the Monash MBA Office for advice before applying.

Other:  Monash students who are accepted as exchange students at Purdue can apply for the Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship (DURI) Program and the Interns for Indiana (IFI) Program.  These offer work or research experiences in a wide range of academic disciplines and earn credit and a special scholarship of $US500.
You should not apply for an internship until after you have been accepted by Purdue as an exchange student.
Students spending two semesters at Purdue are eligible to complete a Certificate in Entreneurship & Innovation www.purdue.edu/dp/Entrepreneurship/certificate.php which is also open to students of all academic disciplines.

Other:  Monash students must have a GPA of at least 70% to be eligible for entry to UC and entry is competitive.
Law not available to exchange students.
Monash students can go to all campuses except Merced & San Francisco.
Monash students can commence in fall or winter quarters (or either semester at Berkeley) but cannot commence in spring quarter.

The Universities of Hamburg and Oklahoma are world-renowned in meteorology and atmospheric science and offer special exchange opportunities  (PDF, 238KB) for Monash students studying these disciplines in the Faculties of Science or Arts.

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