Enrollment Verification

Enrollment Verification

1.  OISS checks enrollment for every student each fall and spring semester. Full-time enrollment is required to maintain immigration status.
2.  Summer enrollment is optional, unless it’s the student's first semester as a student at Tulane University.
3.  Generally, undergraduates need 12 credit hours and graduates need 9 credit hours in fall and spring to be full-time.

Enrollment Exceptions

1. Graduate students in teaching assistant (TA) or research assistant (RA) positions can be enrolled for fewer than 9 credits, but this status must be entered in Banner before enrollment closes.
2. Graduate students in dissertation research status must be enrolled in the appropriate 9000-level research course in order to be considered full-time.

More Enrollment Exceptions

Students can apply for under enrollment due to:

F-1 students

•  English language difficulty in first semester
•  Unfamiliarity with US teaching methods in first semester
•  Unfamiliarity with reading requirements in first semester
•  Improper course level placement at any time
•  Illness or medical condition at any time
•  Final semester – only need to complete required coursework 

J-1 Students

• Vacation
• Illness or medical condition at any time
• Bonafide Academic Reason
• Final semester – only need to complete required coursework 

Under enrollment needs to be approved by the OISS before the student drops below full-time.