Illinois International News
Illinois International News is a collection of globally-focused blogs and stories from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

New International Student Experience

  • ISSS offers tips, advice for Spring 2024 semester

    Jan 16, 2024 3:00 pm

    International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) created a list of tips for all international students and scholars to help get a head start on their spring 2024 semester. 

    Classes resumed on Jan. 16, and the list below is a reminder of what students should keep in mind when they return to campus. 

  • A view of Terminal 2 from the Hilton Hotel at Chicago O'Hare International Airport taken in August 2023. ISSS staff traveled to the airport in Chicago to participate in the 2023 ISSS Shuttle Service weekend.

    ISSS 2023 Memories: O’Hare shuttle services resumed following a 3-year hiatus

    Dec 27, 2023 10:00 am

    As 2023 ends, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on some of our favorite times with International Student and Scholar Services that we didn’t get a chance to write about when they happened. This is the first of three stories highlighting those 2023 ISSS memories. 

  • A view of Green and Wright Street and Alma Mater at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Photo by Fred Zwicky / UIUC

    ISSS reports increase in international student enrollment

    Dec 19, 2023 11:45 am

    Total international student enrollment at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign increased again this year, climbing from 11,548 in 2022 to 11,580 as of December 2023.

    International Student and Scholar Services reported the increase in its annual International Statistics Book released in December 2023.