# Exchange Program Application Process

**Source**: https://global.utexas.edu/isss/advising-services/student-exchange-program/exchange-program-application-process
**Parent**: https://global.utexas.edu/isss/advising-services/student-exchange-program

## Application Process Overview

1. ### Request a Nomination

   Determine whether your current institution has a reciprocal agreement with UT Austin. If so, visit your home institution’s exchange coordinator or study abroad office to determine your eligibility.  Students must be formally nominated by their home university to attend a UT Austin exchange program.

   **UT Austin Nomination Survey**

   - Opens July 15 for students starting spring semester
   - Opens Jan. 15 for students starting fall semester
2. ### Receive your Passcode

   Shortly **after you are nominated by your home university**, International Student and Scholar Services at UT Austin will send you an email with directions for completing the application, along with the required passcode.
3. ### Apply

   An admissions application is required of all individuals who intend to register for courses at the university. Fall applications are due March 1; Spring applications are due Sept. 1.

   #### **Application Tips:**

   - Enter your name exactly as it is appears on your passport since it will be used to issue your student visa.
   - Use only standard English characters when entering your information. Do not use accent marks or special characters.

   **Example:**\
   \
   Full Name as listed on passport: Longhørn-Student, Bévo\
   \
   Enter on application as:\
   Last Name/Surname: Longhorn Student\
   First Name: Bevo

   #### **Admission Notifications**

   UT Austin admission notifications will be sent via email by the Graduate and International Admissions Center on a rolling basis **beginning September 1 for spring applicants and March 1 for fall applicants**. You may [check your admission status via MyStatus](https://admissions.utexas.edu/mystatus).\
4. ### Complete Admission and Immigration Forms

   Once admitted, students participating in reciprocal exchange programs must complete admission forms in [myIO](https://global.utexas.edu/isss/advising-services/student-exchange-program/accessing-myio "Accessing myIO"). For detailed information on how to complete the admission form and obtain an immigration document, see [Accessing myIO](https://global.utexas.edu/isss/advising-services/student-exchange-program/accessing-myio "Accessing myIO").

   #### **Non-U.S. citizens**

   You are required to enter the U.S. as a J-1 Student to participate in a reciprocal exchange program. Using the information provided in your admission forms, International Student and Scholar Services will issue and mail a Form DS-2019, which you will use to apply for a J-1 student visa at a U.S. Consulate/Embassy. The DS-2019 is issued for the duration of your academic study period (one or two semesters).

   #### **U.S. citizens and U.S. Dual citizens**

   You are required to enter the U.S. with your U.S. passport and cannot apply for a J-1 visa. However, to establish your exchange student status at UT Austin, you must complete the [Admission Forms in myIO](https://global.utexas.edu/isss/advising-services/student-exchange-program/accessing-myio "Accessing myIO").