Current Students

Made for Greatness

Yes, there will be hurdles and challenges along the way, but then there is you, you with limitless potential, you, built to overcome, even on the days you don’t feel like you can.

Made for Greatness

Yes, there will be hurdles and challenges along the way, but then there is you, you with limitless potential, you, built to overcome, even on the days you don’t feel like you can.

Off-campus employment and internships

Spread your wings. Fly
Although there are some restrictions to working off-campus for international students in the United States, there are ways to do it without compromising your legal status. Also, have you considered employment outside the U.S.? There are benefits to working and building career networks in your home country, too.

Employment after graduation

Keep rising
Our hope and commitment is that the investment of your time and other resources in college will launch you into a successful career after graduation. When is a good time to start preparing for employment after graduation? While on an F-1 visa, the answer to that is always: now!

Thinking of Starting a Business?

Although starting a business in the U.S. while on an F-1 visa can be challenging, it's not totally impossible. But who said your business has to be in the U.S. anyway?

No Car? No Problem.

Shop, dine, network. Do it all in Alton and St. Louis. Although Elsah is outside most public transport systems, there is a way to get to Alton and St. Louis from the campus. How? Two words: Space Shuttle.

Make sense of your dollars

Learn about taxation while on an F-1 visa as well as how you can intentionally build good credit. Also, take control of your finances using a budgeting tool designed with you in mind.

Admitted students

New Students