The Worldwide Universities Network at UW-Madison

Information for Students

UW-Madison students Unfortunately, we are not accepting applications for outbound UW student travel through WUN at this time. Faculty applying for WUN seed grants may propose using a portion of their awards to create student opportunities in the context of their research initiatives. For information about international fellowships currently available to UW-Madison students, see http://www.intl-institute.wisc.edu/fellow/.

If you are a student at a WUN member institution and are interested in visiting UW-Madison, you may apply to WUN at your home institution for research mobility support. In addition, you would need to:

1) Find a UW-Madison faculty sponsor who will host you, and obtain a letter of invitation.

2) Have the UW-Madison host department complete the necessary J-1 visa paperwork and submit it to the International Faculty and Staff Services (IFSS) office. If the department staff is unfamiliar with the J-1 procedure for student coming in on WUN, the staff person may contact Dr. Erin Crawley at fellow@intl-institute.wisc.edu.

3) The host department staff person should send Kimberly Coulter (kcoulter@international.wisc.edu) copies of the letter of invitation and, after the visa process has been finalized, notification that the student will in fact be coming.

Note: For the purposes of the visa program, a visitor arriving on a J-1 visa is considered a “Short Term Scholar” and is not technically a student.  You will be given a $0 university appointment of "Honorary Associate" or "Honorary Fellow" and will receive a faculty/staff identification card, not a student one. This means you will not receive student privileges for some university services, such as free use of sports complexes (though with your faculty/staff ID, you may access them for a fee). You will also be eligible for a free bus pass.

Useful contacts:

International Faculty and Staff Services (IFSS):
Check here for information on how to process a request for a J-1. The site will also have updated information concerning SEVIS, the SEVIS fee, and federal financial requirements for J-1 scholars (and dependents, if applicable).
http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/ifss/

International Student Services (ISS):
Despite the fact that you will not be considered a UW student, but rather a J-1 scholar, this web site has much useful information, including information on SEVIS, campus events, campus resources, and a link to Madison Friends of International Students.
http://iss.wisc.edu/

Madison Friends of International Students:
This site lists special events for international students, as well as information about furniture loans, coat loans, and temporary housing.
http://iss.wisc.edu/mfis/ISS.htm