Texas A&M University Graduate Catalog

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• Office of
  Graduate Studies
• General Information
• Degree Information
• Admission
• Registration & Academic Status
• Tuition, Fees &
  Other Financial Information
• Housing
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• Texas A&M University at Galveston
• Course Descriptions
• School of
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• Faculty
• Appendices

Registration and Academic Status

Course Load Requirements for International
(Non-Immigrant) Students

International (non-immigrant) graduate students must be registered for a minimum of 9 credit hours each semester or the minimum prescribed by the student's college or department. The only time an exception may be made is during a student's final semester when he or she needs to register only for the minimum number of hours required to satisfy degree requirements. If, at any time during a semester, a student drops below the minimum requirements indicated above, the student is in illegal status and subject to deportation.

If a student is required to attend the ELI on a part-time basis, he or she must then also be enrolled in the appropriate number of formal course hours at the University necessary to comply with the Immigration Service requirements stated above.

The law does not require international (non-immigrant) students to enroll during the summer unless their initial entry into the United States is based on admission to an institution for a specified summer term. In such cases, international graduate students must enroll for a minimum of 3 semester credit hours per 5-week summer term or 6 semester credit hours for the 10-week summer semester.