Arrival Survey

Please fill this out no less than 72 hours before arrival to West Virginia.

On-campus residence halls open new students on Friday, January 10th, 2025. Information about on-campus housing should be directed to https://www.marshall.edu/housing/ Meal plans will begin on that same day, Friday, January 10th, 2025. We highly recommend adding some Herd Points to your account before arrival for on-campus dining. International Student Orientation will be held on Sunday, January 12th and all new international students are required to attend. We suggest that you download WhatsApp before you travel so that you may communicate with your pickup person using the WiFi at airports, if necessary. We will email you the person’s name and WhatsApp phone number.

Personal Information

Student ID Number(Required)

Email(Required)

Phone Number if you have WhatsApp (include country code):(Required)

Program of Study

College of Program of Study

Arrival Information

Our service area is Huntington and Charleston, West Virginia. Please try to arrive there. If you choose an airport outside of the service area, you will have to arrive to Huntington or Charleston for us to provide the pick-up services.

Method of Arrival(Required)

City of Arrival

* Please try and select an in-state airport close to Marshall University in West Virginia in order to reserve an airport pickup. If you have selected an airport outside of our service area please note that Uber/Lyft can deny your request or charge expensively to travel the distance.

Date of Arrival(Required)

Airline(Required)

Flight Number(Required)

Pick-up Service

*The Office of Global Education and Intercultural Student Affairs arrange airport pickup service and lodging for newly arriving international students beginning the week prior to the start of the semester. Please let us know if you will need our assistance when you arrive or if you will make your own arrangements for transportation and lodging. We will reach out to you via email with the WhatsApp information of the person picking you up. If you need to cancel, please directly contact that person within 24 hours. If there is a flight delay, please contact that person to inform them of the flight delay.

How much luggage are you bringing?(Required)

Will you be traveling with friends or family?(Required)

Please list their names:(Required)

If you are a Study Abroad Exchange Student, what school are you coming from?

Housing

Will you be living on campus or off campus?(Required)

Which residence hall they’ll be staying in?(Required)

Check-in & Immigration Session

It is mandatory that you check in with the Office of International Student Services and attend an Immigration Session upon arrival to Marshall University. Please select the Check-in and Immigration Session that you plan to attend:

Spring 2025 Orientation (REQUIRED)

Sunday, January 12th from 12:30pm until 5pm in East Hall. This will be followed by an optional dinner.

Insurance

Marshall University requires all international students to have health insurance while studying at Marshall University. Insurance will protect you against the very high medical costs in the US.

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Arrival Survey Spring 2025