Travel Abroad Policy

Eligibility

Students with a GPA of 2.75 or higher and in good academic standing may apply for a study abroad program. Students who are in the process of taking classes to improve their GPA and are in good academic standing may apply with permission from their academic advisor. 

Travel Advisory Policy

Owing to concerns for student safety, NJIT does not support education abroad (to include all international, for-credit and non-credit experiential learning activities) to locations where a U.S. State Department’s Travel Advisory levels 3 or 4 have been issued. (Study abroad will be permitted to Level 3 countries where the level is elevated due only to the ongoing pandemic.) Students will not receive university sponsorship —including credit for academic programs, financial aid, scholarships, funding for research, or endorsement of co-curricular and extracurricular activities — if enrolled in an academic program in these countries.

In unique circumstances, exceptions to this policy will be considered by petition to the Office of Global Initiatives. The Office, however, will not accept petitions for countries in which the Department of State has issued a level 4 warning that forbids, restricts or otherwise urges U.S. citizens not to travel to that country.

     Please read our 2022 COVID-Related Risk Management Policy here. 

Course Transfer Policy

1. All courses must be taken at a regionally accredited institution of higher education.

2. It is the student’s responsibility to get all courses approved by their academic advisor at NJIT before taking them.

3. Undergraduate students must enroll in at least 12 credits (and meet full-time status criteria as prescribed by the host institution) while abroad.

4. Graduate students must enroll in at least 9 credits (and meet full-time status criteria as prescribed by the host institution) while abroad.

5. Students will receive a maximum of 19 credits for a semester of study abroad unless they receive advanced approval by the academic advisor at NJIT.

6. Students must take all courses abroad for a letter or number grade. Pass/fail courses will not be accepted for credit.

7. Undergraduate students must earn a “C” (2.0) or better to receive credit for a course they take abroad.

8. Grades will not be posted on the NJIT transcript, nor be figured into the student’s cumulative GPA.

9. No credit will be granted for a course in which the student has already received credit for its equivalent at NJIT.

10. No credit will be granted for continuing education courses, correspondence or independent study, without advanced permission of the academic advisor at NJIT.

11. NJIT’s Office of the Registrar makes final approval of course credit hours after receipt of an official transcript.

12. It is the student’s responsibility to request an official transcript of the completed study abroad coursework be sent to NJIT.

13. Students seeking to study abroad must be in good academic standing and be pursuing their NJIT degree while enrolled in courses abroad.