Get Involved :: Action :: Reach out to International Students

Over 580,000 international students studied in the U . S . during the 2002-2003 school year, representing 4.6% of the near 13,000,000 students enrolled in U.S. institutions of higher education. After years of healthy growth, this slight 0.6% increase from the previous year's total reflects the increasing difficulty and discomfort experienced by international students in the U . S . as well as the lasting impact of the tragic events of September 11th, 2001 and the Patriot Act.

According to Allan E. Goodman, President and CEO of the Institute of International Education , "International educational exchange has never been more important for the United States . Foreign students bring intellectual, economic and cultural benefits to our campuses and communities." The Their leading countries of origin for foreign students are India , China , Korea , Japan , and Taiwan . Preferred Their preferred fields of study include business and management, engineering, and mathematics and computer sciences. USC, NYU, Columbia , Purdue, and the University of Texas at Austin enroll the most international students. (UCLA and Berkeley are numbers 11 and 39 , respectively, out of the top 50.) Consider reaching out to international students on your campus. Each UC campus has a special office to support international students. The list below provides contact information for these offices. There are many ways in which that you can get involved, including help : help coordinate orientations programs, volunteer as a conversation partner, invite a new friend home for a holiday, listen to their views regarding UC's role in nuclear weapons development, and/or identify a counselor who can answer visa, housing, and travel questions. However you help, you're bound to learn from them as well.

University of California, Berkeley
Services for International Students and Scholars
International Student Associations
2299 Piedmont Avenue (at International House)
Berkeley CA 94720-2321
Phone: (510) 642-2818
URL: http://www.ias.berkeley.edu/siss/

University of California, Davis
University Outreach and International Programs
Services for International Students and Scholars
Second Floor, Mark Hall
One Shields Avenue , Davis , CA 95616|
Phone: (530) 752-6376
URL: http://siss.ucdavis.edu/

University of California, Irvine
International Center
3800 Berkeley Place
Irvine , CA 92697-5255
Phone: (949) 824-7249
URL: http://www.ic.uci.edu/

University of California, Los Angeles UCLA
International Students Association
308 Westwood Plaza
300C Kerckhoff Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Email: isaucla@ucla.edu
URL: http://www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/isaucla/

University of California, Riverside
International Service Center (ISC)
Watkins House on Canyon Crest Drive next to the Bannockburn Complex.
Phone: (909) 787-4113
URL: www.internationalcenter.ucr.edu

University of California, San Diego
International Student and Scholar Office
9500 Gilman Drive , 0018
La Jolla , CA  92093-0018
Phone: (858) 534-3730
URL: http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/icenter/isso/

University of California, San Francisco
International Students and Scholars
513 Parnassus Avenue , S04
San Francisco , CA 94143-0477
United States of America
Phone: (415) 476-1773
URL: http://student.ucsf.edu/siss/

University of California, Santa Barbara
Office of International Students & Scholars
Phone: (805) 893-2929
URL: www.oiss.ucsb.edu

University of California, Santa Cruz
Office of International Education
International Scholar and Student Services
107 Classroom Unit Building
Santa Cruz , CA 95064
Phone: (831) 459-2858
URL: http://www2.ucsc.edu/oie/is3/index.php

Get Involved :: Action :: Reach out to International Students