At the Office of International Education, we aim to make your stay here at Virginia Commonwealth University as comfortable as possible. We have numerous departments to help you before you arrive and while you are here.
- Before international students can arrive to study in the United States, they must first obtain a visa. OIE’s Immigration Services can provide you with information to get started.
- Don’t worry about a thing as you prepare to land in Richmond. Need to be picked up at the airport, rent an apartment, set up a bank account or go shopping for food? Student and Scholar Services will help.
- Do you want to know what life is like on and around VCU’s two campuses? Let this slide show serve as a visual guide to our campuses and city.
- Richmond is the capital of the state of Virginia, and VCU is an urban university in the heart of the city, bordered by both downtown and residential neighborhoods. Learn more about VCU and the city and what to do while you are here.