Dear Exchange and Grant Students, Thank you for considering UW-Eau Claire! This packet will help you complete your exchange student application at UW-Eau Claire. We have provided notes and explanations about each part of the application process. Your first step is to create an online account at: We recommend that you use your name as your “Login ID” for your account, since it will be easy to remember. Once you begin at Screen 14 (Personal Information), you can save your application at any point, and continue at a later time. Please work with your school to submit all application documents. Application questions? Contact the Center for International Education at We look forward to welcoming you to the UW-Eau Claire campus! Sincerely, Center for International Education University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Step 1 — Create an Account We recommend that your login ID be the same as your address. Select a question to answer in case you forget your password. Once you have confirmed that the information is correct, click here to continue.

Select, “Create a New Application” to start applying for admission at UW-Eau Claire. Step 2 — Creating your Application

In these screens, make the selections highlighted above. As you are not a US citizen, you will need to apply for a student visa. This means that you have graduated from a secondary school and are now attending a college or university.

Select these options on the following screens. You will be applying as a Special Student. Select the term that you wish to attend UW-Eau Claire here.

Your summary at the end of this process should look like this, with whichever term you were applying for at the bottom.

Leave this panel blank Choose a major that fits your interests and enter it here. A list of majors is on the next slide. Application Section 1 — Campus Specific Select “No,” then leave the rest of the section blank. Select “No” here. Additional Information about majors can be found at

Select “No” for the last few options and click “Next” to move on to the next section.

Section 2 — Personal Information Enter your name as it appears on your passport. Make sure that you anglicize your name. For example, if you have an umlaut or any other accent mark in your name, you must remove the accent and spell out your name without them.

Only fill out this section if you have changed your name. Otherwise, leave it blank. As you do not have a Social Security Number, you do not need to fill out this section.

Mark the gender that appears on your passport here, then fill out the Race/Ethnicity section and click “Next.”

Section 2.5 — Personal Information Continued Ignore the yellow box with warning text. As you do not have a Social Security Number, you van just check the box at the bottom of the section and move on.

Fill in your birthplace information here. These fields are required by the government. Select “J1” here.

If you have taken any of these exams, you can provide score information. You are not required to provide this information in your application. Write your first/native language here.

Section 3 — Address Enter your preferred address here. The system will automatically fill in the that you used to create your account.

You will have to write your address without any accent marks or diacritics (use only English letters). Click “Confirm Address” to finalize your entry here

Enter whatever primary phone number (home or cell) here. Ignore this. If you have another phone you can be reached at, enter it here. If you want your materials to be mailed to a different address, check “No” here.

Choose which type of school you graduated from here.

Use the Add/Edit function to choose which high/secondary school you graduated from. You will choose the city of the school first, followed by the school itself.

Answer the questions, then choose your current college or university by clicking “Edit.”

Click “Next” here to finish your application. You will need to enter your name as it appears on your passport, and your date of birth on the next page.