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Visiting Students Policy

Students who are enrolled in a graduate program at another university may apply for visiting student status at GSLIS for up to two semesters, under the following conditions:

• Their living expenses are covered by a source outside UIUC (and in the case of international students, that support can be demonstrated in advance to be at the level required by the US government), and
• Any coursework at GSLIS is not to be applied toward a GSLIS degree.

In addition, one of the following two conditions must be met:

1. They have an invitation from one of the three GSLIS research centers and they are prepared to commit to volunteer for 20 hours a week with that Center while they are at GSLIS, or
2. They are applying from an institution with which GSLIS has a bilateral student or faculty exchange program.

Finally, if the visitor expects to take courses, he or she should be prepared to pay GSLIS tuition at the appropriate (in-state or out-of-state) rate.

In order to apply under condition A, above, please contact the faculty director(s) of the appropriate research center:

• The Center for Children's Books (Christine Jenkins)
• The Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship (Carole Palmer)
• The Center for Community Informatics (Ann Bishop, Caroline Haythornthwaite)

In order to apply under condition B, please contact the dean, at -gslisdean, at ad.uiuc.edu-.