UC San Diego encourages opportunities to exchange information and ideas, and promote long-term relationships, with institutions globally. The Office of International Affairs (OIA) reviews and prioritizes short-term visit requests so that the resources and visitor support services provided by UC San Diego administrators, faculty and staff can be allocated to best serve the interests of UC San Diego and the State of California. For the purpose of the procedures outlined below, a prospective short-term international visitor is a representative of a foreign university, institution or business who requests to meet with UC San Diego faculty, staff or administrators for the purpose of exploring possible collaborations, or learning about our programs, governance, and organization. Such visitors are usually on campus from a few hours to a couple of days. The nature of a short-term visit request is exploratory, and does not encompass official University commitments such as appointments for visiting scholars, visiting graduate students and visiting faculty.

Information for Short-Term International Visitors

Prospective short-term international visitors interested in meeting with UC San Diego administrators, faculty or staff are required to submit a completed Short-Term International Visit Request Form and a CV or professional biographical statement for each visitor at least three weeks [21 days] prior to the proposed visit date.

Upon receipt of the Visit Request Form and visitor biographies, OIA will consult with senior administrators and academic and research leadership as appropriate to determine whether UC San Diego is able to support the requested visit. We regret that it is not possible to fulfill all requests to meet with UC San Diego administrators, faculty and staff, due to the high volume of requests and many other competing priorities.

Short-Term International Visit Request Form (PDF)

Short-Term International Visit Request Form (Word)