Exchange/Mobility/Visiting Students

What's the difference and how to apply

Exchange Student:

An exchange student is a student from a partner university who studies at South Dakota Mines (SDM) for 1-2 semesters and then returns to their home university to complete their degree. Exchange students are accepted through a direct agreement between the student's home university and SDM. Exchange students must be nominated by their home university and accepted by SDM.

Exchange students pay tuition (if any) to their home university. Exchange students are charged certain fees explained in the exchange agreement, as well as any applicable costs such as on-campus housing and meal plans. Health insurance is mandatory and if a student wants to use their home country plan, it must be reviewed by the Ivanhoe International Center.

For more information on the application process and deadlines, visit the Exchange Student Process flier

Mobility Student:

A mobility student is a student from a partner university who studies at South Dakota Mines (SDM) for 1-2 semesters and then returns to their home university to complete their degree. Mobility students are accepted through a direct agreement between the student's home university and SDM. Mobility students must be nominated by their home university and accepted by SDM.

Mobility students pay tuition any applicable costs such as on-campus housing and meal plans to SDM. Health insurance is mandatory and if a student wants to use their home country plan, it must be reviewed by the Ivanhoe International Center.

For more information on the application process and deadlines, visit the Mobility Student Process flier.

Visiting Student:

A visiting student is a student who applies to study at South Dakota Mines (SDM) for a short time (usually 1-2 semesters) but who does not plan to complete a degree at SDM. Visiting students are non-degree seeking and are required to pay tuition and fees to SDM.

Visiting students must submit the SDM online application and submit the official documents required by the application process.

For more information on the application process, visit International Student Admissions.

 

Partner Information:

We engage in various exchange programs and networks throughout the world. Some of the programs are administrated by the Ivanhoe International Center, and some by our different departments.

Our partner universities can be found here.

Would you like to learn more about being an exchange partner? Contact us.