International Student Services
- Apply for Admission
- Application Fee Payment
- Admissions Checklist
- Graduate Degrees
- TOEFL information
- Financial Requirements for International Students
- International Alumni Scholarship
- International Out-of-State Tuition Waiver Scholarship
- Opportunities for International Students
- Selected Funding Sources Open to Non-U.S. Citizens
- Scholarships/Becas
What's new?
Spring 2010 Orientation Dates and Registration: New international students for Spring 2010 will be required to attend international student orientation and processing sessions:
Thursday, January 7: Check-in for students required to take the Academic English Proficiency Test or CITE Placement Test.
Friday, January 8: Check-in day for students not required to test.
Saturday, January 9: Visit the Student Health Center to have mandatory TB testing and purchase health insurance, and enjoy a lunch event with ISS.
Monday, January 11: New student orientation 9am - 12noon, in Corbett Student Center (pre-registration required).
Late orientation and testing dates are available for students unable to arrive for these sessions.
Register here for the orientation (required).
ISS (International Student Services) is responsible for coordinating the application and admissions process for all international applicants, overseeing international students’ maintaining their legal status as foreign students in the United States, and coordinating outreach programs which benefit our campus and local community. Our various staff members specialize in aspects of these three basic missions.
NMSU welcomes students from around the world (currently 76 countries, approximately 1200 international students) to a friendly, vibrant, multicultural campus community. Contact us for information about the university, the admissions process for international applicants, or if we can be of further assistance. The best way to communicate with our office is via email, at the address given below. Please start your communication with our office using this email address.
International Festival 2008
Each year ISS sponsors and organizes the 'International Festival,' in which students share their countries and cultures with the local community. See some of NMSU's international students display their cultures in the most recent festival.
Mailing and contact information
If mailing regular post, or from within the U.S.:
International Student Services
MSC 3G
New Mexico State University
P.O. Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
U.S.A.
If mailing by a courier service (such as DHL or FedEx), or to arrange courier service:
International Student Services
Educational Services Building, Suite G
New Mexico State University
1780 E. University Ave.
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
U.S.A.
Phone: 1 575 646-2017
Fax: 1 575 646-7721
Email: ias@nmsu.edu
- NMSU Division of Student Success: International Student Services
- ias@nmsu.edu
- (575) 646-2017
- Educational Services Building, Suite 8
- MSC 3G / P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001