Welcome to Fredericton!

We are happy to have you on our campus and hope that your stay here will be rewarding, both academically and personally. As well as meeting your Canadian counterparts on campus, you will find that there are International Students from over 65 countries here at the University of New Brunswick. To date as many as 97 countries have been represented.

You will probably have many questions about Canadian life in general and life at the University of New Brunswick in particular. The University calendar and the International Student Handbook should answer many of your questions. The International Student Advisor/CIDA Coordinator's Office, your faculty advisor and the counselling staff on campus are other sources of advice and information. Do drop in at the International Students' Office we are always willing to help and answer your questions.

Best wishes for your stay at UNB.

Kay Nandlall, Director
ISA/CIDA Coordinator's Office

Services Offered by the
International Student Advisor's Office in Fredericton:

• Provides preliminary information while students are in their home countries, orientation programs and ongoing services as needed throughout their studies at UNB
• Advising on matters - academic, financial, social, cultural or personal, both individually and in groups.
• Initiates and adminisers programs for spouses of International Students and liaises with the Host Family Program.
• Contacts relevant community groups and personnel on campus so that the best possible support system for Inernational Students is available during their academic stay at UNB.
• Administers contracts for students studying in Canada under the auspices of such agencies as CIDA, WUSC, CBIE, and SAETF according to the terms of each contract. (Please note: The CIDA Co-ordinator administers the contracts of these agencies upon their request. We do not administer all CIDA contracts. Students are asked to contact this office should they encounter difficulty with their specific CIDA contract.)
• Provides information on exhanges and contracts to campus personnel and students. Excahnges between the University of New Brunswick and the University of Wales, Umea University, Sweden and University of Maine are available. Application forms are available by contacting the International Student Advisor's Office.
• Responsible for financial and personal administration of CIDA contract students within the Atlantic Region whose contracts originate with the Human Resources Division of CIDA.
• Administers every aspect of the CIDA Fellows award and is responsible for liaising with each executing agency and relevant personnel at each institution where the CIDA Fellow is placed in the Atlantic Region.
• Liaises with High Commission and Embassies as necessary regarding International Students.

The above list are some of the support services we offer. We encourage you to contact us and would like to wish you all the best during your studies.