International Student Services

Michael J. Pelley, director

The Office of International Student Services provides services to more than 150 international students, scholars, and faculty from more than 40 sovereign nations. The director serves as liaison to The Department of Homeland Security, The Department of State, NAFSA: Association of International Educators, the Institute of International Education, and other local, state, national, and international programs and agencies.

The office advises international students and student groups, evaluates foreign transcripts, provides international students orientation, administers the international scholarship program, and sponsors a variety of programs including the Friendship Partners Program and the Campus Connector Program. Complete details are available by contacting the director, University of Portland, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd., Portland, Oregon 97203-5798. Contact the office by telephone at (503) 943-7367, toll free at (800) 227-4568, by e-mail at iss@up.edu, or on the web at up.edu/iss/.