Undergraduate students who are travelling abroad under the auspices of RPI must register their plans in the RPI Education Abroad Travel Registry. In order to complete the application process you will need to do the following:
- Upload a copy of the ID page of your passport.
- Your passport should be valid for at least six months beyond the date of your anticipated stay abroad.
- Provide your travel itinerary.
- Complete the RPI Conditions of Participation and Risk Waiver and Release forms.
Follow these steps to register your travel:
- Go to the RPI Education Abroad Travel Registry
- Click the red button "Go to Portal"
- Log in with your RCS account
- For your first log in to the system, you may be prompted to answer questions. Complete those to move forward.
- In the four tiles at the top of the page, click Register Travel.
- If you do not see these tiles, click the waffle menu (9 dots) in the top left corner, then click "Global".
- After doing this, you will see the four tiles at the top; click Register Travel.
RPI-supported programs include:
- Study Abroad and Exchange
- Athletic Team International Trip
- Student Club/Organization International Trip
- Faculty-led Study/Research Abroad
- Arch Semester Away International Experience
- International Co-op or Internship
- School of Architecture Semester/Short-term Program Abroad
- Any other international trip organized or under the auspices of RPI
Note: International students who are returning to their home country for any purpose other than those listed above do not need to register their travel.
RPI does not support travel to countries with a level 3 or 4 U.S. Department of State Travel Advisory or a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Travel Health Notice of level 3 or 4.
Appeals for travel to a level 3 country/region will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Contact Mary Nellis, Director of ISSS with questions, at nellim@rpi.edu.
