The Pre-departure Orientation is the process we use to help prepare students for their study abroad experience. The orientation addresses safety abroad, emergency procedures, and provides emergency contact information for both students and parents.

During the pre-departure orientation we:

• Orient students to both host country and American security information provided by the U.S. Department of State.

• Speak to students about how to behave abroad, how to maintain a low profile and how to act responsibly.

• Provide faculty directors with emergency procedures. Students have contact information both day and night for UC International staff.

• Collect all pertinent information from students, including their emergency contact, medical and insurance information.
  

• Require all students to have an International Student Identity Card (ISIC), which provides supplemental medical insurance as well as emergency evacuation for medical cause or repatriation of remains.
  

• Remind students that while abroad, they represent the University of Cincinnati, and that their actions and behaviors are governed by the UC Student Code of Conduct.