Carleton College

Wise Investment

Economics major Anthony Wong of Malaysia attended a United World College in New Mexico. He has been a summer intern with two investment banks, JP Chase in New York City and Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong, and after graduation will return to work at Morgan Stanley in its global capital markets division.

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International Student News

Carleton is featured in Strait Times in Singapore, as it profiles former Nason Scholar Nazish Zafar's, '07 experience on Carleton's campus. Read Article Read More

Eunice Ajambo, ’06, a former Kellogg Scholar from Uganda has been awarded the Archbishop Tutu Leadership Fellowship Read More.

Hikaru Teramoto '06 Ranks in the Top 20 Financial Analysts in Japan Read More.

Dashini Jeyathurai '08 has paper accepted to the National Undergraduate Literature Conference Read More.

Reshad Sabed '08 believes that cultural competence is the currency of the twenty-first century. If that's true, then Reshad is part of a real treasure trove on the Carleton campus: 137 international students from 36 different countries. View Reshad's web video.

Wayne Soon '08 publishes article in Singapore News Read More.

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International Student Arrival and Orientation

International Student Orientation September 3rd - 9th
ISO is mandatory for all J-1 and F-1 visa holders
ISO Participants' Arrival Day September 3rd
More Information

Quick Facts about Carleton

Location: Northfield, Minnesota
- 40 miles south of Minneapolis/St.Paul
Student-Faculty Ratio: 9:1
Average class size: 18
Number of students:
- 853 men
- 911 women
- Total 1,764
Students who study abroad: 67%
Countries of origin of Carleton's international students
(You may contact students from many of these countries.)
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Botswana
- Canada
- China
- Cyprus
- Ecuador
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ghana
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- India
- Israel
- Japan
- Kenya
- Korea
- Malaysia
- Myanmar/Burma
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Senegal
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Swaziland
- Taiwan
- Tibet
- Thailand
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam

Employment

Optional Practical Training (OPT)
- Instructions for OPT Application(pdf)
- OPT for Carleton Students (pdf)
- I-765 Application for Employment Authorization (pdf)
- USCIS Photo Instructions (pdf)
- OPT Letter for Academic Advisors (pdf)

Curricular Practical Training (CPT)
- CPT for F-1 visa holders and CPT Endorsement Form (pdf)

Host Family Program Student Application

The Host Family program matches an international student with a host family in the Northfield community. More

International Student Textbook Exchange

The International Student Programs' newly created International Student Textbook Exchange is meant to help reduce textbook expenses for international students. More

Cultural Ambassador Program

The International Student Cultural Ambassador Program is a free service offered by the Office of International Student Programs that encourages international awareness by providing valuable learning opportunities for local public school students. More

Information for International Students pages maintained by Autumn A. Bastian

This page was last updated on 5 March 2008