Transfer Students

Using your Network ID, you can log into Atlas and use the Atlas checklists to guide you through important tasks you need to complete. Look under the Requests section for the Transfer Application Checklist for steps to finalize your admission and obtain your immigration document. And the Pre-Arrival Checklist to help prepare you for attending New Student Orientation and coming to the U.S.

To create your computing account, you’ll need your university ID number. We’ll send you an email with your university ID within two weeks of submitting your application.

You’ll need to set up your computing account before you can:

• Apply for housing
• Schedule New Student Orientation

The computing account and email account you’ll create in this step are different than the account you created to apply to IU. You must create an IU computing account and an IU email account.

Your university ID

If you have ever previously been enrolled in or participated in a program at any IU campus and were given a 10-digit university ID number or IU username, you will use the same ID number or username and follow these steps to set up your IU computing account.

• If you have forgotten your IU username, contact the UITS Support Center.
• If you have forgotten your university ID number, please contact Student Central.

Setting up your IU computing account

1. Go to the Access Management System Starter Kit.
2. Read and agree to the Guidelines for Appropriate Usage, which are rules and policies for using IT accounts at IU.
3. Enroll in the Passphrase Self-Service Reset System. If you forget your passphrase, this tool will enable you to reset it yourself without having to visit a UITS Support Center walk-in location in person.
4. Save or record your account information in a secure place. You will need this information each time you log in to your IU computing account.
5. Exit. It may take up to two hours before you can log in to some services.

Get more information about creating your first account

Declare your intent to enroll so we know you’ll be attending IU.

Ready to meet your classmates? When you enroll at IU Bloomington, you’ll receive an invitation to join our official, private online admitted student community. You can visit often to:

• Look for a roommate
• Join communities
• Plan meet-ups
• Know what’s happening on campus
• Get to know other students

You can also connect with the Office of International Services on social media.

If you have more than 12 credit hours of transfer coursework, you can choose to live on or off campus. We recommend you live on campus during your first year. It’s the best way to plug into a community of people and start making friends.

If you want to live off-campus, you will need to apply for a residency exemption with Residential Programs and Services (RPS).

We recommend that you apply for housing as soon as the housing contract and application form are available on the Residential Programs and Services website—this is typically in February for the upcoming fall semester. Your housing preferences will be given priority based on the date your application is received.

The housing application fee is $200. Please read all contract terms and conditions carefully, especially in relation to cancellation.

All new students are required to attend orientation, which is where you will register for your first semester classes.

After you submit your Intent to Enroll, you will receive an email invitation from FYE to reserve your specific orientation dates.

If someone is helping you fund your college education, make it easy for them.

Let your parents (and whomever else you choose) set up e-bill notifications, pay bills electronically, and view bursar account details.

All students who attend IU Bloomington are required by Indiana state law to present proof of vaccination.

As an international student, you'll need to know how to navigate customs and get from the Indianapolis International Airport to Bloomington, which is about an hour away.

Lear more about traveling to Bloomington

Incoming transfer students are required to have final secondary school transcripts sent to the Office of International Services before beginning at IU. All documents must be official and original (no photocopies or notarized copies). English translations must be provided for all non-English language documents.

• Phone: 812-855-9086
• Fax: 812-855-4418
• Email: ois@iu.edu

If you are currently studying in the U.S. as an F-1 student, you will need to transfer your SEVIS record to Indiana University.