New Students

Information for students arriving to Pittsburgh for the first time

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New students joining University of Pittsburgh this Fall 2010, please join Facebook group "Incoming Students University of Pittsburgh Fall 2010"

Congrats on your admit to Pitt.  Click on Housing, FAQ, Things to bring, etc for information on these. The University has a lot to offer students - adequate study environments (trust us, you will love studying here), entertainment, email kiosks, music, fantastic recreation centers, an entire department (OIS) dedicated to helping and advising international students in all financial, legal, health, academic success, food... Well, you name it, and they got tons of information for you.

NOTE: Pitt refers to University of Pittsburgh. Please do NOT call it "U.Pitt" or "Pitts".

 

What do we do? ANKUR ensure you are having fun while you are studying... Diwali, Dandia Nites, Navratri, Holi, & Movies all through the year, etc. ANKUR also offers tries to bridge the cultural divide by organising cross cultural programs in association with fellow cultural assocoations. Some events will be organized with the graduate student association at Carnegie Mellon University while others with the Pitt Undergrads. We do all we can to make you feel like a Pitt Desi...

 

This New Students section of the website has a lot of information on 'stuff you need to bring from India', Housing, and other Useful links (for example, Visa preps). Important: Once you join the yahoo group - pitt_grad_ankur, in the Files section, you will find documents relating to finance, things you need to bring from India, Visa Queries and lots more....

 

Once you get to Pittsburgh and are comfy at a temporary accommodation (we can help you with that; email us), these are some of the important things you need to do...

 

1) Buy a bus pass from Giant Eagle (a popular supermarket) so that you can travel any number times in the bus for a week until you get your Pitt ID.

2) Register with the office of international services (Located at the William Pitt Union)
3) Open a bank account (PNC bank located on 5th avenue near the William Pitt Union)
4) Start looking for apartments

 

 

RELEVANT LINKS

Things to Bring | Tips for USA | What after VISA | OIS Airport Pickups | Housing | FAQ