General Category

1. First-year Undergraduate student/Second-year Undergraduate student/Third-year Undergraduate student. According to the year of study recorded in the Office of Academic Affairs system at the time of internal selection..
2. There should be no failed courses listed in your transcripts.
3. GPA should be higher than 3.30.
4. TOEFL iBT 90 (Do not accept Home Edition), 新制 TOEFL iBT 成績待交換學校確認中 or IELTS 7.0.
5. Not available to students in the College of Management, College of Law, College of Medicine.

2 students for 1 semester.
(Limited to 2 exchange students for the 2nd semester, 美洲區第二學期甄選皆為交換一學期，該校採Quarter制，與臺大學制不同)

Fall Quarter: September - December
Winter Quarter: January - Early-March
Spring Quarter: Late-March - June

✔ Refer to here for the academic calendar.
✔Exchanging for one academic year includes Fall Quarter, Winter Quarter, and Spring Quarter. Those who exchange for only one semester, students departing in the first semester are Fall Quarter only, and those departing in the second semester are Spring Quarter only.

Students must register as a full-time student at NTU and are liable for tuition fees at NTU while overseas. Students do not have to pay tuition fees to the host university, but remain liable for miscellaneous, accommodation, living, insurance, transportation and other personal fees.

1. The language requirements listed are the minimum standards. Applicants are advised to look into specific departments and courses to ensure they meet all prerequisites and additional language criteria. The host institution reserves the right to deny admission if no suitable departments or courses are available.
2. For exchange information, please refer to the website. Refer to here for course information, and here for language courses. 
3. As long as prerequisites are met, and courses are open, exchange students have full access to undergraduate courses in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Courses from other undergraduate schools may be available on a case-by-case basis. 
4. Courses in the following departments and schools are not open to exchange students:
   • Integrated Marketing Communications (Medill)
   • Kellogg School of Management
   • Pritzker School of Law
   • Feinberg School of Medicine
   • Bienen School of Music
   • The Graduate School: Although exchange students are admitted to Northwestern as undergraduates, they may have limited access to graduate courses in special circumstances, assuming prerequisites are met. In general, you should avoid choosing courses at the 400-level (i.e., course numbers of 4XX), since these are graduate courses.
5. Undergraduate students at Northwestern typically take 3 or 4 courses per quarter in a variety of subjects. Most courses at Northwestern are worth 1 unit of credit and meet for three hours per week over the 10-week quarter. Some classes have additional laboratory or discussion sections.
6. International exchange students must maintain full-time enrollment, which is defined as three or more credits per quarter. It is not recommended that exchange students take five classes, what is considered at Northwestern to be an overload, given various demands and priorities on and off campus.
7. As an exchange student, you do not pay tuition to Northwestern. However, you will be billed for on-campus room and board (if you live on campus) and mandatory NU-SHIP health insurance. You will also need to budget for textbooks, visa fees, and personal expenses. For details on costs, billing, and payments, visit the exchange student Money Matters section. 

Housing is not guaranteed. For more information, please refer to the website.

• On-Campus Housing
  If there is space available, undergraduate exchange students have the option to live in residence halls, residential colleges, residential communities, or special-interest housing. Consult the Residential Services site for information about on-campus undergraduate housing options. Moving forward to 2026/2027AY and beyond, Northwestern will no longer be able to guarantee on-campus housing for full-year students.
• Off-Campus Housing
  Students also have the option of living in an apartment or shared house in the Evanston or Chicago area. Consult off-campus life resources.