After being admitted to TTU, you will receive an email from IT Help Central with your Texas Tech username, activation code, and instructions about how to activate your account. At this time, you should also activate your TTU email address. 

Note: Please check your TTU email account on a regular basis, since this is the address where all TTU communication will be sent. TTU email addresses automatically deactivate about 1 year after graduation for security purposes.

How to activate your Eraider Account - step by step

If you are currently residing outside the US and will make your initial entry to begin a program at TTU, you will need to apply for a student visa at a US Embassy or Consulate. Please visit the "How to Get a New Visa" and watch the video below for more information:

How to Get a Visa

Transfer students must first transfer their SEVIS record to TTU from their current university. To do this, please reach out to TTU International Undergraduate Admissions and the international office at your current institution.

Note: After you've been admitted and successfully completed the Check-In Process with TTU, your assigned International Advisor will email you a new I-20.

All first-year undergraduate students are required to live on campus. Information about on-campus housing and how to register can be found on the University Student Housing Webpage here. Be sure to book your dorm early as dorm applications fill up early and may result in you being put on a wait list for housing. 

All questonis about dorms need to directed to the TTU Housing office - housing@ttu.edu

Graduate students, transfer students, and any other students who are not required to live in on-campus housing can find a variety of websites that will provide off-campus housing options. Many of these off-campus facilities have bus services to the campus for students without cars. Do not wait to book an apartment. do your reaserach online before arriving or ask friends or Global Guides for advice. Apartments are used to commuinicating with international students via email and will work with you to get settled. 

Please note - while many college apartments provide furniture, most American apartments DO NOT come with furniture. Be sure to ask the leasing manager if the apartment will come furnished. 

For students who arrive before dorm move-in or before their apartment lease begins:

International Student Life has partnered with Visit Lubbock to offer discounted rates for hotels close to campus. These rates are only available to international students traveling to the US alone or with family who need a temporary place to stay until move-in. To learn more about this program, visit our Dorms and Housing page to learn more.

Before signing a lease for off-campus housing, please read the brochure published by the TTU Student Legal Services office.

Early dorm move-in letter - Dorms do not allow early move-in for students as they are preparing and cleaning the rooms for move-in day, however, we have received special permission from the TTU Housing office to allow international students 24-hour early move. 

If you require medical, disability, or other needs for housing there is assistance for you. 

Student Disability Services works closely with University Student Housing and Hospitality Services in order to provide students with accommodations within campus dining and housing facilities. If you need housing accommodations or adjustments to a dining plan, have your medical provider complete the Request for Housing and Dining Accommodations Form. You may also email Mindy Diller, the Campus Dietitian.

A student who presents sufficient evidence of an extreme medical condition, as documented by his/her treating physician, for which on-campus accommodations cannot reasonably be made, may be eligible to apply for a medical hardship off-campus request accommodation. In most cases, students with special medical needs can be accommodated on campus by changing rooms or hall, or by providing dietary consultation. If you need to apply for a medical hardship off-campus request accommodation, have your medical provider complete the Medical Hardship Off-Campus Request Form.

Incoming first-year students who do not meet the exemption requirements must provide documentation of MMR (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella) and Meningitis vaccines before enrolling in classes. Some international students are also required to be screened for tuberculosis.

You can easily manage and upload documents through your MedProcter Account. 

Immunization Information Page for International Students

Information on TB Screenings at TTU

All undergraduate students are required to attend 2 orientations:

1. Red Raider Orientation
2. International Techsans Day

All graduate students are required to attend at 2 orientations

1. New Graduate Student Orientation
2. International Graduate Student Orientation.

Registering for International Orientations 

All incoming first-year students are required to take the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) test before registering for classes. Graduate students are not required to take the TSI. Undergraduate students that are transferring from a community college in the US may not need to take the TSI. 

To learn about the required TSI Pre-Assessment Activity, and to find out whether you are required to take this test, visit the TSI website below.

Texas Success Initiative (TSI) Pre-Assessment Activity

Before a student can register for classes, all holds on the student's account must be removed. Holds can come from a variety of reasons. If you are unable to register because of a hold, please visit Orientation Service's website below.

Learn More About Registration Holds

International Student Life has partnered with the university and Lubbock community to offer you a free airport pickup service. To learn about this service and sign up, please visit the International Student Life website below.

Airport Pickup Information and Sign-up

All International Students (F1 and J1 Exchange students)must also attend International Student Orientation (ISO). This event takes place during the week before classes begin. This is a required event for all new and transfer students.  

International Student Orientation

Disability Services

To sign up for disability services, housing and food accommodations, course substitutions, and more, please visit the website below.

Student Disabilities Services