5. Set up Concordia network and email account access
Important email messages pertaining to housing, course registration, and orientation will be sent to your Concordia email address (@cord.edu). To ensure you receive this information, you need to claim your Concordia email following the process outlined in the email you received shortly after your admission.
Please DO NOT enter an international phone number for the two-factor authentication process. Instead, you will need to provide a recovery email address that is not your Concordia email address. Additionally, we recommend downloading the Microsoft Authenticator application to access campus networks from abroad. For more information about two-factor setup or changes, please click here.
Once you have claimed your account, if you want to change your two-factor number or email, please click here to access your account security information.
6. Apply for Housing
Apply for your preferred residence hall and explore potential roommates. The housing application and roommate matching for Fall 2025 are open now. Room selection will open in mid-April.
Housing Application
7. Dining Plan and Student ID
Dining Services plans are designed to make sure you are fueled up for every moment of the Cobber life. First-year students can choose from three different meal plans when they complete the final step of their housing application. Dining plans are accessed using your student ID card, which you will receive upon arrival to campus.
Upload a photo of yourself online for your Student ID.
Explore Dining Options
8. Student Registration Inventory
First-year international students: Completing the Student Registration Inventory (SRI) provides the Registrar's Office with the information needed to build your fall class schedule.
You will select your own First-Year Seminar (a unique first-year course taught in a wide variety of topics) by ranking your top choices. The registrar will do the rest, and your class schedule will be available later this summer!
Complete Inventory
Transfer and exchange international students: Please do NOT complete the inventory. You will register for classes via a separate process. Please contact Alicia Kauffman or Steve Schaefer for instructions on your registration process.
9. Attend the Virtual Pre-Arrival Sessions
Ensure a smooth and successful start to your time at Concordia by attending our three-part virtual pre-arrival meetings in May, June, and July 2025. These are tentatively scheduled for the second Wednesday of each of these months. Please make your best effort to attend as essential information related to your visa application, housing and roommate selection, course registration, and more will be shared. Deposited students will be invited to attend by email. Email Steve Schaefer with questions.
10. Sexual Assault Prevention Training
This video-based program will provide crucial information about Consent, Bystander Intervention, Sexual Harassment, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and much more. This online training course will help you better understand how important these issues are and what you can do to help make our campus safer.
This program is required to be completed before a student is allowed to begin courses. It takes approximately 90 to 120 minutes to complete; however, you can start the program, save and exit, and then continue from where you stopped.
Access the training here by using your Banner ID as your username; passwords are the first five numbers of your Banner ID. If you do not know your Banner ID, you will receive a weekly reminder email to take the training containing your Banner ID.
11. Health Forms and Tuberculosis (TB) testing
The Mandatory Immunizations form is required to be completed by all students. If you require an immunization exemption and cannot mail the form, please email intl@cord.edu.
Immunization Form
In compliance with the United States Centers for Disease Control, Concordia College is to screen eligible new international students for tuberculosis (TB) upon their arrival. This testing is coordinated through Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, North Dakota. Associated costs for this test are included in your health insurance estimate for the 2025-26 academic calendar. The corresponding course registration hold cannot be removed until you have completed the screening process.
12. Find a Campus Job
International students enrolled on an F-1 student visa are permitted to work on campus beginning their first semester. Beginning in mid-August, deposited students who have completed their class schedule may create a Handshake profile and apply for positions on campus.
13. Submit Final Transcripts and Diploma
This one is important! Failure to submit final high school academic records containing your graduation date will prevent you from registering for subsequent semesters. Click below for a complete list of required academic transcripts by country.
Students requesting transfer of credit for courses taken at universities outside of the United States must have their final transcripts evaluated by an approved credential evaluation agency found on the NACES website and sent to Concordia College. Students must request a course-by-course evaluation from the agency.
14. Arrival Details
Please plan your arrival to campus for August 16 or 17, 2025. If you fly into Hector International Airport (FAR), a Global Learning staff member will pick you up directly from the airport. If you fly into Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport (MSP), you will have to travel to Fargo-Moorhead on your own. We can help you plan this leg of travel if needed.
International Student Orientation will take place from August 18-22. This is required for all new international students.
If your travel itinerary brings you to the Fargo-Moorhead community before the approved dates, it is your responsibility to make arrangements for transportation, lodging, and meals prior to being able to move into your residence hall on the arrival dates listed above.
As soon as you have your travel details finalized, please fill out the online form below so we can plan for your arrival.
Arrival Information Form