Wilkes University

International Student Services helps all international students, faculty and staff with immigration needs as well as programming and cultural support.

We:

• Provide cultural, social and academic support for international students and scholars.
• Organize campus wide events for students and create opportunities for integration between U.S. and international students. 
• Offer an Orientation for International students to the Wilkes University campus before the start of each semester.
• Host workshops on American cultural issues and problems.
• Answer immigration concerns you may have while you are applying to Wilkes, or once you arrive on our beautiful, urban campus.

The Wilkes University campus is located in the historic district of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. We offer a variety of housing options for our residential student population, ranging from traditional halls to apartments to mansions.

All rooms are furnished with one bed (extra long mattress), dresser, desk, chair and wardrobe (or closet space) per student. In addition to the furniture, each room has basic cable and telephone service. Each student access to either a wireless or ethernet connection.

The Eugene S. Farley library features more than 170,000 volumes of books and bound journals, more than 53,000 journals and newspapers in 123 databases, over 1,800 daily newspapers from the U.S. and around the world, a collection of classic films on DVD and fine collections in English and American literature, history, the sciences and mathematics.

Information Technology provides a variety of resources to Wilkes students:

• LIVE
• Downloads
• Recommended Specs
• Cyber Security
• Software Discounts
• Self-Service Banner

Basic health care needs are provided free-of-charge at the University. Nurses are on duty during the day and evening and the University physician holds office hours two days each week. In addition, a doctor is on call 24 hours a day for emergency situations.