Business International Programs

Incoming Students

Housing - Please complete the online housing application as soon as possible using the link below after formal admittance to SIUE and you receive your SIUE Student ID number.

Find out more about housing options at SIUE here.

Exchange students who come to SIUE live at Cougar Village.

• Cougar Village Information
• Virtual Tour
• Apply for Housing

Once you receive your SIUE ID number, you must create your e-ID and apply for your housing. Follow the instructions below:

1. To create your e-ID, please click here and choose "I want to get an e-ID" - This will generate an e-ID for you and will provide you with a password
2. After completing this online form, you will be receiving a postcard in the mail that will be sent to the address you provided on your application. This postcard will give you instructions on how to verify your account (you may not receive this postcard for at least 14 days due to international mail).
3. After you receive this postcard, you must follow the instructions on the card to verify your account. If you do not receive the postcard or fail to verify your account within 60 days of creating it, your account will become locked and you will need to contact our ITS department to have it unlocked (help@siue.edu). 
4. After creating your e-ID, you may complete the housing application. Please click here to access the housing application.  *For application purposes, the class status of undergraduate exchange students is "upper-class or transfer students"
5. Payment of your housing deposit must be done on Flywire https://siue.flywire.com.  The Housing deposit of $300 (USD) consists of:
   • $25 non-refundable application fee
   • $75 damage deposit, returned to the student upon leaving SIUE, provided no damage has been done to the apartment
   • $200 applied to the first month's rental charge

Please Note: There is an additional charge per day for accommodations occupied before the start of the contract period. January 7, 2022, is the start of the spring contract.  International students are required to arrive for Orientation on January 3rd or 4th, 2022, and will be charged an additional housing fee, depending upon the type of room occupied, for that additional housing time.

• Students may enter the United States up to thirty days before the beginning of the term. The University is unable to provide housing accommodations, provide transportation upon arrival, or assist students who arrive before January 3, 2022 for the spring 2022 term.
• Students leaving after the spring term must vacate the apartment by Friday, May 6, 2022, at noon. Students may stay in the United States up to thirty days after the term ends at their own expense, but not in University Housing.  Please plan your departure flight in the afternoon or evening on May 6.

What is provided: The School of Business International Program will provide you with basic linens to include bed sheets, pillowcase, pillow, mattress pad, comforter, and bath towel.  We also have a very basic supply of kitchen utensils (for cooking and eating) that exchange students may borrow while at SIUE. We offer this so you do not need to pack or buy all of your own linens and kitchen utensils.