Students are curious about life in their new host culture and are eager to make friends with local residents, and the International Friendship Program (IFP) provides a way for them to do just that.
Student participants are paired with community host volunteers who strive to meet about once a month during the student's first semester at Purdue.
The relationships that are formed help to provide the support students need to be successful.
All new international students will receive an email with an "ISS checklist" prior to arriving on campus in June/July (fall semester), or November/December (spring semester). Students can click on IFP link in the checklist, complete the steps to join IFP and begin their new cross-cultural friendship with an American host/family.
The Spring 2024 IFP sign up has closed. Sign-ups for Fall 2024 IFP will open in June.
At any time in the process, students can email questions to the IFP coordinator at ifp@purdue.edu.