For New Students

Getting started at UB as a newly admitted student

Social Security and Income Tax

For international students, scholars, and employees

Life in Buffalo

What you need to know to live in Buffalo

Workshops, Trips, & Events

Especially for UB's international community

Workshops, Trips, & Events

International students at a Shakespeare performance in Buffalo's Delaware Park

Trips & Activities

The Office of International Student & Scholar Services regularly organizes trips and activities in the Western New York region. These activities include Alpine and Nordic skiing, snow tubing, ice-skating, snow boarding and hiking, as well as trips to state parks, amusement parks, professional hockey and baseball games, and Shakespeare-in-the-Park. In addition, ISSS offers bus and walking tours of Buffalo, included professionally guided architectural walking tours of the city’s historical districts and self-guided walking tours of park districts and museums.