The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University hosts students from a wide range of countries including China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.
Our international students are an impressive group who have achieved excellence and created value in their academic careers. They add merit to the Kelley School and are an integral part of our school's cultural diversity.
Our international students offer global perspectives, multicultural experiences, and unique skills to benefit your organization. At Graduate Career Services, we are eager to help recruiters and international students navigate the hiring process.
International students enrolled in the Kelley School of Business generally hold an F-1 visa or J-1 visa.
Students with an F-1 status are eligible for Curricular Practical Training work authorization.
Students should work with the IU Office of International Services prior to employment.
As of March 1, 2003, the functions of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) were officially transferred to the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
In many cases, an international student may continue to be employed after the conclusion of the Optional Practical Training or the Academic Training period provided that a change to another visa type is approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The most common of these is an H-1B visa. The Immigration Bridge Program® can help employers with the full-time international hiring process.
The Immigration Bridge Program® will help you navigate the complex H-1B visa process—so you can make excellent international hires and our international students can excel in great jobs.
Immigration Bridge is a proactive partnership between the Kelley School of Business, the IU Office of International Services, and a top immigration law firm, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP, to assist international students and recruiters with immigration matters related to employer sponsorship. Students—not the recruiting companies—initiate the Immigration Bridge Program® application. While this program does not guarantee a visa sponsorship, visa, or employment, it does improve the situation for international students being recruited both on and off campus.
For more information on the Immigration Bridge Program®, view the Corporate Fact Sheet.
Learn how Graduate Career Services enabled Shathabi Ravindra to tell her unique story to employers and succeed in her summer internship at EcoLab.
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WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.920 --> 00:00:08.300 My first day for the internship was all about being 2 00:00:08.380 --> 00:00:09.840 nervous because 3 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:15.000 I had landed the internship I wanted, and I'd put in all 4 00:00:15.060 --> 00:00:18.610 this effort for months together, and I was 5 00:00:18.660 --> 00:00:22.160 finally here. You learn a lot of skills from your work 6 00:00:22.240 --> 00:00:25.680 experience and what you get at Kelley, but then you're putting it to 7 00:00:25.700 --> 00:00:28.980 practical use, kind of figuring out, can you apply those skills? 8 00:00:29.040 --> 00:00:32.439 Can you make a difference? Are you capable of making strategic 9 00:00:32.540 --> 00:00:36.340 choices, implementing what you recommend, meeting the expectations, 10 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:40.300 what your school has on you, what you have for yourself, 11 00:00:40.940 --> 00:00:44.900 and it's that point where you put everything at stake, you've had all 12 00:00:44.940 --> 00:00:48.760 your life into perspective. Coming from a different background, as 13 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:52.680 well as being an international student, it was hard mapping yourself 14 00:00:52.700 --> 00:00:56.290 into how the culture is in the US, networking with people, trying to make that 15 00:00:56.320 --> 00:00:58.680 conversation, building relationships. 16 00:00:58.760 --> 00:01:02.640 GCS really helped me figure that out on what my strengths are, what I 17 00:01:02.680 --> 00:01:06.460 can play on, and I could talk about my work more like a 18 00:01:06.540 --> 00:01:09.400 story and something which is interesting and people can relate to. 19 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:13.400 I put a lot of effort, but at every step, GCS was with me, correcting 20 00:01:13.440 --> 00:01:17.140 me, giving me feedback. It's really helped me in my internship because I'm so much 21 00:01:17.160 --> 00:01:20.900 more confident. My project began with what the value proposition of the 22 00:01:20.980 --> 00:01:24.360 offering is. The first thing I had to figure out was what's the value proposition 23 00:01:24.380 --> 00:01:26.600 which differentiates us from the competitors. 24 00:01:27.140 --> 00:01:31.020 What is that one aspect which helps the customer pay that 25 00:01:31.080 --> 00:01:34.460 one premium? I think all the stepping stones I needed to 26 00:01:34.580 --> 00:01:38.480 succeed in my internship starts from Kelley and what they've taught 27 00:01:38.520 --> 00:01:42.440 me till now. I was in the Business Marketing Academy, and Professor Fred 28 00:01:42.460 --> 00:01:46.120 Radel was the academy advisor. He has practical 29 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:49.920 business experience. He knows how a business-to-business marketing model works. 30 00:01:50.380 --> 00:01:53.340 He always pushes you to learn more about that. 31 00:01:53.600 --> 00:01:57.460 So academy gave me that push I needed to figure out 32 00:01:57.500 --> 00:01:59.900 what skill set you require to be in the business world. 33 00:02:00.720 --> 00:02:03.920 So academy definitely helped me land this internship. 34 00:02:03.980 --> 00:02:07.360 Ecolab is a very strong network of women 35 00:02:07.660 --> 00:02:11.500 leaders, and some of the top C-suite leaders are 36 00:02:11.540 --> 00:02:15.280 women, and it's great talking to them about how well they've succeeded in 37 00:02:15.320 --> 00:02:17.340 Ecolab. The opportunities are immense. 38 00:02:18.180 --> 00:02:22.120 I definitely had a leg up than a lot of other interns when I started. 39 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:26.300 Ecolab is a huge Kelley network, and I said its culture is very similar to how 40 00:02:26.320 --> 00:02:30.170 Kelley works. It's a privilege to be an MBA intern in a Fortune 41 00:02:30.320 --> 00:02:33.800 500 company. The amount of exposure you get to the senior 42 00:02:33.860 --> 00:02:37.620 management is incredible. You get a lot of face time. 43 00:02:37.780 --> 00:02:41.560 You get to interact with them, ask questions, learn more about the 44 00:02:41.620 --> 00:02:41.989 business. 45 00:02:42.829 --> 00:02:46.700 So you're not working specifically just on your project, but also you're 46 00:02:46.720 --> 00:02:49.660 getting an overview of how the business is growing in general. 47 00:02:49.920 --> 00:02:53.680 Because most of the intern projects what we have here are real-time projects. 48 00:02:53.740 --> 00:02:57.260 So we are providing more of a baseline, and eventually, that project is going to be 49 00:02:57.280 --> 00:02:59.880 continued by someone in the organization. 50 00:02:59.890 --> 00:03:03.860 I'm looking and hoping that the intern project I complete is going to be put into 51 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:07.340 use, and they'll have more of an implementation plan after I leave. 52 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:11.860 With a Kelley MBA, I believe that I can 53 00:03:11.900 --> 00:03:15.640 succeed and do whatever I want to or 54 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:19.080 choose to do. It doesn't matter which industry or which 55 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:22.960 function. I know I can go to any part of the world and be successful with it, 56 00:03:23.220 --> 00:03:24.700 and that's what makes it more special.
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