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The inbound exchange program at 17³Ô¹Ï offers students from partner schools an opportunity for you to integrate an excellent learning abroad experience with your academic background at your home institution.

Before you travel
Choose your courses
Apply for your visa
Apply for residence
Housing options
Arrange to pay all costs
Arrange for health care
Airport pick-up form
Upon your arrival - Checklist
After you leave

Before you travel

Determine your university tuition category. Some of 17³Ô¹Ï’s exchange/visiting student programs allow 17³Ô¹Ï and our partners to exchange students, whereby a student pays tuition to his or her home institution but attends classes somewhere else in the world. Other non-partner institutions may send visiting students to 17³Ô¹Ï. Unlike exchange students, these students pay tuition fees to 17³Ô¹Ï as international students. In consultation with your home university, be sure to determine which category you fall into.

If you are applying as an exchange student from one of our partner schools, please review this .

Choose your courses

If you plan to study at 17³Ô¹Ï, you will work with academic advisors at your home university and at 17³Ô¹Ï to select courses that meet your program needs and to ensure the credits are recognized at your home institution. Typically, a full-time student at 17³Ô¹Ï takes five (5) courses per semester, and most courses are three (3) semester-hours. You must be registered in at least three courses (a total of nine semester-hours) to be considered full-time.

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17³Ô¹Ï will work to have students registered in their first choice of courses but cannot guarantee students will be registered in their top choices. Coordinators from the partner school must sign off on each course request form. This ensures 17³Ô¹Ï that all exchange students have the necessary prerequisites to take the courses they have listed.

Courses in nursing, veterinary medicine, EMBA, kinesiology, and engineering are NOT open to exchange students; however, applications are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. 

Students must refer to the official timetable and the available course information on My17³Ô¹Ï in order to complete the Course Request form. The course calendar is updated every February and registration will be in April. Course syllabuses are available only by individual course request by contacting faculty members teaching the particular course.

Apply for your visa

The process for obtaining student visas and study permits varies from country to country. Visit for more information.

You will also want to refer to the for more detailed and accurate information about studying in Canada.

Apply for residence

We highly recommend visiting students and exchange students live in residence, and to apply early because residences fill up quickly. Apply online on the Residence Services website.

Housing options

Living in on-campus residence

17³Ô¹Ï’s on-campus residence provides students with a great immersion into the campus culture. As residence is located on the edge of our small campus, classes are just steps away. Residence provides a safe and comfortable atmosphere with a great deal of programming available during the week, including movie nights, painting nights, tutoring, etc. It’s a great way to make lots of friends and be close to the hub of what campus services are offered!

17³Ô¹Ï’s on-campus residences include Blanchard Hall, Bill and Denise Andrew Hall, and Bernardine Hall. Blanchard Hall is highly recommended for exchange students as there is a small kitchenette provided; therefore no meal plan is required for the short stay. Students are encouraged to apply as soon as the residence registration is open.

Visit the 17³Ô¹Ï Residence website for more information.

Living in Homestay

Homestay provides students with housing close to campus and in a family environment—sometimes there may be other students living there too! It is all-inclusive and all of your meals are provided. It also allows for greater immersion into the culture as well as greater cultural experience and exchange. Families will often include students in their day to day plans and experiences, including family games nights, sightseeing, and other activities.

Visit the English Language Centre's Homestay page for more information. 

Living off-campus

Students wishing to live off-campus should contact exchangein@upei.ca before making arrangements to live off-campus. Living in residence or in a homestay is strongly recommended for the short stay.

Students can also visit 17³Ô¹Ï's Off-campus Housing website for more information on off-campus housing options.

Arrange to pay all costs

Residence, and other fees are payable each term. You can transfer funds directly using StudentPay. (Credit cards are not accepted for tuition or residence fees.)

Arrange for health care

Non-fee paying exchange students are NOT eligible for coverage under the 17³Ô¹Ï insurance plan. Each exchange student must purchase mandatory emergency medical coverage through Guard Me International Insurance using the 17³Ô¹Ï access code of 2456 to secure the 17³Ô¹Ï preferred rate and must provide proof of this to the 17³Ô¹Ï exchange coordinator prior to arrival.

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Airport pick-up form

If you require airport pick-up, we are happy to provide that service. .

The closest airport is the Charlottetown Airport. The 17³Ô¹Ï campus is a five-minute drive by taxi from the airport. The closest international airport is the Halifax Stanfield International Airport. Shuttles and buses arrive several times per week from the Halifax Stanfield International Airport to Charlottetown.

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Upon your arrival - Checklist

• Check in with the 17³Ô¹Ï International Exchange Coordinator shortly after your arrival.
• Get information on Orientation Week (O-Week) activities.
• Get your CampusCard student ID card at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre front desk, or at the Residence Services Office in Bill and Denise Andrew Hall.
• Pay residence and fees. Visit the Payment Options page.
• Pick up a free student handbook from the 17³Ô¹Ï Student Union Office, 2nd Floor South, W. A. Murphy Student Centre.
• English Academic Preparation (EAP) students: 
  • Take the English Assessment Test (if applicable) at the International Student Office, Dalton Hall.

After you leave

Please remember it is the responsibility of each exchange student to request their own official transcripts be sent to their home institution upon completion of their exchange semester. Once the semester has come to an end, students must request their own official transcripts to be sent to their home institution by submitting the ‘Transcript Request Form’ on My17³Ô¹Ï.

Due to privacy laws, 17³Ô¹Ï cannot request the transcripts on behalf of any student. It is up to the student to request their own. This can be done through the student’s My17³Ô¹Ï account portal under student planning after their final grades have been posted. Students should request one copy to be mailed to their home institution and in the comments section, ask for the transcript to also be emailed to a specific address (their home institution and their own, if desired). This way schools will receive their transcript immediately and directly from 17³Ô¹Ï.