International Student Identity Card (ISIC):

All students studying in a foreign country must have international health insurance. Sometimes this is included as part of the program cost and somtimes this will need to be purchased additionally through TCNJ.

However, NO STUDENT should purchase international health insurance individually as TCNJ requires all students who need insurance to be enrolled in the TCNJ Group Plan. The Office of International & Off-Campus Programs will contact you via e-mail with the enrollment information.

To determine if you need to purchase international health insurance through TCNJ, please review the information below as it pertains to your particular program:

CIEE and ISA:

Students attending programs offered through CIEE and ISA will recieve insurance as part of their program cost and DO NOT need to purchase additional insurance.

TCNJ Programs:*

Students attending TCNJ programs MUST purchase international health insurance through TCNJ. TCNJ programs include:

Exchange Programs and Direct Enrollment Programs
Global Student Teaching
Faculty-Led Programs

NJSCIS and SFS :*

Students attending programs offered through NJSCIS and SFS programs MUST purchase international health insurance through TCNJ

*International Health Insurance Through TCNJ:

The insurance that students will be purchasing through TCNJ is the International Student Identity Card (ISIC).

If a student is required to purchase this insurance, the office of International & Off-Campus Programs will contact that student via e-mail with instructions

What is ISIC?

ISIC is an identificatin card that offers students an insurance plan, discounts to more than 30,000 locations in 103 countries, and an emergency help-line.

ISIC's aim is to help facilitate student mobility, educational exchanges and travel, and encourage the dissemination of knowledge of other lands, cultures and systems as to increase international understanding.