{"id":2031,"date":"2025-11-25T15:25:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/?page_id=2031"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T18:50:16","slug":"off-campus-student-employment-training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/international-students\/off-campus-student-employment-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Off Campus Student Employment &#038; Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before accepting any off-campus internship, job, or paid service, ensure your F-1 or J-1 status permits it, as off-campus work authorization is limited and can take months to approve.<\/p>\n<h2>Major-Related Training Options<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/isso\/international-students\/off-campus-student-employment-training\/curricular-practical-training-cpt\/\">F-1 Curricular Practical Training (CPT)<\/a>: Internships required by your academic program.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/isso\/international-students\/off-campus-student-employment-training\/f-1-pre-completion-optional-practical-training-opt\/\">F-1 Pre-Completion Optional Practical Training (OPT)<\/a>: Practical experience in your major field, not required by your program.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/isso\/international-students\/off-campus-student-employment-training\/f-1-post-completion-optional-practical-training-opt\/\">F-1 Post-Completion OPT<\/a>: Practical experience in your major field, not required by your program and occurring after you complete your program of study.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/isso\/international-students\/off-campus-student-employment-training\/24-month-stem-opt-extension\/\">F-1 STEM OPT Extension<\/a>: Extension of OPT for STEM majors working with qualified employers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/isso\/international-students\/exiting-bu\/j-1-academic-training-at\/\">J-1 Academic Training (AT)<\/a>: Practical experience related to your major.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other Work Permissions<\/h2>\n<h3>Economic Hardship<\/h3>\n<p>F-1 and J-1 students facing unexpected severe financial difficulties may apply for off-campus work authorization to help you continue to meet the expenses of your academic program.<\/p>\n<h3>Work with International Organizations<\/h3>\n<p>F-1 students may qualify for work authorization with designated international organizations under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/USCODE-2011-title22\/html\/USCODE-2011-title22-chap7-subchapXVIII-sec288.htm\">International Organization Immunities Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before accepting any off-campus internship, job, or paid service, ensure your F-1 or J-1 status permits it, as off-campus work authorization is limited and can take months to approve. Major-Related Training Options F-1 Curricular Practical Training (CPT): Internships required by your academic program. F-1 Pre-Completion Optional Practical Training (OPT): Practical experience in your major field, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10133,"featured_media":0,"parent":1537,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2031"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2031"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4183,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2031\/revisions\/4183"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}