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CPT Eligibility

• Student in F-1 non-immigrant status
• Student maintaining legal F-1 status and making progress to complete degree program
• Student enrolled full-time for at least 1 academic year
  • Have been enrolled for at least 2 academic semesters (read: a minimum of 9-months of academic study).
• CPT must directly connect to your degree program as noted on Form I-20.
• Student applies and is granted CPT work permission through CISP

CURRICULAR PRACTICAL TRAINING BASICS

• CPT is a benefit, not a right.
• Can facilitate employment and/or training that is an INTEGRAL part of an established curriculum.
• Authorization will be granted solely for experiential activity that has a strong and measurable connection to the student's academic program, like a for-credit internship or cooperative education.
• Dropping CPT course has serious consequences
• Must be credit-bearing.
• Activities can be paid or unpaid.
• Is approved by the CISP, not by the USCIS.
• All CPT activity will be closely monitored.
• Authorization dates must match a given semester.

Who is eligible for CPT?

• Completing Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctoral degree
• Completed two consecutive semesters as a full-time student
  • Fall and Spring
  • Spring and Fall
  • Spring and Summer
  • Summer and Fall 
• Within timeframe it takes average student to complete degree
• 60 months for Bachelor's degree
• 24 months for Master's degree without a thesis
• 36 months for Master's degree with a thesis
• 60 months for a Doctoral degree

Who is not eligible for CPT? 

• Completed all requirements for degree program (applied to graduate and only needs current enrollment to graduate)
• Student who wants CPT based on a minor
• Student who wants a program extension to request CPT
• CPT students must make "normal academic progress" to be eligible for CPT; a history of unsatisfactory academic performance is a bar to CPT participation.
  • CPT students that are on academic warning, probation, or is below the minimum GPA requirements for graduation (2.0 for undergraduate, 2.25 for law school, & 3.0 for graduate). 
• CPT students may not take an "incomplete" for the CPT experience.  An "incomplete" or "I" grade will be a bar to future CPT participation.
• Additional CPT authorization will not be provided for a CPT student to complete an "incomplete" internship or Co-Op experience.