The Academic Visitor guidelines below assist University hosts and administrators by presenting an overview of the Visitor-hosting process and explaining the five steps that they must complete to bring a Visitor to campus. Specific information on the definition of Academic Visitors and on Academic Visitor eligibility is located on the About and Visitor Process Overview pages.
The Visitor Process Overview describes the steps associated with hosting Visitors, Visitor eligibility constraints, and the basic characteristics of visits.
Step 1: Determine Visitor Category describes the three visit categories, including how a visit's duration and a Visitor's proposed activities influence category choice.
Step 2: Visitor Screening and Export Controls Review describes the security-related procedures associated with bringing Visitors to the University of Pittsburgh.
Step 3: Centralized Invitation Review and Agreement Processing describes the agreements that are required for a visit and the agreements that are conditional upon the category of visit.
Step 4: Visitor Onboarding Procedures describes the required and conditional administrative actions associated with bringing Visitors to the University of Pittsburgh.
Step 5: Visitor Departure and Close-Out Procedures describes the administrative actions associated with terminating a University of Pittsburgh Visitor's visit.