International Student and Scholar Services

Responding to the 2020 Census will be easier than ever for University of Iowa students and other internet users, who will be able to respond online for the first time in Census history.

Up to five invitations to respond to the 2020 Census will be mailed to all addresses beginning in mid-March. The invitations will include information about the different ways to respond to the census, which include online, by phone, or by mail.

When responding, UI students should be counted where they live and sleep most of the time as of April 1, 2020. For most students, that means in their college town, not their hometown with their parents.

Citizens of foreign countries who are living in the United States, including members of the diplomatic community, should be counted at the U.S. residence where they live and sleep most of time as of April 1, 2020.
 
For more information, visit the U.S. 2020 Census website.
 

What happens with your response:

• Responses to the 2020 Census are safe, secure, and protected by federal law.
• Answers can only be used to produce statistics—they cannot be used against a person in any way.
• No law enforcement agency (including DHS, ICE, FBI, or CIA) can access or use personal information at any time.
• Answers cannot be used for law enforcement purposes or to determine eligibility for government benefits.
• By law, all responses to U.S. Census Bureau household and business surveys are kept confidential.

The Graduate College has received notice that earlier this week numerous provincial governments in China announced a Level One Public Health Emergency Response to the coronavirus, which calls for measures to contain the spread of the virus at all public venues, including test centers.  As a result, all IELTS, TOEFL, GRE, and GMAT exams scheduled for the rest of February and all of March have been cancelled.
 
All testing organizations will fully refund test-takers; however, in addition to providing you this update, the purpose of this message is to provide you with a campus resource for assisting affected applicants, who may now have trouble meeting your application requirements and deadlines.  The UI Director of International Admissions, Andrew Wade (andrew-wade@uiowa.edu) is available to respond to departmental inquiries about obtaining test results for applicants and/or other options for individual test takers trying to meet your application deadlines.  We hope that you will reach out to him if you need support assisting applicants during this national health emergency in China.