Visiting Scholars

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) recognizes the value that visiting scholars and researchers bring to UTSA. Such visits foster collaboration, diversity, and professional relationships, enrich the academic environment, and enhance UTSA’s mission of excellence and innovation in teaching, research and community service.

UTSA Faculty and Staff may invite qualified individuals to visit UTSA on a temporary basis to participate in scholarship activities or to perform research. Departments, centers, faculty, researchers, and administrators at UTSA who intend to invite or host visitors on a temporary basis should follow the guidelines and processes provided under HOP 1.34, Visiting Scholars and Researchers.

This policy does not apply to potential Visitors who are a:

• Guest visiting UTSA solely as a speaker or trainer,
• UTSA employee (faculty and staff),
• Faculty member receiving a Visiting Professor title listed in HOP policy 2.02, Faculty Appointments and Titles, Section IX.A.2.l,
• Registered UTSA student, or
• Student participating in an organized educational program governed by another HOP policy

In addition, the government’s rules and regulations change frequently, and immigration and hiring processes can be highly complex. Please contact the Office of International Programs, at (210) 458-8510 prior to initiate the invitation process. Short-term visitors may not eligible under B-1 status (tourism, pleasure or visiting visa) if the individual:

• Is a student or other non-professional (in most cases);
• Will engage in collaborative research and/or teaching efforts;
• Will be employed in the United States;
• Will receive from UTSA, or some other U.S. funding source, “any salary, wage, honorarium, stipend, or other form of compensation for services rendered