If you’re participating in a study abroad or exchange program affiliated with SUNY, you must be adequately insured.
Visit our Faculty and Staff Going Abroad page to learn about available coverage.
Students must have comprehensive coverage that will directly pay international providers for emergency and non-emergency services for the duration of the program. This policy is in accordance with SUNY health insurance requirements.
Students going on official Study Abroad programs will be automatically enrolled and their student account billed for the UnitedHealthcare Student Resources (UHCSR) Study Abroad insurance once the roster of participants is received. The welcome email with login and ID card access instructions will be sent to your @buffalo.edu email prior to departure. If you are not a University at Buffalo student but are participating in a UB study abroad program, the welcome email will be sent to the email address on file with the Study Abroad Office.
Enrollment and payment should be received at least two weeks before the travel date.
International students going abroad who are enrolled into the UHCSR insurance meet the SUNY study abroad insurance requirements. If you waived out of this insurance, you will be enrolled and billed for the study abroad insurance for the duration of your trip.
Students going abroad for internships, research, medical rotations, or other University-sponsored programs are required to be adequately insured to SUNY standards (typically by enrolling in international health insurance through SUNY). Program coordinators and/or advisors should contact the Student Health Insurance office to register all trips abroad.
All study abroad participants must carry medical evacuation and repatriation coverage, in addition to emergency and non-emergency coverage that will directly pay international providers. This applies to official study abroad programs, as well as students going abroad for internships, research, medical rotations, or other University-sponsored programs.
Medical evacuation benefits provide for the arrangement and payment of medical and travel expenses to the nearest appropriate facility, or return home, if you are seriously ill or injured. Repatriation benefits cover expenses related to the preparation and return of remains to the family in the event of death abroad.
Medical evacuation and repatriation coverage is already included as a benefit if you are enrolled in the full SUNY international insurance plan.
If you return to UB as a full-time student after your study abroad (including official study abroad programs and other university-related trips abroad), you will be charged for the insurance (through UB for domestic students, and through SUNY for international students) in the semester you return, unless you have an approved waiver on file. Approved waivers are typically valid for one academic year (if approved in the fall), or one semester (if approved in the spring).
For example, if you have a waiver approved in the fall, and you are studying abroad in the fall and return within the fall semester, you do not need to submit another waiver for the fall or spring semesters. However, if you do not have a waiver, and you study abroad in the fall and return within the fall semester, you will be charged for insurance (through UB for domestic students, and through SUNY for international students) for the fall and spring semesters.
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Student Health Insurance Office
Student Life
1 Capen
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260-2100
Phone: (716) 645-3036
For questions about your plan
UnitedHealthcare Student Resources
Domestic Policy #2022-202767-1
; International Students Policy #2022-203-415-41
; OPT/J1 Policy #2022-203415-44
; Study Abroad Policy #2022-203415-43
Dependent Enrollment Forms and General Inquiries
P.O. Box 809025
Dallas, TX 75380-9025
Phone: (888) 714-6544
UnitedHealthcare Student Resources
Domestic Students Policy #2022-202767-1
; International Students Policy #2022-203-415-41
; OPT/J1 Policy #2022-203415-44
; Study Abroad Policy #2022-203415-43
Claims
UnitedHealthcare Student Resources
P.O. Box 809025
Dallas, TX 75380-9025
Phone: (888) 714-6544
