University of Texas at Austin

International Office

UT Family and Community Programs

Friendship Program

The UT Family and Community Programs Office offers you the opportunity to meet and become friends with a family in the Austin community. This "family" may be a couple with children, a couple without children, or a single person. Whatever the situation, the family has expressed a desire to meet international students, help them settle into Austin and the American lifestyle, and share cultural insights.

Some of your most rewarding experiences in Austin will be the ones outside your classroom or laboratory, when you become friends with local people and learn about the traditions, customs, and lifestyle of people here. Although we are Texans, most of us don't fulfill the stereotype you have seen on television and in the movies -- guns, horses, cowboy hats, and saloons. To get a full understanding of what Texans and Americans are, you need to get beyond the classroom and meet us in our homes.

If you are interested in the "host family" program for a continuing friendship, print and complete the form below and fax it to our office 512 471-7887 or Mail/Hand Deliver to:

International Office
Family and Community Programs
Drawer A
Austin, Texas 78713

We are located at 600 W. 24th Street - Wooldridge Hall (WOH), at the corner of Nueces and 24th Street. The UT Family and Community Programs office is in Bungalow East, to the right of the main building.

Student application form printable in PDF format
Host application form printable in PDF format

updated 07/23/07