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Healthcare as an international student

How Rutgers student health insurance works and where to go for care.

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Student health insurance

International students are automatically enrolled in the Rutgers Student Health Insurance Plan unless they submit an approved waiver with comparable coverage.

Where to go

Hurtado Health Center on College Ave handles most everyday visits. For anything urgent outside of clinic hours, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is the nearest emergency room.