The University’s global mission encourages international activities, collaboration, and engagement. When conducting international University business or research, it should be noted that shipping, transferring, transmitting, or transporting (including via hand-carrying) anything (e.g., materials, equipment, technical information, data, software) to a foreign destination is considered an export. When exporting, it is important to ensure that all recipients, destinations, and items, whether tangible or intangible, obtain prior approval from the Export Compliance Office and any relevant U.S. government agency(ies). Please also note that certain information may be excluded from export controls.

Prior to engaging in an export, it is important to consider the following questions:

1. Is the international destination comprehensively sanctioned?
2. Is the person or entity I am working with a restricted party?
3. Will I be exporting any controlled chemical or biological materials?

For more information, please refer to our International Travel and Teleworking and International Shipping and Hand-carry webpages. Contact the Export Compliance Office if you need assistance.