STEM Majors
OPT extension to 29 months for STEM students. The 12-month limit on F-1 Optional Practical Training (OPT) will be extended by 17 months, for a total of 29 months, for certain STEM degreeholders (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) in the following fields:
- Actuarial Science. CIP Code 52.1304.
- Computer Science Applications:
- CIP Codes 11.xxxx (except Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications, which are CIP Codes 11.06xx)
- Engineering. CIP Codes 14.xxxx.
- Engineering Technologies. CIP Codes 15.xxxx.
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences. CIP Codes 26.xxxx.
- Mathematics and Statistics. CIP Codes 27.xxxx.
- Military Technologies. CIP Codes 29.xxxx.
- Physical Sciences. CIP Codes 40.xxxx.
- Science Technologies. CIP Codes 41.xxxx.
- Medical Scientist (MS, PhD). CIP Code 51.1401.
Specifically excluded from the above codes, however, are all CIP codes ending in xx99, which are "catch-all" categories usually designated by "Other" in the CIP lists. Degrees associated with CIP codes ending in xx99 are not eligible for the 17-month extension.
Based on the information UFIC reports to SEVIS, next are UF majors with CIP codes in the STEM fields:
UF Major |
CIP Code |
Description |
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING |
14.0201 |
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering |
AGRIC & BIOLOGICAL ENG |
14.0301 |
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering |
ANIMAL MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY |
26.0204 |
Molecular Biology |
ASTRONOMY |
40.0201 |
Astronomy |
BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
26.0202 |
Biochemistry |
BIOLOGY |
26.0101 |
Biology/Biological Sciences, General. |
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING |
14.0501 |
Biomedical/Medical Engineering |
BOTANY |
26.0301 |
Botany/Plant Biology |
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION |
15.1001 |
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician |
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING |
14.0701 |
Chemical Engineering |
CHEMISTRY |
40.0501 |
Chemistry, General |
CIVIL ENGINEERING |
14.0801 |
Civil Engineering, General |
COASTAL & OCEANOGRAPHIC ENGINEERING |
14.2401 |
Ocean Engineering |
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES |
11.0101 |
Computer and Information Sciences, General |
COMPUTER ENG/ELECT ENG |
14.0901 |
Computer Engineering, General |
COMPUTER ENGINEERING - CISE |
14.0901 |
Computer Engineering, General |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
14.0901 |
Computer Engineering, General |
ELECTRICAL/COMPUTER ENG |
14.1001 |
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering |
ENGINEERING MECHANICS |
14.1101 |
Engineering Mechanics |
ENGINEERING SCIENCE |
14.1301 |
Engineering Science |
ENTOMOLOGY & NEMATOLOGY |
26.0702 |
Entomology |
ENVIRONMENTAL ENG SCI |
14.1401 |
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering |
EXPLORING SCIENCE & ENGINEERING |
14.1301 |
Engineering Science |
GENETICS AND GENOMICS |
26.0801 |
Genetics, General. (NEW) |
GEOLOGY |
40.0601 |
Geology/Earth Science, General |
GEOMATICS |
15.1102 |
Surveying Technology/Surveying |
INDUSTRIAL/SYSTEMS ENG |
14.3501 |
Industrial Engineering. (NEW) |
INTERDISC ENGINEERING STUDIES |
14.1301 |
Engineering Science |
INTERDISCIPLINARY ECOLOGY |
26.1301 |
Ecology |
MATERIALS SCI & ENG |
14.1801 |
Materials Engineering |
MATHEMATICS |
27.0101 |
Mathematics, General |
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING |
14.1901 |
Mechanical Engineering |
MED SCI-BIOCHEM & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
26.021 |
Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology. (NEW) |
MED SCI-GENETICS |
26.0801 |
Genetics, General. (NEW) |
MED SCI-IMMUNOLOGY & MICROBIOLOGY |
26.0502 |
Microbiology, General. (NEW) |
MED SCI-MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY |
26.0406 |
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology. (NEW) |
MED SCI-PHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY |
26.0901 |
Physiology, General. (NEW) |
MEDICAL SCIENCES |
26.0102 |
Biomedical Sciences, General. (NEW) |
MICROBIOLOGY & CELL SCIENCE |
26.0503 |
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology. (NEW) |
NUCLEAR ENG SCIENCES |
14.2301 |
Nuclear Engineering |
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING |
14.2301 |
Nuclear Engineering |
Oncology |
26.0911 |
Oncology and Cancer Biology. (NEW) |
PHYSICS |
40.0801 |
Physics, General |
PLANT MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY |
26.0308 |
Plant Molecular Biology. (NEW) |
PLANT PATHOLOGY |
26.0305 |
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology |
STATISTICS |
27.0501 |
Statistics, General |
ZOOLOGY |
26.0701 |
Zoology/Animal Biology |
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