Health Insurance
While studying at Ball State you must have health insurance. Every international student coming to Ball State is required to provide proof of a valid health insurance plan with the appropriate level of coverage before they will be allowed to enter the university. The reason for this requirement is that in the U.S. there is not a national health insurance system as there is in many other countries. Without any health insurance coverage, even a routine doctor's office visit can be very expensive.

Because of this expensive medical services in the U.S., it is extremely important for all international students and accompanying dependents to have health insurance. Please note you will have to show proof of the correct minimum levels of health insurance coverage before you will be able to register for classes. The minimum amounts are as follows: $100,000 accident/injury coverage; $50,000 for medical evacuation coverage, and $15,000 for repatriation costs. You do not have to join the Ball State University health insurance plan, but must prove you have alternate plan with the correct minimum levels of coverage before you will be able to register. Currently, the annual cost for a single person with Collegiate Risk Management is $654.

In addition, all students are required to submit written evidence of vaccinations against rubella, rubella, mumps, tetanus, diphtheria. Upon arrival at Ball State, you will be required to take a tuberculin skin test at no charge to you.

The BSU Student Health Center
BSU Student Health Center is available to meet students' basic medical needs. The health center provides outpatient and limited in-patient medical care to currently enrolled students.

No appointment is necessary to come to the center. Hours are 8:00a.m. – 4:30p.m, Monday to  Friday. In case of emergency after hours, call the University Police at 285-1111. They will escort you to the health center, where a nurse in on duty and a doctor on call at all times.

To protect yourself and others, a pre-enrollment examination, chest x-ray, and proof of certain immunizations are required of all students. If you need a copy of the Health History Form, you can download the form in .pdf format at www.bsu.edu/students/healthcenter/media/pdf/ medhistory.pdf , fill out page 4 and send it to us. 

If you have not had this examination, x-ray, or have not submitted immunization documentation, be sure to contact (or visit) the student health center as soon as you arrive on campus. The address is:
Amelia T. Wood Health Center
Neely Avenue, just east of Irving Gym and across the street from the Studebaker complex. Phone: 285-8431

For more information on Amelia T. Wood Health Center, visit:
www.bsu.edu/students/healthcenter/

Ball Memorial Hospital is located next to Ball State campus on 2525 W. University Avenue. The hospital has 225 clinical staff members with more than 50 specialties of medicine. They perform various medical examination, treatment and surgery.

For more information about their service call 747-8461. Hours are 7:00 a.m.  - 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday and  9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. on  Saturday. Emergency room number is 747-3241. For more information on Ball Memorial Hospital visit: www.cardinalhealthsystem.org/BMH/bmh.html