The Biden administration on Friday announced policy changes to attract international students specializing in science, technology, engineering, and math.
The State Department will let eligible visiting students in those fields, known as STEM, complete up to 36 months of academic training, according to a notice in the Federal Register. There will also be an initiative to connect these students with U.S. businesses.
Homeland Security will add 22 new fields of studyâincluding cloud computing, data visualization, and data scienceâto a program that allows international graduates from U.S. universities to spend up to three additional years training with domestic employers. The program generated about 58,000 applications in fiscal 2020.