STEM OPT Extension

STEM OPT extension permits certain F-1 students with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to apply for a 24-month extension of their post-completion OPT. 

Here is a list of Department of Homeland Security eligible STEM majors. Following are STEM eligible majors at Dominican University that are also approved for issuance of an I-20.  

Undergraduate majors

• BS in Nutrition and Dietetics                30.1901
• BS in Environmental Science               03.0104
• BS in Computer Information Systems 11.0401
• BS in Computer Science                      11.0701
• BS in Biology                                         26.0101
• BS in Neuroscience                              26.1501
• BA and BS in Biology/Chemistry          30.0101
• BS in Math and Computer Science      30.0801
• BS in Natural Sciences                         30.1801
• BS in Data Science                               30.7001
• BS in Chemistry                                    40.0501
• BS and BAS in Informatics                   11.0104