The University has been approved for the training of veterans in the bachelor's, master's, educational specialist, and doctorate programs offered at the Sarasota and Tampa campuses. All international students are required to demonstrate that they have medical insurance coverage for the duration of their stay in the United States. Upon admission to a program, each new student is assigned a faculty advisor, who will guide the student in the selection of courses and general academic matters. Newly admitted students should develop a program of study with their faculty advisor before registering for any courses. Book Ordering Textbooks for the University of Sarasota's courses are available through MBS Direct, a national book delivery company.
Students order their textbooks via e-mail, fax, telephone, or mail.
Because this communication network is so essential to the University's academic programs, it is mandatory that all students and faculty have the computer capability to utilize this system. The University of Sarasota Libraries maintain extensive and focused collections of print and electronic resources to support the studies and research of students and faculty members in the fields of business, education, leadership, administration, counseling, and psychology. When working off campus, students have access to support and resources via Embanet, the University's electronic research link and communication intranet. These resources are supplemented through interlibrary loan arrangements with the Tampa Bay Library Consortium, the American Schools of Professional Psychology, the University of South Florida, and other libraries convenient to the Universities locations. This database abstracts the indexes of 3,100 scholarly journals, covering over 34 million articles.