We recommend Penn faculty, staff and students* defer all Penn-affiliated travel to heightened risk regions, particularly where Penn’s ability to provide insurance and emergency assistance is limited. Visit our announcements page for locations recently added to the list of heightened risk regions.

*Undergraduate students are not permitted to travel to heightened-risk regions without gaining pre-approval through the undergraduate travel petition process .

CITRA is charged by the Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and chaired by the Senior Director of Global Safety. The committee is dedicated to supporting Penn’s wide variety of research, professional development and academic opportunities abroad while ensuring the health and safety of Penn travelers.

CITRA primary functions include the development of international travel guidelines and the review of undergraduate travel requests to locations on the Heightened Risk Regions List.  All decisions made by CITRA related to undergraduate student requests to travel to high risk destinations include the input of both the staff and faculty members of the Committee, as well as appropriate faculty and staff representatives from the student’s school.  In addition, international experts from across the University may be called upon to provide regional expertise when needed.

If you need to get in touch with CITRA, please e-mail [email protected] .

CITRA Members