Most University Travel requires prior approval, also known as pre-travel authorization. This decision tree will help you figure out if you need to fill out a pre-travel authorization.

Who is traveling?

a professor standing in an auditorium with multiple students behind him doing work.

University Employee

Faculty and staff employed by UMass, not traveling with students.

professionally dressed employee at a desk writing notes

Employee Traveling with Students

Employee traveling with students and/or submitting pre-travel authorization on the student's behalf.

teaching assistant working with several students

Student Employee (Work-Related Travel)

Student employee on work-related travel only.

college student in a pink shirt and jeans sitting on the floor in a library writing in a notebook

Student (Academic or Recreational)

Student or student employee traveling for academic or recreational purposes.