Summer Program Information

Important Note: This list is provided for informational purposes only. This is not an exhaustive list, and other programs may be Summer FLAS eligible. Inclusion of a program is not necessarily an endorsement of its quality or guarantee that it is Summer FLAS eligible. Program content, including Summer FLAS eligibility, is subject to change.  It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that the program meets Summer FLAS program eligibility rules and is compatible with the U-M language curriculum.  If you have any questions about a program's eligibility, please contact a FLAS Coordinator.

Programs are listed by region, and then, in some cases, by language. Domestic programs are listed before overseas programs.

East Asia

Chinese

• University of Michigan Summer Language Institute (U-M SLI): Intermediate level only

• Middlebury Language Schools: Chinese

• University of Chicago Summer Session

• CGIS ASIANLAN 203 in Nanjing

• Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies (IUP), Beijing: For advanced students only

• International Chinese Language Program (ICLP), Taipei: For advanced students only

• Princeton-in-Beijing

• Columbia University Summer Language Program in Beijing

• CGIS Intensive Chinese Language in Beijing, China

• CET Academic Programs, Intensive Chinese Language in Beijing For graduate students only. [Same program as CGIS program above; undergraduate students MUST enroll through CGIS.]

• CET Academic Programs, Intensive Chinese Language in Harbin

• CET Academic Programs, Summer Intensive Language in Kunming

• CET Academic Programs Taiwan Summer

• Taiwan Intensive Summer Language Program (TISLP), American Councils for International Education

Japanese

• University of Michigan Summer Language Institute (U-M SLI): Intermediate level only

• Middlebury Language Schools: Japanese

• Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC), Yokohama: For advanced students only

• Hokkaido International Foundation (HIF): For advanced (3rd year & above) students only; 2nd year is not Summer FLAS eligible (not enough contact hours)

• Princeton-in-Ishikawa

• Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies (KCJS), Kyoto: For advanced (4th year & above) students only; 2nd year is not Summer FLAS eligible (not enough contact hours); 3rd year not recommended for students who plan to continue at U-M (curriculum incompatibility)

• Japan Center for Michigan Universities (JCMU), Hikone

• CET Academic Programs, Intensive Japanese Language and Culture Studies in Osaka: Recommended only for 4th year students; 2nd & 3rd years not recommended for students who plan to continue at U-M following the summer program  (curriculum incompatibility)

Korean

• Summer Language Workshop, School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington: Beginning level only

• Middlebury Language Schools: Korean

• University of Chicago Summer Session: Beginning and Intermediate levels only

• University of California, Berkeley Summer Session: Beginning and Intermediate levels only

• Inter-University Center for Korean Language Studies at SKKU: For very advanced students (TOPIK 4+) only

• Sogang University Korean Language Education Center Regular Course

• Ewha Women's University Ewha Language Center Korean Language Program Intensive Program

• Yonsei University Korean Language Institute Regular Program

• Seoul National University Korean Language Education Center Regular Program

Other East Asian Languages

• South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI), University of Wisconsin, Madison: Tibetan

• Summer Language Workshop, School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington: Mongolian

• Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI), University of Wisconsin, Madison: Uyghur

• Ranjung Yeshe Institute: Tibetan

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Middlebury Language Schools: Portuguese

• University of Wisconsin Summer Intensive Portuguese Institute (SIPI): for students who have advanced proficiency in Spanish or another Romance language

• Stone Center for Latin American Studies - Tulane University - Sao Paulo, Brazil: Portuguese

• University of Florida Center for African Studies African Flagship Languages Initiative (AFLI): Portuguese (Beginning, Intermediate only); Yoruba (Beginning, Intermediate only).

• Summer Language Workshop, School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington: Haitian Creole

• Caminhos Language Center: Portuguese 

• Yale University Nahuatl Language Program

• CGIS Quechua Language in Cusco, Peru: Quechua

• Centro Tinku, Cusco, Peru: Quechua For graduate students only. [Same program as CGIS program above; undergraduate students MUST enroll through CGIS.]

• Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) list of Latin American Indigenous Language Summer Programs

Middle East and North Africa

• University of Michigan Summer Language Institute (U-M SLI): Arabic (intermediate & advanced); Hebrew (intermediate only)

• Middlebury College Arabic Language School

• Middlebury College Hebrew Language School

• Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Language Immersion Institute (APTLII), University of Wisconsin, Madison

• Summer Language Workshop, School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington: Arabic, Kurdish, Pashto, Persian, Turkish, Uzbek

• Summer Institute for Languages of the Muslim World (SILMW), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Arabic, Persian, Swahili, Turkish, Wolof

• Critical Languages Institute, Arizona State University: Armenian, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish, Uzbek

• University of Texas at Austin - Summer Language Institutes: Arabic, Hebrew, Pashto (not pre-approved language)

• University of Maryland Summer Language Institute in Arabic and Persian

• CGIS Intensive Arabic Language and Culture in Amman, Jordan: Arabic (MSA and Jordanian dialect) [Important Note: The Internship Track for Jordan is NOT Summer FLAS eligible.]

• CET Jordan Intensive Language Summer: Arabic (MSA and Jordanian dialect) For graduate students only. [Same program as CGIS program above; undergraduate students MUST enroll through CGIS.]

• CGIS Summer Arabic Language in Rabat, Morocco: Intermediate or Advanced Arabic (MSA and Moroccan dialect) ONLY (beginning level language not eligible for overseas study).

• Summer Arabic Language in Rabat, Morocco, CIEE: Intermediate or Advanced Arabic (MSA and Moroccan dialect). For graduate students only. [Same program as CGIS program above; undergraduate students MUST enroll through CGIS.].

• Turkish Language and Culture Program, Bogazici University, Istanbul: Turkish

• Eurasian Regional Language Program (ERLP), American Councils for International Education: Armenian, Pashto, Persian (Dari, Farshi, Tajiki), Turkish, Uzbek. Important Note: Must confirm contact hours of language instruction--not all programs meet the minimum Summer FLAS contact hours requirement.

• CGIS Language and Culture in Rabat, Morocco: NOT FLAS eligible (not enough contact hours)

• CGIS Summer Moroccan Studies in Rabat, Morocco: NOT FLAS eligible (not enough contact hours)

• Ibn Haldun University Summer School - Not recommended 

Russia, Eastern Europe & Eurasia

• University of Michigan Summer Language Institute (U-M SLI): Russian (intermediate & advanced)

• Middlebury Language Schools: Russian

• Summer Language Workshop, School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington: Azerbaijani, BCS, Estonian, Hungarian, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek

• Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI), University of Wisconsin, Madison: Kazakh, Tajik, Uyghur, Uzbek

• Critical Languages Institute, Arizona State University: Albanian, BCS, Polish, Russian, Ukrainina, Uzbek

• CGIS Intensive Russian Language and Culture in St. Petersburg, Russia: Russian

• Summer Russian Language, St. Petersburg, CIEE: Russian For graduate students only. [Same program as CGIS program above; undergraduate students MUST enroll through CGIS.]

• Advanced Russian Language & Area Studies Program (RLASP), American Councils for International Education: Advanced Russian

• Balkan Language Initiative (BLI), American Councils for International Education: Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian. Important Note: Must confirm contact hours of language instruction--not all programs meet the minimum Summer FLAS contact hours requirement.

• Eurasian Regional Language Program (ERLP), American Councils for International Education: Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Buryat, Chechen, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgiyz, Pashto, Persian (Dari, Farshi, Tajiki), Romanian, Tatar, Turkish, Uzbek, Yakut. Important Note: Must confirm contact hours of language instruction--not all programs meet the minimum Summer FLAS contact hours requirement.

• Aspirantum - 

  • Russian language summer school - https://aspirantum.com/courses/russian-language-summer-school

  • Persian language summer school - https://aspirantum.com/courses/persian-language-summer-school

  • Armenian language summer school - https://aspirantum.com/courses/armenian-language-summer-school

South Asia

• South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI), University of Wisconsin, Madison: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Pashto, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Tibetan, Urdu

• American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS): Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu

• CGIS Intensive Hindi and Urdu Language in New Dehli, India: Intensive intermediate  or Advanced Hindi ONLY (beginning level languages are not Summer FLAS eligible). Important Note: Language+Internship option is NOT Summer FLAS eligible.

• CET Academic Programs UW in India: Delhi Intensive Language: Graduate students only for Intensive Intermediate or Advanced Hindi only [Important Note: Same program as CIGS program above. Undergraduate students must enroll through CGIS. Language+Internship option is NOT Summer FLAS eligible.]

• Intensive Nepali, Cornell University Asian Studies Program

• Summer Intensive Program, Ranjung Yeshe Institute, Kathmandu University: Tibetan and Nepali

Southeast Asia

• Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI), University of Wisconsin, Madison: Burmese, Filipino, Hmong, Indonesian, Javanese, Khmer, Lao, Thai, Vietnamese

• Critical Languages Institute, Arizona State University: Indonesian

• Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian (COTI): Advanced Indonesian

• Advanced Study of Khmer, University of Hawaii, Manoa: Intermediate & Advanced Khmer (Cambodian)

• Intensive Thai Program, Center for Thai as Foreign Language, Chulalongkorn University

• Central Luzon State University via Northern Illinois University - Filipino/Tagalog  

• Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies - Vietnamese

Sub-Saharan Africa

• Summer programs for Sub-Saharan Africa are currently under review. 

• All programs will be reviewed and applicants should explore options for programs domestic and abroad