Distinctions & Opportunities

Academic Opportunities

Summer Language Workshop

Since 1950, the Indiana University Summer Language Workshop has continuously offered cost-effective summer intensive language training, enabling thousands of IU and non-IU students and professionals to study languages critical to academic research, economic development, human rights, diplomacy, national security, cultural exchange, scientific advancement, and other international issues. Drawing on Indiana University's unmatched language, culture, and area studies expertise, the Workshop's reach is global—spanning Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and Africa. A forerunner in intensive language training, the Workshop also works closely with IU Departments and Language Flagships to offer intensive summer language courses integral to their academic year curriculum and to advance their programmatic goals.  

All Workshop participants pay in-state tuition and are able to complete up to two semesters of language instruction in just eight or nine weeks. Special rates for on-campus housing, which is organized by language, are available. Historically, a number of scholarships and fellowships have also been available to support study in the Workshop.
 
The Summer Language Workshop offers both traditional classroom instruction and a vibrant co-curricular program, fostering a unique, affordable, internationally-focused learning environment dedicated to intensive language and culture education. Food tastings, film screenings, lectures, concerts, coffee hours, choir and drama performances, and language partnerships are just a few ways that Workshop participants go beyond the classroom and build lasting memories, friendships, and professional connections during their summer in Bloomington. Additionally, the Workshop brings in speakers and recruiters from a wide variety of government agencies, non-profits, fellowship programs, and universities.
 
Further information about the program and its current language offerings is available on the Workshop website at http://www.indiana.edu/~swseel/ or from the Summer Language Workshop office in the Polish Studies Center, 1217 East Atwater Ave, Bloomington, IN 47401, (812) 855- 2889, swseel [at] indiana [dot] edu.