Summer at Penn is a rich experience intellectually, socially, and culturally.

Study in the nation’s largest open-stack library; visit world-renowned museums, take advantage of our state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities, and enjoy the innumerable resources of a premier university in one of the nation’s greatest cities.

The largest university research complex in the Mid-Atlantic, and among the ten largest in the U.S., the University of Pennsylvania is one of the world’s leading educational, research, and health services institutions.

A private university and member of the Ivy League, Penn has a reputation for academic excellence along with world-class museums and theaters that draw tens of thousands of students, researchers, skilled workers, entrepreneurs, and visitors to the region each year.Summer Sessions brings together the various schools of the University.

Summer courses are offered by the School of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Education, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Graduate School of Fine Arts, the School of Nursing, the Annenberg School for Communication, the School of Social Work, and the Wharton School.

Regular undergraduate and graduate courses are open to qualified visiting students, who apply to Summer Sessions to register for summer courses.

 

English Language Programs at PENN