Founded in 1876 as America's first research university, Johns Hopkins University offers summer students the quality of a world-renowned academic center and the pleasures of summer in a small East Coast City. You attend classes at the Hopkins Homewood campus, 140 park-like acres in a residential area of Baltimore, Maryland, with easy access to New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Students get the best of both worlds: all the amenities of a major urban center - theater, museums, music, professional sports, all kinds of restaurants and shopping - plus the easy lifestyle and neighborliness of a smaller city.

Summer at Hopkins means opportunities. Summer Programs offers undergraduate credit courses to outstanding high school students, visiting undergraduates, and current Hopkins students. The Language Teaching Center opens its Intensive English Language Program to students and professionals determined to strengthen their English skills efficiently and effectively. Whether you want to preview a college, expand your undergraduate program, improve your English, or do all three, a Hopkins summer will provide you with an exciting experience.

Summer Intensive English as a Second Language Program (IELP)

June 29 - July 31, 2009 (Adult students ages 19+)
June 27 - August 1, 2009 (Pre-college student ages 15 - 18)

Immerse yourself in language study for five productive and enjoyable weeks. The Hopkins IELP combines caring instructors, lively class discussion, and exciting extracurricular activities with the Hopkins tradition of academic excellence. Whether you are a high school or college student or a busy professional, you can benefit from sharpening your English skills at Hopkins. Classes are offered at the intermediate through highly advanced levels. If your English TOEFL scores and academic preparation indicate you are ready, you may combine a credit course with your IELP.

Highlights

• Over 24 hours of direct language instruction per week
• Experienced instructors with advanced degrees in teaching ESL or related subjects
• On-site testing for accurate class placement
• Individual attention in small classes - enrollment limit 15
• Access to state of the art language lab and computer facilities
• Extra-curricular activities: outdoor film festival, picnics, baseball games, sailing, and more
• Diverse urban environment, close to Washington, D.C. , and New York City
• On-campus housing and meal plans available (students ages 19+)
• Certificates awarded upon completion

The IELP Courses (non-credit)

• Strengthening Oral Communication
• Reading and Writing English
• Strengthening English Fluency for the TOEFL
• English for Medical Professionals (available to adults only)

Pre-college IELP (non-credit)

If you are 15 to 18 years of age and are in or just completing high school, you enter the IELP as a pre-college student and enjoy all the amenities of the Summer University Program. As a residential student, you stay in supervised dormitories, eat your meals in dining halls, and enjoy a wide range of organized social activities with pre-college students from across the US and around the world. Your first step in the application process is to contact the ESL office. Fees for the University Residential Program apply.

Undergraduate Credit Program

Courses in the humanities, sciences and engineering

May 26 - June 26, 2009
June 29 - July 31, 2009

This summer, get credit while you get ahead by joining the Johns Hopkins Undergraduate and Visiting Student Summer Program. Attend one or both of two convenient five-week terms, with classes scheduled in the mornings, afternoons, and evenings. Study in small classes with top professors. Meet students from the U.S.A. and around the world. Earn college credit as you get ahead--or catch up--this summer on the Homewood campus, where something exciting is always happening...in class, during campus activities, and around town.

Credit Program

Summer University: July 5 - August 7, 2010
Discover Hopkins: July 11 - 24, 2010; July 25 - August 7, 2010
Join the Johns Hopkins Summer University or Discover Hopkins Summer Programs and get a taste of life at one of America's most prestigious universities. You'll meet students from all over the world, take classes that can earn you college credit, and live on our Homewood campus-all in a carefully structured and widely acclaimed program. When class is out, join your new friends in specially planned co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, lectures, dances, and excursions.

In Summer University, students choose two undergraduate courses from among the summer course offerings. Courses are offered in the following academic areas:

• Anthropology
• Applied Mathematics and Statistics
• Biology
• Classics
• Communications
• Computer Science
• Earth and Planetary Sciences
• East Asian Studies
• Economics
• English
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Entrepreneurship and Management
• Film and Media
• History
• History of Art
• History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
• Humanities
• Languages (Arabic, French, German, Italian, Spanish)
• Latin American Studies
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Music
• Near Eastern Studies
• Neuroscience
• Philosophy
• Physics and Astronomy
• Political Science
• Psychological and Brain Sciences
• Sociology
• Writing

Discover Hopkins students select a course from among topics in health studies, history, film & media, and political science.

Refer to the catalog or website to obtain more information about the courses that will be offered.

Admission to the program is competitive, and your application will not be considered until it is complete (application, fee, essay, official high school transcript, standardized test scores-SAT, PSAT, ACT, TOEFL- and two letters of recommendation). Students must be at least 15 years of age, and have completed the 10th grade of high school with at least a B average by March 30th, 2010. The application deadline is February 15, 2010.