This program is subject to safety and travel regulations in place at the University of Pittsburgh's Study Abroad Office and the US and Czech Republic governments.
Students may add a 4-week abroad component onto the 6-week domestic Czech program. The abroad portion takes place at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. While there, students will continue their intensive language classes and also participate in an extensive excursion program including trips to sites within and outside Prague such as the Unesco Cultural Heritage site, Kutná Hora; ŘÍP Mountain; and the Karlštejn Castle; The Theresienstadt Museum of the Holocaust; and visits to many other local museums and landmarks in and around Prague. Students who have already studied the equivalent of one year or more of Czech language and seek to attend the Prague segment of the program only should instead apply to SLI's abroad-only Czech program https://www.sli.pitt.edu/program-listing/czech/abroad.
Pittsburgh and Prague, Czech Republic
While in Pittsburgh, students may select to live in the dormitories (approx. $35/night) or locate an apartment to sublet. Students are responsible for the cost of housing in Pittsburgh. In Prague, students will live in university dorms.
Note: The price of housing abroad is included in the program cost.
Summer Language Institute Scholarships:
$1,000 to a maximum award of $6,000
ELIGIBILITY:
All are eligible
TO APPLY:
Complete the SLI Scholarship Questionnaire on the application and include a letter of recommendation from a professor or professional supervisor with your application.
SLI APPLICATION DEADLINE:
For priority consideration, please complete your SLI application by March 1, 2023. Students may continue to apply for the SLI and SLI scholarships until mid-May or until scholarship funds are depleted.
Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Awards:
Full tuition funding + $2,500 living stipend.
ELIGIBILITY:
US citizens currently enrolled in a US institution of higher education at the undergraduate or graduate level. Students applying for language programs at the 2nd-year level or higher. Under certain circumstances, graduate students may be eligible for FLAS funding to study non-Russian languages at the first-year level; please contact sliadmin@pitt.edu for more information.
TO APPLY:
Complete the SLI FLAS Questionnaire on the application and include two (total) letters of recommendation from a professor or professional supervisor with your application. The FLAS questionnaire requests a one-page personal statement. Applicants who wish for consideration of financial need may submit a current FAFSA Student Aid Report. Please be aware that it may take up to three weeks for you to receive your Student Aid Report after filing your FAFSA.
SLI FLAS APPLICATION DEADLINE:
March 1, 2023
$9,230 + university and study abroad fees (in recent years approx. $650)
Note: International airfare, meals, and housing in Pittsburgh are not included in this cost. Housing in Prague and all program-organized excursions while abroad are included in this cost.