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  • Take a Summer Class

    Choose from nearly 700 courses in 70 different disciplines. Most summer courses are intensive, meeting for a short six weeks, allowing you the flexibility to pair study with internships, work, or other summer activities. Experience a GW Summer!

  • Summer Online

    Advance toward your degree while working or pursuing off-campus activities. Access GW’s educational resources from your computer and enjoy online courses taught by the same acclaimed GW faculty who teach them on campus.

  • Summer Institutes

    Immerse yourself in an in-depth exploration of a topic through intensive thematically linked courses that integrate GW’s areas of expertise, with resources and institutions unique to our Washington location.

  • Summer in D.C.

    Your summer study will be complemented by the historically rich and culturally vibrant resources of this international city. Summer is a great time to be in the nation’s capital, with its soaring monuments, world-renowned museums, performing arts, and free public programs.

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Summer Study for Visiting Students

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Pre-College

High school students are invited to participate in a college experience that is academically engaging and life-changing. Learn from GW faculty and field experts, take advantage of the city, and make new friends from around the country and the world.

Specific information about summer 2010 programs will be available in late fall.

Study Abroad with GW

Enrich your mind while exploring new horizons. GW offers a broad spectrum of summer programs in the world’s most fascinating locations—taking your studies beyond the lecture hall into the global classroom.

Summer Institutes

Engage yourself in intensive academic investigation of practical topics that integrate scholarly endeavor with applied learning. Summer institutes offer a substantive, in-depth analysis using the unparalleled resources and key institutions unique to Washington, DC.