South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI)

Host Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Website: https://sasli.wisc.edu/

Dates: 16-Jun-2025 - 08-Aug-2025
Location: Online / Madison, WI, USA

Minimum Education Level: High School Graduate and above

Focus: Summer 2025 Languages and levels offered through SASLI include:

In-Person Offering: Hindi (Elementary)

Online Offerings:

Bengali (Elementary and Intermediate)
Dari (Elementary and Intermediate)
Gujarati (Elementary and Intermediate)
Hindi (Intermediate, and Advanced)
Marathi (Elementary and Intermediate)
Nepali (Elementary and Intermediate)
Pashto (Elementary and Intermediate)
Punjabi (Elementary and Intermediate)
Sanskrit (Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced)
Sinhala (Elementary and Intermediate)
Tamil (Elementary and Intermediate)
Tibetan (Elementary and Intermediate)
Urdu (Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced)

Description:

The South Asian Summer Language Institute (SASLI) offers high-quality, proficiency-based courses in 13 languages for undergraduates, graduate students, and adult learners. The 8-week programs are the equivalent of one year of study. Students learn speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills though classroom instruction and a full range of co-curricular activities.

SASLI Summer 2025 will be entirely online, plus an in-person option for elementary Hindi!

Tuition: $5,000
Tuition Explanation: The maximum cost of tuition for SASLI is $5,000, which is based on standard UW-Madison summer tuition rates.

This cost may be less for current UW-Madison students and WI and MN residents. SASLI is committed to making our instruction as affordable as possible while keeping the highest quality of instruction.

Financial Aid Applications accepted until 02-Mar-2025

The various types of funding that SASLI students can apply for to help ease the financial burden of tuition can be found at this link: https://sasli.wisc.edu/funding/.

Feel free to apply for more than one funding opportunity if you fit the eligibility criteria.

We encourage both undergraduate and graduate students to consult with their home department and university’s office of financial aid for any funding they might offer.

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition

Subject Language(s): Hindi (hin)
Sanskrit (san)
Sinhala (sin)
Tamil (tam)
Urdu (urd)

Registration: 20-Nov-2024 to 15-Mar-2025

Contact Person: SASLI Coordinator Kerry Uniyal
Phone: 6082633724
Email: [email protected]

Apply by Email: [email protected]
Apply on the web: https://sasli.wisc.edu/

Registration Instructions:
Visit https://sasli.wisc.edu/student-application/ and fill out the Google application form linked there. Then, submit additional materials listed such as a personal statement, transcripts, and pay the $25 application fee. There are additional materials that need to be submitted if you are applying for funding opportunities.