Welcome to Summer Session at UW-Madison

Who enrolls in Summer Session?

UW-Madison Summer Session classes and programs are attended by a diverse group of students for a variety of reasons. Some of the people who find summer an especially exciting and useful time for learning, either on or off campus, are:

Current UW-Madison students who want to:

  • Take a special program available only in the summer
  • Expand their horizons by studying elsewhere in the U.S. and in Canada, Latin America, and a dozen countries around the world during the summer
  • Finish their degree sooner

University Special and Guest students such as:

  • Professionals in a range of disciplines, including teaching, human services, engineering, business, and many others
  • People considering or in the midst of a career change
  • Summer visitors from another college or university who want to pick up another class before returning to their home institution
  • Wisconsin seniors 60 and older, who audit lecture classes free

To read about our unique and innovative summer learning opportunities, see Special Programs; for information on admissions, enrollment, see Admission/Enrollment; and for detailed listings of more than a thousand credit courses offered by every school and college on campus, see Summer Schedule of Classes; and for and services for returning adults and University Special students see Student Services.

UW-Madison Summer Session offers you:

  • More than 60 sessions of varying lengths including:
    Three-Week Early Session, May 24-June 13
    Eight-Week General Session, June 14-August 8
  • More than 1,000 summer credit classes for graduates, undergraduates and students not seeking degrees.
  • Innovative summer programs including public forums free to the public for no credit, credit classes for teachers and other professionals, and noncredit classes for people of all ages.
  • Fees charged by the credit and classification... usually announced in October.
  • Summer applications year-round
     New and reentry students—apply early; continuing UW-Madison students don't need to apply.
  • Easy Web enrollment for all classes; new and reentry students are provided information when admitted; continuing students begin summer registration in April.

Download a copy of Summer Session 2010 (pdf)

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