Intensive English Program

Daily Classes Featuring

  • Grammar
  • Writing
  • Listening
  • Speaking
  • Reading
  • Vocabulary
  • Study Skills
  • Cultural Tours

Multiple Levels of Study

  • 20 hours of English study per week
  • 15-week semesters in spring and fall
  • Custom summer programs
  • Course levels:
    • Pre-intermediate
    • Intermediate
    • Upper-intermediate
    • Advanced

UW Pathway Program

Blaze your trail to a UW degree!

Do you want to get a degree but need to improve your English? With the UW Pathway Program, students earn university credits while improving their English.

 

Are you ready to study English in the heart of the American West?

Take a look at our English Language Center Flipbook to see what the Intensive English Program at the University of Wyoming and the Laramie community have to offer!

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Program Details & Options

The Intensive English Program (IEP) is on a 15-week semester and meets daily for a total of 18 to 20 hours each week.

  • Fall semesters begin during the last week of August and end mid-December
  • Spring semesters start mid-January and end mid-May

UW ACADEMIC CALENDAR

IEP Tuition for 2026-27:

  • Fall & Spring 16-week semester: $5,100
  • Summer Session: $3,825
  • 8-week Session: $2,550
  • IEP credit hour: $425

These costs are approximate and vary depending on living expenses. Books and other course materials are included in the tuition. Please contact the English Language Center for scholarship and tuition discount information. Learn more about UW cost of attendance.

IEP FINANCIAL STATEMENT

UW Pathway Program 

The UW Pathway Program is built for you:

  • Earn Credits: Take college classes for your degree right away.
  • Get Help: Improve your English with expert teachers.
  • Save Time & Money: Start your degree while you learn academic English.
  • Contact the ELC at elc@uwyo.edu and get rolling!

 

Application Checklist

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Please complete the IEP online application and provide the $40 application fee. Be sure your IEP application is complete by uploading all the required documents:

  • Current valid passport at least 1 year available before the expiration date
  • Completed IEP Confidential Financial Statement (CFS Form)
  • Financial documents
  • Transcripts (Unofficial copies acceptable for IEP. Official copies are needed for UW degree applications.)

 

When you complete both the IEP application and an undergraduate degree program application, you can also receive a letter of conditional admission undergraduate study with the I-20 for English study: 

  • Complete an undergraduate application at the same time as applying to the IEP.
  • Only pay one application fee—the one-time fee covers both IEP and undergraduate applications.
  • Official transcripts (for the undergraduate program) must be sent to University of Wyoming Admissions directly from your previous school (admissions@uwyo.edu).
  • Make the degree application for the semester following the one for your IEP application. For example: IEP application for FALL 2025, then Computer Science degree application for SPRING 2026.

 

  1. You will be accepted to the IEP with a welcome email.  
  2. Your documents will be emailed directly to you. The International Students & Scholars (ISS) office will send you a Form I-20 and information about visa next-steps.
  3. After you receive these documents and information, go online and submit the I-901 SEVIS Fee.
  4. Make an appointment for a "non-immigrant student visa" interview at the U.S. embassy or consulate in your country.
  5. Keep in touch with the English Language Center about your visa appointment and plans to move to Laramie. We are here to help!