United StatesCourse facts
Dates, fees and requirements
- Weekly intensity
- 20 hours per week
- Schedule
- Fall 2026 instruction: 31 August–11 December. Spring 2027 report date: 19 January; published instruction dates: 22 January–7 May. Confirm the summer timetable: the page labels a 9-week term but lists instruction 14 June–30 July 2027.
- Start pattern
- Fall, spring and summer intakes
- Additional fees
- Fall 2026/Spring 2027 university fees estimated USD 1,715 in addition to USD 6,060 programme fee; insurance extra. Summer 2027 programme USD 3,100 plus estimated USD 1,051 university fees. Application USD 100.
- Entry requirements
- Age 17+, completed secondary school, and no degree from a university whose primary teaching language is English. Completion does not guarantee UIUC admission.
- Application process
- Review term costs and deadlines, then submit the official IEI application. Spring 2027 deadline: 30 November 2026; Summer 2027: 12 April 2027.
Course format, eligibility and practical details
- Campus
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Course type
- Intensive English · Academic English
- Level
- Six proficiency levels (100–600), basic to advanced
- Audience
- Learners pursuing personal, professional or academic English goals
- Minimum age
- 17
- Format
- Group classes; average 12–15 students, with levels below nine enrolments sometimes combined
- Accommodation
- Students arrange housing; IEI publishes housing options.
- Placement test
- IEI placement test assigns level before course selection
- Official contact
- iei@illinois.edu · +1 217 333 6598
Details to confirm with the school
The reviewed sources did not publish these details. Ask the school before applying.
- Maximum class size
- Not publicly specified
- Enrolment deadline
- Not publicly specified
- Visa-document support
- Not publicly specified
- Certificate
- Not publicly specified