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Visiting International Students Experience summer in the San Francisco Bay Area while studying at the #1 public university!

Berkeley Summer Sessions is one of the largest summer programs in the United States, hosting students from all over the world. In fact, about 3,000 of our 16,000 students are international visitors.

Berkeley Summer Sessions offers more than 800 courses, including Summer-only certificates, English As a Second Language, and online options.

Explore the Bay Area, experience American culture, and make friends from the US and around the world.


International visiting students are required to have:

Students who hold certain types of visas may be required to have full-time student status.

What’s so great about Berkeley in the summer? - Download our International Visitor Catalog 2018.

- Apply to Summer Sessions today!

- Search our FAQs for answers to your questions about attending Summer Sessions.

- Are you a university or institution interested in becoming a UC Berkeley International Affiliate?