Language Application Packet

AIIS Intensive Language Programs are dedicated to providing the language training necessary for students to pursue their academic and professional goals

IMPORTANT NOTE: THE APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR SUMMER 2024 AND FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2024-2025 PROGRAMS WILL BE January 31, 2024.

The programs, located in India, are dedicated to providing a professional teaching and learning environment, where excellence and integrity flourish in joyful, hospitable surroundings.

While the teachers offer collective and individualized help in accelerating the communicative competence of their students, each program strives for a collaborative environment in which learners take charge of their own learning by keeping track of their language development and language learning needs.

AIIS language programs are intended for students who demonstrate the need for language proficiency in order to meet their academic or professional goals.

Students are expected to reach out for their instructors’ help and to respectfully engage with the local host community for understanding the subtleties of cultural and linguistic variation.

Language program fees will not be refunded after the beginning of the program unless there are extraordinary circumstances approved by AIIS administration.

Students who wish to apply for the summer 2024, academic year 2024-2025 or fall semester 2024 programs should complete the following steps (NOTE: THERE IS NO APPLICATION FEE):

1. Download announcement flier, application instructions, and check list (found below) and read carefully.
2. Create a single pdf file that contains your application form, one-page statement of purpose,  evaluator worksheet and scans of your transcripts (if you cannot scan your transcripts you may mail the transcripts to the AIIS office in Chicago) APPLICATIONS MUST BE TYPED. MATERIALS THAT ARE HANDWRITTEN AND THEN SCANNED WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
3. Notify your two references that they should expect an email prompt to submit their letters of reference. You should forward them the appropriate reference letter form (language reference or general reference). You should fill out the top part of the reference form before sending it to them. We do not require a real signature–either yours or the recommender’s. The recommender needs to upload their recommendation letter as a SINGLE document so they should write their letter on the form or else append the letter to the form and create a single pdf file. It is the applicant’s responsibility to inform the recommender about the required procedure. Please note that recommenders may NOT email their letters directly to AIIS.
4: Register on our online application portal here and then log in to your portal account.
5: Follow the application steps: choose your program, submit your  application and notify your references. Please refer to the application checklist. Make sure your application file name does not include any punctuation marks like commas or apostrophes. For instance–call your file “Sanjay application” and NOT “Sanjay’s application.” Please inform your letter writers as well.  Please note that there is NO final submit button. Once you upload your application onto the portal it has been submitted. You can go into your account and all items that have been successfully submitted will have green check marks. You can check to see if your recommendation letters are in and if they are not in, you can “remind” the referees to turn in the letters.

Language Programs

2024-2025 Academic Year Announcement

Summer 2024 Announcement

2024 Fall Semester Announcement 

Orientation Guide (Download Word File)

Language Programs Application Packet

Application Instructions (download pdf file

Evaluator’s Worksheet (download pdf/word file)

Application Form (download pdf/word file

Language Reference Form (download word file/download pdf)

Reference Forms (download pdf/word file)

Application Checklist (download word file/ download pdf file)

Important information for applicants for summer Hindi, and Urdu

Critical Languages Scholarship

AIIS operates both CLS and non-CLS summer programs in Hindi, and Urdu. Please note that U.S. citizens who are applying for Hindi,  and Urdu for the summer program should also submit applications for a Critical Languages Scholarship (CLS) fellowship, funded by the U.S. State Department, if they meet the eligibility requirements. These fellowships would cover the cost of the program. Students should submit both an application to AIIS for admission to the program, as well as to CLS for funding.

To apply for CLS, go to www.clscholarship.org. Please note that the CLS application due date will be earlier than the AIIS deadline. The CLS application deadline is November 15, 2023. Those who apply for a CLS but do not receive it could still be admitted to the AIIS program as long as they have also submitted an application to AIIS.

NOTE: Elementary levels of Summer Hindi and Urdu will only be offered to those with CLS fellowships. For more information, please call AIIS at (773) 702-8638 or email .

Undergraduates who complete an AIIS language program can enroll to have their AIIS coursework recorded as transferable academic credit through Indiana University, which serves as the AIIS transcript school of record. Students can earn 12-16 credits per semester and 8 credits for the summer program.

For more information about the language programs, click here.