Admission to the Program

The initial application deadline for the SLP 2024 is Friday, May 3, 2024. At that point it will be decided whether a course has more than five students enrolled and will run for the SLP 2024.

We will continue to accept applications until May 30, 2024. No new applications, or changes, will be accepted after this date.

SLP at HDS has an open admission policy, and anyone who is currently registered at a college or university, a life-long learner, or who has a professional interest, is welcome to apply. We are currently not accepting high-school students due to the accelerated pace of the program.

Applications accepted beginning Friday, March 15, 2024.

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If you are a non-Harvard applicant, please click here to create your HarvardKey then return to this page to complete the Summer Language Program application using your new HarvardKey.

The application link will remain open until Thursday, May 30, 2024. The SLP is unable to grant waivers, fee reductions, or financial aid.

For HDS students, please note that you are able to take language courses during the academic year as a regular course without additional cost to you.

For MDiv students, or HDS students participating in an internship for their degree program during the summer, please check with your degree administrator about whether you are permitted to take the SLP at the same time.

Please note that students may only take one SLP course at a time due to the intensive nature of the language immersion. It is not possible to take several SLP classes during the same SLP/in the same year.

HDS students may enroll in the SLP during their degree time at HDS only once at the most reduced cost. If you are an HDS student and would like to participate in the SLP every year, that’s possible, but at a different tuition rate after the first year.

Non-HDS students taking the SLP for course credit (except for Boston Theological Interreligious [BTI] Consortium students) will be charged full tuition.

Auditing classes (no course credit) is possible with tuition payment (please see the tuition page for more details regarding the tuition for auditors).

The SLP is unable to grant or assist with Student Visas/I-20s for international students.

In late May, the Registrar’s Office will be in touch regarding your program fee and/or tuition payments.

BTI Students

 

Please consider the following information when signing up for the Harvard Divinity School Summer Language Program:

  • The BTI consortial agreement does not extend to SLP enrollment. Therefore, SLP courses are not listed in the BTI catalog and the SLP registration does not go through the cross-registration portal.
  • BTI students who are interested and want to enroll in the HDS SLP must complete the SLP application and pay the reduced tuition. Please see the tuition page for updated rates.
  • Before submitting an application:
    • BTI students should also check with their home schools to see whether, or not, the SLP course they intend to take will meet any degree requirements.
    • If cost of the program is a consideration, students within the BTI schools should check with their respective school’s financial aid office to see if they are eligible for aid from their school.
    • Unfortunately, HDS is unable to offer financial aid for the SLP.

    Should you have any further questions, please contact the SLP Office.