Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Language Institute

MEDLI Summer 2024 applications are now open!

Program Dates: June 17 - August 9, 2024. Apply Today!

Welcome to MEDLI!

 8-Week Summer Session
Monday, June 17-Friday, Aug 9, 2024

 Pre-Service Orientation Week for WISLI Instructors
Monday, June 10-Friday, June 14, 2024

The Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Language Institute (MEDLI), formerly known as the Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Language Institute (APTLI), is an eight-week summer intensive language program for undergraduate and graduate students, professionals, and non-traditional students.

Students learn speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills through classroom instruction and a full range of co-curricular activities. Students will receive 8 credits and a letter grade (A-F) after completing the program. MEDLI participants must complete both 4-week sessions for a total of 8 weeks. Courses meet from 8:30AM-1:00PM, Monday-Friday from June 17 – August 9, 2024.

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Wish to sponsor & collaborate with MEDLI? Contact us: medli@lpo.wisc.edu!

MEDLI Consortium & Partners

MEDLI is sponsored and supported by various education centers and programs, national resource centers, and institutional partners on and off the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. To learn more about our sponsors and partners, please click here.

Our MEDLI community includes:

African Cultural Studies (ACS)

info@african.wisc.edu

african.wisc.edu

African Studies Program (ASP)

asp@africa.wisc.edu

africa.wisc.edu

Asian Languages and Cultures (ALC)

info@alc.wisc.edu
alc.wisc.edu

European Studies at UW-Madison

Email: europe@international.wisc.edu

europe.wisc.edu

George L. Mosse / Laurence A. Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies (CJS)

Email: jewishstudies@cjs.wisc.edu

cjs.wisc.edu

German, Nordic, and Slavic+ (GNS)

info@gna.wisc.edu 

gns.wisc.edu 

Institute for Regional and International Studies National Resource Center (IRIS NRC)

Email: outreach@iris.wisc.edu

irisnrc.wisc.edu

Madison Area Technical College (MATC)

Email: ahss@madisoncollege.edu

madisoncollege.edu

University of Pennsylvania: Middle East Center (MEC)

Email: mec-info@sas.upenn.edu

mec.sas.upenn.edu

Middle East Studies Program (MES)

Email: middleeaststudies@wisc.edu

mideast.wisc.edu

Don’t see the language you’re looking for?

Visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison Language Program website University of Wisconsin-Madison Language Program website for a complete list of languages taught at UW Madison.