Each year the International Institute brings a number of visiting scholars to the University who offer courses to graduate and upper-division undergraduates in their fields of expertise. Participating departments have included Anthropology, Economics, Physics, Political Science, and Sociology. Summer Language Institute . In cooperation with the College's language departments and area centers, the International Institute administers the University of Michigan Summer Language Institute. The SLI offers courses in Asian, Germanic, Near Eastern, Romance, and Slavic languages.
Courses vary in length from seven and one half weeks to ten weeks.