Francis Marion University is the host institution for one of 10 Intensive English Institutes in the United States. IEI provides language training for professionals, university students, and high school students from all over the world.
Students can experience university life in the United States and learn English at the same time.
In this way, the IEI program provides cultural enrichment for its students that they cannot get by studying English in their home countries. In the afternoon, students choose their own schedule from a variety of electives. Electives include Conversation, Business Terminology, Pronunciation, and University Preparation. Students study from 20-25 hours per week and stay an average of six months. Programs begin every four weeks.