The only program of its kind in North America, the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute (HUSI) offers eight weeks of intensive accredited university instruction in Ukrainian studies. The program is run jointly by the Harvard Summer School and the Ukrainian Research Institute and has been in existence since 1971. Students can take advantage of Harvard’s many research and instructional facilities, including the largest Ucrainica library collection outside of Eastern Europe, museums, and a language resource center. In the past HUSI participants have included undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals from North and South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe including Ukraine.

Intensive Ukrainian language training is a principal focus of the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute. Language teaching is proficiency-based and aimed at developing communication skills in a variety of real-life situations. An entry test determines placement in each course. The language program actively relies on extensive university language resources including a library of recorded material,
dozens of video films and programs, access to Ukrainian news and other radio and TV shows, regular language tables, and many other extracurricular activities to
create a near-immersion language environment.