Do you have a group of students who want to...
• Improve your English for general or professional purposes during your vacation?
• Feel confident speaking English with native speakers?
• Meet students from many countries?
• Experience California and American culture?
• Live with an American family or experience campus residence life?

The University of California, Riverside, is recognized as a leader in English language teaching in the US and around the world. We offer a wide range of English language programs to suit a variety of student needs, at all levels, from beginners to advanced.

The University of California, Riverside, has extensive experience in developing programs for groups of students. If you are a teacher or school that would like to send your students as a group to the University of California, Riverside, our custom designed programs may best suit your needs. If you have a student group of 12 or more, age 10 and over, who only have a short time available to travel to the US and want to practice and build confidence in English, as well as see all the wonderful California sights, we welcome them to participate in a Conversation and American Culture program. Our Conversation and American culture programs combine English practice with sightseeing and cultural activities. The program length can vary to suit your group’s needs, but are normally between one and four weeks in length.

Designed for all levels of English, students participate in conversation classes Monday through Thursday, for a total of 16 hours per week. Social and cultural activities introducing students to California and America are included as part of the weekly schedule. A full day of sightseeing is planned on Fridays. If we have other groups on campus, you are invited to mix with them for English practice, sightseeing and cultural activities

Housing Options
Homestay: For groups of students under 18 years, the University of California, Riverside requires they be placed with American families in home stay. Students are placed, double occupancy. Host families provide three meals a day as well as daily transportation to and from school

Dormitory: If your group is 18 years or over, they have the option to stay as a group in our campus
residence, which offers single, double and triple occupancy. A meal plan is available for purchase.

Group leaders: Double occupancy housing in our university residences is complimentary for a group
escort when the group exceeds 15 students.

Program Highlights