The University of Hartford International Pathway Program

Your International Pathway to Undergraduate and Graduate Study at a US University

The International Pathway Program (IPP) is your route to a degree from the highly ranked University of Hartford. With our program, you will develop the skills to progress to the undergraduate or Master’s degree of your choice – and graduate on time. We provide you with the best possible start to your degree program, ensuring that you go on to find academic, social and personal success as a college student in the US.

The IPP is open to students who have proven their academic ability but need to strengthen their English skills to achieve positive results in the collegiate environment. You will learn about the subjects you love, while being able to dedicate time to developing your English. You can choose between our International Year for undergraduate students, and our Master’s International Year for graduate students – so you can continue on to your dream degree at the University of Hartford.

Pathway Program Options

Whether you study the International Year or Master's International Year, you can choose between the following study options:

Standard 2-Semester Pathway
Extended 3-Semester Pathway
Extended Plus 4-Semester Pathway

Each semester you will take a combination of university academic courses (credited) and English courses (non-credited). Course options are dependent upon the required pathway. Once you have reached the required English level you can progress onto your program at the University of Hartford.

English for University Studies

You also have the option to join the University as a Direct Admit student. If you do not currently meet the English language requirements for your Direct Admit program, you can improve your level with our English for University Studies program – delivered online through the Virtual Study Center.

Depending on your current level of English, you can choose between our 8 and 12-week programs. The program is designed to develop your English skills as you adjust to the demands, challenges, and expectations of higher education in the U.S. 50% of your learning hours will be delivered through real-time lessons – with the remaining 50% accessible through pre-recorded lectures and interactive quizzes, group projects, presentations, writing practices, and more.

You can find out more about help joining your degree at the University of Hartford as a Direct Admit student through our English for University Studies program on our fees and entry requirements pages.

Program Length

	YEAR 1			YEAR 2			YEAR 3			YEAR 4			YEAR 4+
DIRECT ENTRY


STANDARD 2-SEMESTER PATHWAY


EXTENDED 3-SEMESTER PATHWAY


EXTENDED 4-SEMESTER PATHWAY

PATHWAY PROGRAM
DEGREE PROGRAM

English Language Institute

If you don’t yet have the English scores to study our International Pathway Program, you have the opportunity to study in our Pre-Sessional English program at the English Language Institute in order for you to get the most out of your time studying with us.

After Your Pathway Program

Once you have completed your pathway program and continue on to study at the University, you may have the opportunity to apply for internships to continue developing your skills. You may also be eligible to complete an Optional Practical Training (OPT) upon your graduation.

Progression Degrees at the University of Hartford

The tables below show the majors available to IPP students and the grades you will need to achieve.

The overall grade relates to your Grade Point Average (on a 4.0 scale), which is the U.S. system for assessment. The English grades are the minimum requirements you need to obtain in the IPP to progress to your chosen degree program.

Undergraduate

Degree Program Name	Award	Overall Grade	English Grade
Accounting - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Acoustical Engineering and Music - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Actor Training	BFA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Aerospace Engineering - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Architectural Design + Technology - BS	BS	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Architectural Design + Technology - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Art History	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Audio Engineering Technology, BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Ballet Pedagogy	BFA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Biochemistry	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Biology - BA, BS	BA, BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Biomedical Engineering - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Business - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Business Analytics and Managerial Economics- BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Ceramics - BFA	BFA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Chemistry - BA, BS	BA, BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Cinema - BA	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Civil Engineering - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Communication - BA	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Computer and Electronic Engineering Technology	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Computer Engineering - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Computer Science - BA, BS	BA, BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Computer Science and Engineering	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Criminal Justice - BA	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Dance Pedagogy	BFA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Dance Performance - BFA	BFA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Digital Media and Journalism	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Early Childhood Education - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Economics - BA	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Electrical Engineering - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Electromechanical Engineering Technology	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Electronic Engineering Technology	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Elementary Education - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Engineering Technology (Contract Major)	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
English - BA	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
English Secondary Education - BA	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Entrepreneurial Studies - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Exercise Science	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Finance - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Health Sciences	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Health Sciences - Pre-Professional	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Health Sciences: Pre-Chiropractic - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Health Sciences: Pre-Optometry - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Health Sciences: Pre-Pharmacy - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Health Sciences: Pre-Podiatry - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
History - BA	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Illustration - BFA	BFA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Bassoon	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Cello	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Clarinet	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Double Bass	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Euphonium	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Flute	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - French Horn	BFA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Guitar	BFA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Harp	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Oboe	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Percussion	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Piano	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Saxophone	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Trombone	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Trumpet	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Tuba	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Viola	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Violin	BFA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Performance - Voice	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Instrumental Studies - BM	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Insurance and Risk Management - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Integrated Elementary and Special Education - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Integrated Media Arts - BFA	BFA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
International Studies - BA	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Jazz Studies - BM	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Judaic Studies - BA	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Management - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Marketing - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Mathematics - BA, BS	BA, BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Mathematics Secondary Education - BA	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MBA 3+1 Program	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Mechanical Engineering - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Multimedia Web Design and Development	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Music - BA	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Music Composition - BM	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Music Education - BM	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Music History - BM	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Music Management, BM	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Music Production & Technology - BM	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Music Theater, BFA	BFA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Music Theory - BM	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Music Vocal Performance - BM	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Organizational Psychology	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Painting and Drawing - BFA	BFA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Performing Arts Management - BM	BM	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Philosophy - BA	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Photography - BFA	BFA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Physics - BA, BS	BA, BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Politics and Government - BA	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Printmaking - BFA	BFA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Prosthetics and Orthodontics	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Psychology - BA	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Radiologic Technology - BS	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Robotics Engineering	BS	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Sculpture - BFA	BFA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Sociology - BA	BA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Visual Communication Design - BFA	BFA	2.0	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/

Graduate

Degree Program Name	Award	Overall Grade	English Grade
Business Administration - MBA	MBA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Business Analytics - MSBA	MSBA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Civil Engineering - MS	MS	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Communication - MA	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Composition - MA	MM	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Electrical and Computer Engineering - MS	MS, MEng	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Environmental Engineering - MS	MS, MEng	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Jazz Studies - MA	MM	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - Bassoon	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - Cello	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - Clarinet	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - Double Bass	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - Euphonium	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - Flute	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - French Horn	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - Guitar	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - Harp	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - Oboe	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - Percussion	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - Piano	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - Saxophone	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - Trombone	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - Trumpet	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - Tuba	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - Violin	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
MA Instrumental Performance - Voice	MA	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Mechanical Engineering - MS	MS	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Music Education: Choral Conducting - MA	MMUSEd	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Music Education: Instrumental Conducting (Wind Band) - MA	MMUS	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Music Education: Kodaly - MA	MM	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Music Education: Pedagogy - MA	MM	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Music Education: Research Emphasis - MA	MMUSEd	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Music History: Performance Practice - MA	MM	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Music History: Scholarship and Research - MA	MM	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Music Theory - MA	MM	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/
Organizational Psychology - MS	MS	2.8	Students must pass all English courses with an 80/