Welcome to the IECP
If you are planning on attending Penn State or another American university but would like to improve your English, you’ve come to right place! Since 1976, the IECP has been Penn State’s premier intensive English program, offering courses in academic English to prepare the pre-matriculated student for undergraduate and graduate studies at an American university. Experienced faculty engage students in a cutting-edge, comprehensive curriculum which includes grammar, oral communication, listening, reading, writing, and test skills in addition to providing opportunities to connect with current Penn State students and classes.
- English professor participates in Northwest Passage Project expedition On Jul 19, 2019 Hester Blum, Penn State associate professor of English and a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow, will be tracking climate change in the Arctic Ocean as part of the Northwest Passage Project research expedition. The nautical expedition launched from Thule Air Base in Thule, Greenland, on July 18 and will return Aug. 4, sailing approximately 2,000 nautical miles through the Arctic on the Swedish Icebreaker Oden.
- Oak Building named for the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation On Jul 19, 2019 The Penn State Board of Trustees approved the renaming of Oak Building on the University Park campus in recognition of a $4 million gift by the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation.
- Construction work to close Orchard Road in State College On Jul 19, 2019 Orchard Road in State College will be closed for two weeks beginning on Monday, July 22, for stormwater upgrades.
- Upcoming Events
- Jul 22, 2019 | 09:20 AM IECP Final Exams
- Jul 26, 2019 | 02:30 PM IECP Awards Ceremony
- Aug 19, 2019 | 09:00 AM Fall 2019 Orientation
