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Language and Culture Institute

The Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute (VTLCI) provides language-related programs and services for academic and professional development. Through its work, VTLCI contributes to the university's diversity and intellectual capacity by helping to attract the best and brightest international students, scholars and professionals to our community. Part of the university's Outreach and International Affairs division, VTLCI has locations in Blacksburg at the main Virginia Tech campus and in the National Capital Region at the university’s Northern Virginia Center. The institute hosts over 500 students per year from more than 30 countries spanning the globe, served by 50 professional faculty, instructors and staff.

	English Language Programming The Intensive English course series provides full-time language training to international students seeking admission to U.S. universities. Instruction is offered from beginning through advanced proficiency levels, and is supplemented by self-paced, interactive computer-assisted training. This program serves an average 300 - 400 students per semester at the institute's two locations.
	Degree Preparation The institute offers courses in academic and professional writing for admitted Virginia Tech international students. Provided in cooperation with the Virginia Tech Graduate School and taken in students' first semester at Virginia Tech, these courses ensure readiness for the expectations and rigor of graduate-level writing.
	Capacity-building Initiatives The VTLCI maintains working partnerships with universities in Chile, China and Haiti to build capacity at these institutions for English language training. Activities include sourcing of instructors, curriculum development, distance language training and teacher training.
	Fulbright Programs In the last several years the VTLCI has hosted over 70 Fulbright-sponsored students from over 50 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East.  These programs are provided in partnership with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Institute of International Education.
	Foreign Language Training Foreign language conversation courses for Virginia Tech faculty and staff are organized by VTLCI in cooperation with the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Courses are offered in the fall and spring semesters, and include Arabic, Chinese (standard Mandarin), Spanish, Italian, German and French.

VTLCI supports the efforts of EducationUSA, a network of over 400 advising centers in 170 countries promoting study at U.S. colleges and universities. EducationUSA is a part of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
VTLCI is a member of the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education, a strategic services organization that conducts high level research and disseminates emerging trends, best practices, policy frameworks, and assessment and quality assurance information relevant to cross-border higher education program delivery across the globe.