Illinois Institute of Technology offers an International IT/Business Certificate Program. The program has two main components:

1. Students take 3 courses in Information Technology and Management or Business. (9 credit hours)
2. Students take English and Cultural courses 6 hours per week. (9 CEU hours)

Students who successfully complete this program will receive an IT/Business Certificate from the Professional Learning Programs at IIT. Also, many courses completed in the International program can be credited toward a Master's degree in Information Technology and Management upon acceptance into the ITM program.

Business and IT courses are offered in the day and evening at our Main Campus in Chicago. Many IT courses are taught in a lab environment so that students are given the opportunity to work on labs in the classroom. This allows international students the chance to be comfortable with the technology while in the classroom with the instructor on hand to answer questions.

When possible, international students will study alongside American students. International students will also have the chance to make friends with American students, friendships that could last a lifetime and be useful for future business contacts. Examples of courses offered include: Embedded Systems, Multimedia, Wireless Applications, Oracle, UNIX, .NET, Network Security, Project Management, Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Advertising and many more.

All one-semester programs start in the Fall or Spring and consist of 16 weeks of classes. The fall semester starts in late August and ends in mid-December. Spring courses start in the middle of January and end in early May. The one-semester program is not available for the Summer semester.

Students in the International Program will have six hours of English Conversation classes per week with occasional cultural field trips within the Chicago area.

As of Fall 2007, tuition is $4,900.00 per-semester. (Tuition increases are common with each new calendar year). Books, transportation and insurance fees are not included.

Room and board: Housing on IIT's main campus is limited. When available, students may live at the McCormick Student Village dorm. The cost is $950.00 per month, which includes a double occupancy room and 14 meals per week at the IIT cafeteria.