Cornell offers continuing education, summer college for high school students, online learning, professional studies and more. To learn more, please visit Cornell University’s School of Continuing Education. You may also want to check out CornellX, where you can browse free online courses (MOOCs) in a variety of subjects.

Cornell offers robust programming in continuing education, online learning, professional studies, and more. For more information, please visit Cornell University’s School of Continuing Education.

High school students who are interested in Cornell's summer educational opportunities can visit the Precollege Studies webpage.

Students with an interest in biology have many exciting choices at Cornell. Four of the undergraduate colleges (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell Duffield College of Engineering, and the College of Human Ecology) offer biology programs.

Cornell students work hard and our faculty have high expectations, but there are many supports in place to allow our students to thrive both in the classroom and outside of it. Here are a few words about the workload from one of our students:

Cornell University has always had a global outlook, and we offer programs for study abroad and international experiential learning in over 40 countries. Students may choose to study abroad at a university, conduct research or fieldwork, engage in service learning, or participate in an internship. In addition, Cornell students have the opportunity to study off-campus in the United States through the Cornell-in-Washington Program in D.C.

All Cornell students must have a strong command of the English language to be successful in their university studies. If English is not your native language or if you have not attended high school in a country where English is an official language for the four years prior to your planned enrollment at Cornell, you may be asked to submit results from an English language proficiency examination.

Cornell offers nearly 80 majors and more than 120 minors. Double majors and multiple minors are common pursuits. To learn more, please see Cornell's Courses of Study webpage.

Cornell University is on a semester system. The academic year begins in late August and ends in early May, with final exams about a week later. Cornell offers a three-week academic session in the winter and a variety of summer sessions as well.

For more information, please visit the Academic Calendar.

Cornell offers continuing education, summer college for high school students, online learning, professional studies and more. To learn more, please visit Cornell University’s School of Continuing Education (SCE). You may also want to check out CornellX, where you can browse free online courses (MOOCs) in a variety of subjects.

Cornell University’s Courses of Study is published yearly by the Cornell University Registrar and is only available online.