Welcome to the Seattle Central Institute of English (SCIE), a part of Seattle Central Community College. We are a dynamic program located in the heart of the beautiful, world-famous city of Seattle. SCIE serves over 400 students from all over the world, and offers three programs, with over 25 different classes.

Learn English in Seattle, Washington!

Intensive English Program - SCIE offers general English courses at the beginning,low-intermediate, and high-intermediate levels. At these levels, full time students take a two- hour Reading /Writing /Grammar class and a two-hour Speaking/Listening/Grammar class everyday for five days per week. Each level is ten weeks long during fall, winter, and spring quarters. Summer quarter is only eight weeks long, but the number of hours of instruction is the same as in the other quarters. Students who complete the Intensive English Program (3 Levels) may continue in either the College Bridge Program (3 Levels) or in Advanced English Program. The College also offers short-term certificate and internship programs.

Why Study at Seattle Central?

• We are the only community college in downtown Seattle.
• High levels of student satisfaction
• The LOWEST tuition fees of Seattle's higher-education ESL programs!
• Experienced faculty with Masters degrees in English or Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL)
• A strong student success rate
• A large percentage of continuing students
• Full access to Seattle Central facilities, activities and services
• Proven higher achivement among SCCC graduates who transfer to full-time college or university study
• The FASTEST way to begin earning college credits
• Acceptance to full-time college programs without additional placement testing after completing program
• Three levels of ESL certificates

About Seattle

Seattle boasts a reputation for cultural diversity in a geographically beautiful setting. The city's leisure offerings, including outdoor activities such as skiing, boating, golf and bicycling, have helped earn Seattle recognition on many national lists for being one of the "most livable" cities. In addition, Seattle is one of the country's leading centers of biotechnology, the software capital of the world, a major center in the aerospace industry, and is a leader in numbers of health/medical research institutions.

Seattle Central Community College (SCCC) is located on Capitol Hill, a 5 minute walk to the central downtown area. Its Broadway neighborhood is one of the city's liveliest with over 60 ethnic and regional restaurants and shops, three movie theatres and lots of "night life."