Summer Study

The University offers six summer sessions of varying length. These sessions provide excellent learning opportunities for students wishing to accelerate or enhance their degree program, and they offer professional advancement for working adults. A wide variety of core courses and summer-only courses are offered during the months of May through August. Summer classes are scheduled so students may take more than one course per session and/or take courses in more than one summer session. On-campus housing is available during summer sessions.

The May Term is an accelerated two-week session that starts immediately after the spring semester and concludes prior to the start of the first six-week summer session. There are two six-week summer sessions; the first one starts in May and the second starts in July. Students may take up to 9 credit hours in each of these six-week summer sessions. A 12-week session runs concurrently with the two six-week sessions. This schedule provides for a high degree of flexibility for full-time and part-time students with other summer obligations. 

A variety of non-credit programs are also offered in the summer, including preparation for the GMAT (see www.ut.edu/gmatprep). The University also offers TERP10 Academy (see www.ut.edu/SAPprep), which provides intensive training to prepare individuals to become a SAP Certified Business Associate, and since the University is authorized to proctor the exam, students may take the certification exam at the end of the course. 

STEP UP, the University’s comprehensive, focused program for students desiring to improve their academic performance, is also available in the summer (see www.ut.edu/STEPUP for program details). 

Students from other colleges and universities are welcomed to the University in the summer, and assistance is provided for these students to transfer the courses taken at the University to their degree-granting institution.

Admission and Course Registration

A searchable schedule of summer courses is found at www.ut.edu/schedule. Course offerings vary for each term and are listed by summer term:

  • May Term (two-week term)
  • Summer Executive MBA (graduate business cohort only)
  • Summer Session I (first six-week term)
  • Summer Session II (second six-week term)
  • Summer 12-week Session
  • Summer Graduate Education (graduate classes only)


Regularly enrolled UT students may register for summer classes at any time after registration opens; adviser check-off is not required. Individuals not already admitted to The University of Tampa must first complete the admissions application, found at spartanweb.ut.edu/utadmapp. Any student wishing to transfer credits taken at The University of Tampa to another institution should enroll as a transient student by contacting the Office of Graduate and Continuing Studies at (813) 258-7409 or scs@ut.edu.

See the Dropping Courses, Withdrawals and Refunds section in the Costs and Financial Information chapter of this catalog for May Term and summer session policies.