The National Institute for Summer Scandinavian Studies is a program of summer instruction coordinated by the University of Washington, the University of Minnesota, and the University of California, Berkeley. On a rotating basis, these three Scandinavian Departments offer a full summer program of instruction with intensive language courses and other classes in Scandinavian literature, culture, and film. The program is supported by federal Title VI money. It is intended to provide students around North America with the opportunity to take intensive summer courses in Nordic languages in the context of a summer Institute, which features special events, guest lectures, film screenings, and outings in addition to summer classes.

In the summer of 2002, the UC-Berkeley Department of Scandinavian is the host institution for NISSS, and has planned a wide array of courses and events for participants. For more information, see the NISSS 2002 Berkeley web site.

The planned rotation for following years is:

Summer 2003: University of Minnesota
Summer 2004: University of Washington