RESTON, VA (May 18, 2006) Learning Tree International (NASDAQ NM: LTRE) added a new hands-on course to its IT curriculum today entitled Developing Enterprise Java Applications with Spring and Hibernate. During the 4-day course attendees will participate in exercises, led by an expert instructor, for the purpose of providing practical experience building enterprise applications.

Attendees will also be taught how to:

• Streamline code and increase productivity with Spring templates
• Apply robust transaction-handling policies
• Distribute applications with RMI, Web services and JMS
• Implement object persistence with Hibernate
• Optimize data access with Hibernate Query Language (HQL)

Jennifer Urick, Vice President of Product Development for Learning Tree International, said, "This course offers professionals the opportunity to gain the skills they need to build enterprise Java applications for their organizations effectively using the industry-standard Spring and Hibernate frameworks."

Developing Enterprise Java Applications with Spring and Hibernate is valuable for architects, programmers, engineers, analysts and managers involved in developing Java applications in a distributed environment. This course is also helpful for those interested in developing Java EE5 applications.

Developing Enterprise Java Applications with Spring and Hibernate augments existing Learning Tree hands-on courses, including Developing Java Web Applications, Applying J2EE Design Patterns and Struts for Enterprise Java Web Development.

Learning Tree intends to begin presenting Developing Enterprise Java Applications with Spring and Hibernate in North America and at its London Education Center in June 2006.

The initial course schedule includes:

• New York, NY — June 6-9, 2006
• London, England — June 6-9, 2006
• Toronto, ON — June 13-16, 2006
• Washington, DC (Rockville, MD) — June 20-23, 2006
• Parsippany, NJ — July 11-14, 2006
• Chicago, IL (Schaumburg) — July 18-21, 2006

This schedule is subject to change. For further information and the latest course dates and locations, call 1-800-THE-TREE (1-800-843-8733) or visit www.learningtree.com

About Learning Tree International

Learning Tree International is a leading worldwide provider of vendor-independent education and training to IT professionals and managers in business and government organizations. The Company develops, markets and delivers a broad, proprietary library of instructor-led courses focused on Web development, operating systems, programming languages, databases, computer networks, computer and network security, object-oriented technology, applied management, project management and key business skills. The Company also tests and certifies IT and business professionals, and Learning Tree Courses are recommended for college credit by the American Council on Education. In addition, Learning Tree is on the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy National Registry of CPE sponsors and is a Registered Education Provider of the Project Management Institute (PMI). For more information about Learning Tree products and services, call 1-800-THE-TREE (1-800-843-8733), or visit our Web site at www.learningtree.com.