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Through participation in Fulton Summer Academy, students grades 1-12 get the opportunity to experience life on campus and take part in instructor-led engineering design challenges and activities. Our camps utilize best practices in hands-on STEM to actively engage participants and empower them to seek out other STEM opportunities beyond their experience at ASU. We offer a variety of programs – from half day camps, full day camps, and overnight camps – there is something for everyone. 

Are you an Arizona high school student interested in learning more about engineers and the ways in which they impact our world and society? The Summer Transportation Institute will engage you in projects and field trips that demonstrate how all types of engineers (from aerospace to software) plan and maintain our systems of transportation around the state of Arizona. Spend four nights and five days living on the Arizona State University Polytechnic campus and learn how all types of engineers (from aerospace to software) plan and maintain our systems of transportation around the state. This program is funded by the National Summer Transportation Institute and is FREE of charge to participants.

The Cesar E. Chavez Leadership Institute is a high-energy leadership program for Arizona high school sophomores and juniors. While living on the ASU campus, participants will explore higher education, develop leadership skills, and discover the value of community service.

The goals of this one-of-a-kind experience are to foster academic and personal success, embrace diversity, and reinforce the value and importance of community service and civic engagement – all within a collaborative peer environment.

Summer Volunteen Program

Students between the ages of 14 and 18 years may apply for the Summer Volunteen program at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center. The program provides an opportunity for teens to get an inside look at what it’s like to work in the health care industry, while at the same time having an important positive impact on our patient, staff, and visitors.

Get ahead this summer and earn college credit with academically-motivated students from around the world in Duke University’s Summer College for High School Students. This 4-week credit-bearing program offered by Duke University attracts students who represent the next generation of leaders from around the world. Immerse yourself in an international college experience by enrolling in this elite program designed to provide high school students with an academic and residential environment that is conducive to collegiate success.  

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is one of the best technological universities in the country, and we strive to be an active and positive member of the community. We invite you and your kids to experience the perfect mix of academic challenge and summer fun with Embry-Riddle's Summer Programs.

Summer Camps at Embry-Riddle offers experiences for youth ages 7-18. 

Summer Overnight Camps - Summer Day Camps - Sport Camps/Athetics

We offer a variety of summer experiences at GateWay Community College's Washington Campus and the Montecito Site for elementary and middle school children. Your child will experience a fun, active environment. 

The Harvard Pre-College Program is immersive, collaborative, and transformative. Alongside peers from around the world, you’ll thrive in a dynamic, supportive academic environment. Whether you decide to attend for two, four, or six weeks, you’ll get an introduction to college life as you attend challenging classes, live on campus, and enjoy fun excursions and activities. 

In The Pre-College Program you have the opportunity to:  Learn without limits

Pursue your interests in courses focusing on physics, law, writing, philosophy, and a dozen other subjects. In our noncredit classes, we dispense with grades so that you can fully commit to your growth as a student, well-rounded individual, and engaged citizen.

Helios Scholars at TGen is a paid, eight-week summer internship program in biomedical research open to incoming and continuing undergraduate, graduate, and medical school students who have studied at an Arizona high school, college, or university. Interns work full-time on a research project under the mentorship of a TGen scientist to unravel the genetic components of diabetes, neurological disease and cancer. At TGen North in Flagstaff, interns focus their summer research on public health and pathogens such as Valley Fever and antibiotic resistant bacteria.

At iD Tech, we offer hands-on, high-energy summer computer programs for kids and teens. Co-ed options include iD Tech Camps for ages 7-17, iD Tech Academies for teens ages 13-18, and iD Tech Mini for ages 6-9. We also offer Alexa Café, an all-girls program for ages 10-15. Programs are held at over 150 prestigious campuses nationwide. Unlock your internalDrive and gain a competitive advantage for college and beyond!

Our AZ summer camps immerse students in a STEM learning experience unlike any other. Choose from courses in game design, web design, coding, programming in Java and C++, Minecraft modding, filmmaking, robotics, photography, and more. With 8 students maximum per instructor, we customize our curriculum around you. You’ll build real-world skills, make new friends, and discover how your talents and passions can lead to a future career. Depending on location and program, students will eat in the university dining hall and explore campus. Overnight campers sleep right in the college dorms!

Engineering Innovation is an exciting college-level summer program for motivated high school students with an aptitude in math and science and an interest in (or curiosity about) engineering. Students learn to think and problem-solve like engineers and have the opportunity to earn Johns Hopkins University (JHU) credit.

Johns Hopkins Engineering Innovation is primarily a commuter program and currently runs at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.  Residential programs are offered at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD and Hood College in Frederick, MD.  

Upward Bound conducts an annual four-week Academy (five weeks for Year 3) on the Northern Arizona University campus. The Academy provides an educationally, enriching, residential program, which introduces students from our four target high schools to the university environment while preparing them  academically for institutions of higher learning. The major goal of the Academy is to enable students to successfully live in two worlds: their own, with its rich cultural heritage, and the other world of college life.

As with the rest of our program, the Academy emphasizes academics. Applicants who are selected must be committed to completing the full four-week program. Students who successfully complete the program with a C or better will earn one unit of high school elective credit which can be used at their respective high schools toward graduation requirements. Year 3 students will be enrolled in Coconino Community College and receive college credit.

Stanford High School Summer College is where exceptional high school students, ages 16–19, take Stanford undergraduate courses and earn college credit.

Regardless of whether a student lives on campus, commutes from home, or attends online, Stanford High School Summer College offers a challenging summer of academics, enrichment, and opportunity for personal development.

The Barrett Summer Scholars (BSS) program provides students with the opportunity to experience college firsthand and prepare for enrollment and success at Arizona State University and Barrett, the Honors College. Designed for academically-talented and motivated 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students, this residential program invites students to live on campus, engage in college-level coursework, and participate in a community of peers from across the state. 

The University of Arizona Biosphere 2 and the University of California, San Diego Academic Connections have partnered to offer exciting summer opportunities for high school students! The Global Environmental Leadership and Sustainability program is an intensive, week-long course that will examine the diverse biomes and climate zones of the unique and iconic Biosphere 2 research facility as well as the surrounding Sonoran Desert.

A unique summer opportunity for motivated Arizona high school students with a strong interest in bioscience, engineering, environmental health, or biostatistics to work side-by-side with top faculty in University of Arizona laboratories.

Summer Scrubs is a health career exploration program that helps high school students prepare for their future in the health professions. With this program, students will get the opportunity to participate in professional lectures, health-related fieldtrips and hands-on lab experiences. "Scrub in" this summer at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix!

Summer Seminar at the United States Air Force Academy offers a unique opportunity to get the Academy experience first-hand. Specially designed for high school juniors heading into their senior year, Summer Seminar is a recruiting program that allows participants to see themselves as a USAFA cadet.

Summer Leaders Experience (SLE) is highly competitive since there are normally 6,000 applicants and capacity for just 1,000 attendees. SLE gives high school juniors a week to experience life as a cadet to inform their college selection decision. SLE is a fast-paced program of academic classes, military training, physical fitness training, and intramural athletics conducted during the first half of June each year.  You must have standardized test scores to be considered for SLE. 

This unique middle school program offers students currently in 6th and 7th grade the opportunity to participate in hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities taught by Academy faculty and cadet mentors. 

The United States Naval Academy Summer Seminar is the first step in navigating your future to becoming one of our nation's next generation of leaders.  

If you are currently in your junior year of high school and considering the Naval Academy as your college of choice, we strongly recommend you consider applying to Summer Seminar. Summer Seminar will introduce you to life at the Academy, where you will experience first-class academic, athletic, and professional training at the #1 public college in the U.S.* (Top 25 Public College in the U.S. 2017, Forbes). Your Summer Seminar application will also serve as a preliminary application to the Academy that you will complete before or during your senior year.

Thinking of a career as a coder, game developer, designer, or robotics engineer? Then start with the experience of a world-class program like the Naval Academy’s Summer STEM Program.

STEM is all about exploring, creating, building, and making things better, and at our Summer STEM Program, you’ll do just that. You’ll work with students from all over the country as you test your problem-solving, creativity, and collaboration skills.

Leadership Seminars is a competitive, 10-day program on Notre Dame's campus for academically talented students who show impressive leadership within their communities. Approximately 90 students are admitted to Leadership Seminars each year, and students are eligible to receive one college credit upon completion of the program. Expenses for students admitted to Leadership Seminars—including transportation to and from Notre Dame—will be paid for by the University.

Summer Scholars participants spend two intense weeks in one of 22 exciting programs of study. We keep the classes small and personal attention from Notre Dame faculty high. The coursework is a true preview of college academics—it is both rigorous and rewarding, and students earn one college credit upon the completion of a program track. Students collaborate on coursework outside designated class times, as they would in any college setting. There is also ample time to enjoy the social facets of college life, especially those unique to Notre Dame. 

USC Summer Programs extends a tradition of excellence to outstanding high school students through unique 4 and 2 week summer courses. Accepted students to the USC Summer Programs will balance academic and campus life as they prepare for college in the nation’s entertainment center – Los Angeles, California.