Opportunity Guide I Summer, Enrichment & Activities Guide



  1. Academy of Art University Pre-College Art Experience Program
    The Pre-College Art Experience (PCAE) is a dual-scholarship program available to only current high school students. The program provides classes for students to take at no tuition charge as well as… Read more
  2. Art Institute of Chicago Summer Institute Residency Program
    Why Early College Program Summer Institute (ECPSI)? Study with our amazing faculty, passionate teachers and acclaimed practicing artists, designers, and scholars, many of whom teach in the… Read more
  3. ArtWorks Internship
    ArtWorks is an internship program in the arts for high school (9th – 12th grade) students. Each year, Arts for Learning hires student interns to work in co-ops to flex their creative muscles and… Read more
  4. UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design Summer Design Academy (embARC)
    embARC is a four week summer design program at UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design that brings together high school students from diverse backgrounds to explore architecture, urban design… Read more
  5. Boston Architectural College Summer Academy: High School Design Exploration
    Summer Academy has been introducing high school students to the fields of architecture and spatial design since 1973. Are you considering a career in architecture or design? Are you working on your… Read more
  6. California College of the Arts Pre-College Program
    This summer, approximately 250 high school students -- makers, designers, DIYers, and original thinkers from all over the Bay Area and beyond will convene on CCA's Oakland campus and engage in an… Read more
  7. Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Summer Pre-College Programs - Architecture
    Pre-College Architecture is an intensive and immersive summer program that engages high school students in the creative energy and speculative culture of the college-level experience, in studying the… Read more
  8. Case Western Reserve University Pre-College Scholars Program
    Pre-College Scholars Program High school students wishing to take regular university summer classes may apply to enroll through the Pre-College Scholars program. The Pre-College Scholars Program at… Read more
  9. Catholic University Experiences in Architecture
    The Experiences in Architecture program at The Catholic University of America is an intense three-week, pre-college workshop for students interested in architecture or other design-related fields.… Read more
  10. City College Architecture Summer Career Lab
    Housed in a state-of-the-art facility within an historic Manhattan neighborhood, The City College of New York, Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture (SSA) is now seeking applicants for its… Read more
  11. City College Architecture Summer Career Lab
    Housed in a state-of-the-art facility within an historic Manhattan neighborhood, The City College of New York, Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture (SSA) is now seeking applicants for its… Read more
  12. Columbia University Programs for High School Students
    Columbia University offers several summer programs for high school students, both in its home city of New York City, but also in foreign countries as well. For students that will be in New York, they… Read more
  13. Cooper Union Introduction to Architecture
    The Cooper Union announces a new Introduction to Architecture summer program for high school students. This five-week intensive is designed to familiarize students with architectural thinking and… Read more
  14. Cornell Summer College
    Cornell University Summer College offers academically motivated high school students the chance to experience college life at a great Ivy League university, take regular college classes with Cornell… Read more
  15. Drexel University Westphal College of Media Arts & Design Pre-College Programs
    Pre-college programs in architecture, dance, interior design, design and merchandising, graphic design, industrial design, film and tv, fashion design, music and photography.
  16. Harvard Summer School Secondary School Program
    Imagine studying at Harvard for seven weeks, fully immersed in the college experience. Whether you choose to live on campus, commute, or take courses online, you’ll have the opportunity to explore… Read more
  17. Illinois Institute of Technology Experiment in Architecture
    This two-week residential program is designed to introduce high school students to the profession of architecture. Students will tour the city of Chicago, complete a series of design projects, and… Read more
  18. Illinois Institute of Technology Summer @ Illinois Tech
    ITT offers a wide variety of summer programs and camps for middle and high school students. Programs can include: biology, computational science, digital humanities, coding, biomedical engineering,… Read more
  19. Institute of Competition Sciences (ICS) - Listing of academic competitions
    ICS maintains a listing of hundreds of academic competitions in order for students to get ranked in their ICS Global Academic Champions Ranking. Since 2012, ICS has been defining best-practices in… Read more
  20. Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) Summer Pre-College Art and Design Residency
    MICA's Pre-College Art and Design Residency Program is an intensive college-level experience designed to help participants make the leap from thinking like high school art students to thinking like… Read more
  21. Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) Programs for Teens
    Whether it's an entire summer, or just a few weeks, MICA has a variety creative and inspiring programming for teens. Overview of Programs for High School Students: YPS High School Studios… Read more
  22. MIT URBANFRAME Summer Design/Build
    Urbanframe invites youth from the US and abroad to transform the way the rest of us think about cities. Under the guidance of an architecture professor and team of graduate teaching fellows, young… Read more
  23. National Student Leadership Conference Summer Programs
    Since 1989, the National Student Leadership Conference has invited a select group of outstanding middle school and high school students to participate in its fast-paced, high-level, interactive… Read more
  24. New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) College of Architecture and Design High School Summer Program
    The College of Architecture and Design offers residential summer programs in a state-of-the-art university setting for exceptional high school students interested in architecture, interior design,… Read more
  25. Pratt Institute Precollege Programs
    Pratt PreCollege programs provide high school students with rigorous college level art, design and creative thinking courses, modeled after Pratt Institute’s undergraduate offerings. Classes are… Read more
  26. Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
    The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7–12. Through the Scholastic Awards, teens in grades 7–… Read more
  27. Stevens Institute of Technology Pre-College Programs
    Each one of our unique programs gives you unprecedented exposure to a cutting-edge field of study and the inspiration and confidence to pursue it later if you choose. All of our programs are… Read more
  28. Summer at Rensselaer (RPI) Academic Enrichment Programs
    Summer day and residential opportunities for outstanding elementary, middle, and high school students to explore the academic environment at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Summer@Rensselaer… Read more
  29. United States Naval Academy Summer Seminar
    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… Read more
  30. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Summer Sessions
    During the summer months, visiting high school students have three different summer experiences to select from here at UCLA: academic courses, online courses, or Precollege Summer Institutes.… Read more
  31. University of Maryland Terp Pre-College Programs for Middle and High School Students
    In University of Maryland’s innovative Terp Young Scholars and Terp Discovery programs, talented middle and high school students learn from faculty and industry experts, explore UMD’s abundant… Read more
  32. University of Notre Dame Pre-College Programs
    Summer Scholars, Leadership Seminars and Study Abroad programs. See website for current offerings and eligiblity. Summer Scholars participants spend two intense weeks in one of 22 exciting programs… Read more
  33. University of Notre Dame School of Architecture Career Discovery in Architecture
    Geared toward those who are considering or who have already enrolled in an architecture program, participants not only learn architectural history but also the skills and responsibilities required in… Read more
  34. Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) Sam Fox School Architecture Discovery Program
    The Architecture Discovery Program (ADP) is an exciting introduction to architecture and design for high school students. The rigorous two-week program offers intensive individual instruction by Sam… Read more
  35. Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) summerFAB High School Architecture Program: Workshop on Design and FabricationTeenlife Premium list icon
    In this four-week residential summer design-build program, high school participants experience phases of an architectural project, from initial design concepts to building a full-scale construction… Read more