Penn Engineering Summer Academy (ESAP) – Artificial Intelligence
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science
Dates:
Jul 11–30, 2027
Length:
3 weeks (20 days)
Cost:
$9,250
Location:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Grades:
Rising 10th–12th graders (completed grades 9-11), 15 years old or older by program start; minimum 3.0 GPA
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Feb 17, 2027
Credit:
Yes (0.5 Penn credit units, about 1.5 semester credits)
Three-week residential college-credit course at the University of Pennsylvania where students learn generative AI, neural networks, and the math behind them, build their own AI models, and finish with an original AI application as a final project.
Penn Engineering Summer Academy (ESAP) – Computer Science
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science
Dates:
Jul 11–30, 2027
Length:
3 weeks (20 days)
Cost:
$9,250
Location:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Grades:
Rising 10th–12th graders (completed grades 9-11), 15 years old or older by program start; minimum 3.0 GPA
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Feb 17, 2027
Credit:
Yes (0.5 Penn credit units, about 1.5 semester credits)
Three-week residential college-credit course at the University of Pennsylvania covering discrete probability, graph theory, complex systems, and data analysis projects through lectures and TA-supported lab time.
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OPALS High School Internship Program – Summer Session
UC San Diego Institute of Engineering in Medicine
Dates:
Jul 5–30, 2027
Length:
4 weeks
Cost:
$3,000
Location:
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Eligibility:
Current high school students, 14 and older, with priority to students 16 and older (matches completed grades 9–12 in search filters)
Format:
Commuter
Deadline:
Apr 18, 2027
Four-week in-person research internship at UC San Diego where high school students work with researchers and graduate students on projects at the intersection of engineering, medicine, and AI, from cell biology and neuroscience to biomedical imaging, and present their work at a closing poster session.
Cl.1 Soft Matter: Complex Fluids and Flows; Cl.2 Nanomaterials for Chemical Reactions; Cl.3 Exploring Materials; Cl.4 AI at Scale; Cl.5 Bacterial-Animal Symbiosis & Bioluminescence; Cl.6 Digital Twins: Making Things Smarter; Cl.7 Quantum Materials & Light (0D/2D Materials)
Dates:
Not confirmed for 2027
Length:
4 weeks
Cost:
$5,518 + $46 application fee (need-based aid available)
Location:
UC Merced, CA
Grades:
Completing grades 8-12, CA high school students only
Music and Math: Digital Audio; Engineering Design & Control of Kinetic Sculptures; Climate Change; Cool Tech: Heating & Cooling Science; PhotonQuest: Devices to Quantum Frontiers; Biodiesel from Renewable Sources; Machine Learning: Teaching a Computer to Think; Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine; Music and Technology: Microphones/Microcontrollers; Robot Inventors
Dates:
Not confirmed for 2027
Length:
4 weeks
Cost:
$5,518 + $46 application fee (need-based aid available)
Location:
UC San Diego, CA
Grades:
Completing grades 8-12, CA high school students only