Start exploring Tech & AI summer programs for middle schoolers

Dates:

Jun 20–26, 2027

Length:

1 week

Cost:

$3,095–$3,725

Location:

Washington, DC (Georgetown University campus)

Grades:

Rising 9th graders through graduating seniors (completed grades 8–12)

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Deadline:

Early bird Jan 31, 2027 · Final May 15, 2027

A week on the science of AI and its ethical, regulatory and geopolitical implications, combining lectures and guest speakers with hands-on exercises that test simple AI models, interactive simulations and real-world use cases.

Dates:

Jul 5–31, 2027

Length:

4 weeks

Cost:

$5,518 (2026 pricing; housing, meals and field trips)

Location:

Davis, CA (UC Davis campus)

Grades:

Rising 9th–12th graders attending high school in California (completed grades 8–11)

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Due Feb 5, 2027

Machine learning basics through lectures and coding projects: data exploration, supervised and unsupervised learning, model evaluation and deep learning, with hands-on labs building Python models on real data.

Residency restriction: CA residents

Dates:

Jul 5–31, 2027

Length:

4 weeks

Cost:

$5,518 (2026 pricing; housing, meals and field trips)

Location:

Irvine, CA (UC Irvine campus)

Grades:

Rising 9th–12th graders attending high school in California (completed grades 8–11)

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Due Feb 5, 2027

A tour of modern physics, including condensed matter, particle, biological and plasma physics and astronomy, in which students build devices, collect real data and analyze it with Python and machine learning.

Residency restriction: CA residents

Dates:

Jul 5–31, 2027

Length:

4 weeks

Cost:

$5,518 (2026 pricing; housing, meals and field trips)

Location:

Merced, CA (UC Merced campus)

Grades:

Rising 9th–12th graders attending high school in California (completed grades 8–11)

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Due Feb 5, 2027

Where high-performance computing meets AI: small teams build projects such as a script-writing assistant, a game character that learns from players and an image-to-poster generator, learning to speed up model training and ending in a capstone competition.

Residency restriction: CA residents

Dates:

Jul 5–31, 2027

Length:

4 weeks

Cost:

$5,518 (2026 pricing; housing, meals and field trips)

Location:

La Jolla, CA (UC San Diego campus)

Grades:

Rising 9th–12th graders attending high school in California (completed grades 8–11)

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Due Feb 5, 2027

How algorithms learn from data, starting with a Python refresher and moving to hands-on projects applying machine learning to areas such as conservation and social science.

Residency restriction: CA residents

Dates:

Jul 5–31, 2027

Length:

4 weeks

Cost:

$5,518 (2026 pricing; housing, meals and field trips)

Location:

Santa Cruz, CA (UC Santa Cruz campus)

Grades:

Rising 9th–12th graders attending high school in California (completed grades 8–11)

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Due Feb 5, 2027

Machine learning applied to robotics and feedback control: models of robots, control algorithms and implementing and validating a robotic system in simulation.

Residency restriction: CA residents

Dates:

Jul 5–31, 2027

Length:

4 weeks

Cost:

$5,518 (2026 pricing; housing, meals and field trips)

Location:

Los Angeles, CA (UCLA campus)

Grades:

Rising 9th–12th graders attending high school in California (completed grades 8–11)

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Due Feb 5, 2027

How brains and artificial neural networks learn, from memory and sleep to machine consciousness: morning lectures link neuroscience and machine learning, and afternoon Python labs build networks that model brain circuits or recognize images.

Residency restriction: CA residents

Dates:

Jul 5–31, 2027

Length:

4 weeks

Cost:

$5,518 (2026 pricing; housing, meals and field trips)

Location:

Los Angeles, CA (UCLA campus)

Grades:

Rising 9th–12th graders attending high school in California (completed grades 8–11)

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Due Feb 5, 2027

How Internet of Things sensors and data science work together, from collecting and cleaning sensor data to cloud-based predictive models over WiFi, Bluetooth, LoRa and RFID, ending in a capstone ESP32 system that analyzes real-world data.

Residency restriction: CA residents

Dates:

Jul 5–31, 2027

Length:

4 weeks

Cost:

$5,518 (2026 pricing; housing, meals and field trips)

Location:

Los Angeles, CA (UCLA campus)

Grades:

Rising 9th–12th graders attending high school in California (completed grades 8–11)

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Due Feb 5, 2027

How machines produce and recognize speech and images, two weeks on each, with students building their own AI algorithms on real medical and entertainment data. Field trips include UCLA Hospital and a Hollywood studio that uses AI.

Residency restriction: CA residents

Dates:

2 sessions between Jul 4–Jul 30, 2027 (2 weeks options)

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$3,298–$5,998

Location:

New York, NY (Barnard College, Columbia University)

Grades:

Completed 8th-12th grade

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Two-week academic program at Barnard College in Manhattan. Students spend the session in one course, with excursions and college-readiness workshops.

Dates:

7 weekly sessions, Jun 13–Aug 6, 2027

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$3,298–$6,298

Location:

Berkeley, CA

Grades:

Completed 8th-12th grade

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Two-week academic program at UC Berkeley. Students spend the session in one course, with excursions and college-readiness workshops.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 27–Jul 23, 2027 (2 weeks options)

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$2,998–$5,798

Location:

Durham, NC (Duke University)

Grades:

Completed 8th-12th grade

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Two-week academic program at Duke University. Students spend the session in one course, with excursions and college-readiness workshops.

Dates:

Jun 13–25, 2027

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$3,298–$5,798

Location:

Atlanta, GA (Georgia Tech)

Grades:

Completed 8th-12th grade

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Two-week academic program at Georgia Tech. Students spend the session in one course, with excursions and college-readiness workshops.

Dates:

4 weekly sessions, Jun 20–Aug 6, 2027

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$3,298–$5,998

Location:

San Diego, CA (UC San Diego)

Grades:

Completed 8th-12th grade

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Two-week academic program at UC San Diego. Students spend the session in one course, with excursions and college-readiness workshops.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jul 11–Jul 30, 2027 (3 weeks options)

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$4,999–$8,499

Location:

Ithaca, NY (Cornell University campus)

Grades:

Completed 5th–8th grade

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Summer Discovery courses at the Cornell University campus. A computer needs examples and instructions before it can recognize a pattern. Build a chatbot, examine a dataset, and see how a model’s choices affect what it produces. You’ll develop Python skills through guided notebooks in Google Colab, working with variables, loops, conditionals, and functions.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 27–Jul 16, 2027 (3 weeks options)

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$4,699–$8,999

Location:

Los Angeles, CA (UCLA campus)

Grades:

Completed 6th–8th grade

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Summer Discovery courses at the UCLA campus. How can a computer find patterns in data and use them to make a prediction? Students build Python fundamentals through guided notebooks, then connect code to machine-learning tasks in natural language processing, computer vision, healthcare, sustainability, and assistive technology.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jul 3–Jul 23, 2027 (3 weeks options)

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$6,999–$9,499

Location:

New Haven, CT (Yale University campus)

Grades:

Completed 6th–8th grade

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Summer Discovery courses at the Yale University campus. A chatbot gives an answer. A model spots a pattern. Your student can build the code, then investigate where the prediction goes wrong. In this course your student will learn Python through guided notebooks, customize a chatbot, analyze real data, and try a decision-tree model predicting heart-disease risk.

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

6 days

Cost:

Contact program for pricing

Location:

Rice University

Grades:

Rising 9th-12th graders (completed grades 8–11)

Format:

Residential

Technology program at Rice University with 8 specialization tracks.

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

1-2 weeks

Cost:

Day $2899-3899; Residential $7485-8485

Location:

Harvard/Stanford/Oxford

Ages:

9-18 (residential 11-18) (completed grades 5–12)

Format:

Residential/Day

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$3,748–$7,048

Location:

Cambridge, MA (MIT campus)

Grades:

Completed 8th-12th grade

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Two-week academic program at MIT. Students spend the session in one course, with excursions and college-readiness workshops.

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$8500 incl. lodging/meals

Location:

Baltimore, MD

Grades:

HS through early workforce

Format:

Residential

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$3080-$3200

Location:

Online (live)

Grades:

8-11

Format:

Online

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

3 weeks/camp period

Cost:

$1150 (5-day online) to $3550 (15-day in-person)

Location:

In-person (CA) & online live

Grades:

4-12

Format:

Residential/Online