Start exploring Engineering summer programs

Dates:

8 consecutive weeks, summer 2027 (dates set by the lab)

Length:

8 weeks

Cost:

$0

Location:

35 labs across the U.S.

Grades:

9–12 (varies by lab)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Due Nov 30, 2026 (11:59pm CT)

A paid eight-week summer research internship at a Navy laboratory, working on real Navy research with lab scientists and engineers as mentors and presenting the summer's work at the lab's closing activities.

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$6,241–$11,492

Location:

New York, NY (Columbia University, Morningside campus)

Grades:

Rising sophomores, juniors, seniors and recent graduates (completed grades 9–12)

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Deadline:

Priority Dec 16, 2026 · Final Mar 5, 2027

Three weeks of college-level, project-based engineering taught by Columbia faculty: each student takes one course (past topics include robotics and autonomous driving, walking robots, biomedical engineering, AI, data science, solar energy and chemical engineering) plus one skill-building elective, with workshops and company visits.

Dates:

Jun 26 – Jul 16, 2027

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$8,561.5–$10,225.2

Location:

Coral Gables, FL (University of Miami)

Grades:

Current high school sophomores and juniors

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Deadline:

Early Action Dec 31, 2026

Credit:

6 University of Miami credits (CAE 100 and MAE 100)

An introduction to engineering across civil, architectural, environmental, structural, mechanical and aerospace disciplines, with group design projects, a machine-shop visit, fuel cell and solar cell labs, and wind tunnel tests.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jul 11–Aug 6, 2027 (2 weeks)

Length:

2 weeks (Sun–Fri)

Cost:

$6,995

Location:

Boston, MA (Northeastern University)

Grades:

Rising juniors and seniors (completed grades 10–11)

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Priority Jan 15, 2027 · Regular Feb 28, 2027 · Late Mar 15, 2027

A project-based introduction to bioengineering with labs in tissue engineering, medical implant design and testing, and biomedical circuits, CAD and MATLAB modeling of anatomy, and site visits to biotech and medical device companies.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jul 11–Aug 6, 2027 (2 weeks)

Length:

2 weeks (Sun–Fri)

Cost:

$6,995

Location:

Boston, MA (Northeastern University)

Grades:

Rising juniors and seniors (completed grades 10–11)

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Priority Jan 15, 2027 · Regular Feb 28, 2027 · Late Mar 15, 2027

Teams research a real New England challenge such as flood monitoring, water quality sensing, cold-climate renewable energy or assistive robotics, and build a working prototype with 3D printing, laser cutting and Arduino.

Dates:

Jul 18 – Aug 8, 2027

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$7,550

Location:

Interlochen, MI

Grades:

6-8

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Priority Jan 15, 2027

Middle-school students live in cabins on Interlochen's campus and spend the session in one arts focus, with daily instruction and time for camp activities. Three-week music production and recording engineering program.

Dates:

3 sessions between Jul 3–Jul 31, 2027 (2 weeks and 4 weeks (both sessions) options)

Length:

2 weeks–4 weeks (both sessions)

Cost:

$4,985–$9,970

Location:

Smith College, Northampton, MA

Grades:

Students entering grades 9–12 in fall 2027 (completed grades 8–11)

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Priority Feb 1, 2027 · Tuition assistance Mar 1, 2027 · Final May 1, 2027

Residential science and engineering program at Smith College. Students take lab-based courses with Smith faculty in the life sciences, physical sciences, or engineering, in topics such as robotics, genetics, neuroscience, chemistry, and climate science.

Dates:

Jun 26–Jul 24, 2027

Length:

4 weeks

Cost:

Contact program for pricing

Location:

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Grades:

Rising 11th or 12th graders (between 10th–11th or 11th–12th grade in summer 2027), age 16 by June 26, 2027

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Deadline:

Scholarship Feb 1, 2027 · Final Mar 1, 2027

Four-week engineering program at Carnegie Mellon covering the built environment, environmental engineering and sustainability, and intelligent infrastructure systems through lectures, infrastructure tours, lab and field work, and a team design challenge that ends in a public showcase.

Dates:

Jun 26–Aug 7, 2027

Length:

6 weeks

Cost:

$7,409–$14,688

Location:

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Grades:

Rising 11th or 12th graders (between 10th–11th or 11th–12th grade in summer 2027), age 16 by June 26, 2027

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Deadline:

Scholarship Feb 1, 2027 · Final Mar 1, 2027

Credit:

Yes

Six-week program where high school students take Carnegie Mellon summer courses for college credit, choosing from about thirty courses across science, humanities, social science, engineering, computer science, and arts technology.

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

The biology, chemistry and engineering of raising fish, shellfish, seaweed and plants through freshwater and marine aquaculture, hydroponics and aquaponics. Field trips include caviar producers, Bodega Marine Lab, oyster companies and the Nimbus Fish Hatchery.

Residency restriction: CA residents

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

Aerospace and automotive engineering, from how aircraft and drones generate lift and noise to vehicle power and handling, with labs in MATLAB/Simulink and team projects on a planetary quadcopter and ground-vehicle performance.

Residency restriction: CA residents

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

Traces scientific reasoning from ancient Greece to Newtonian mechanics, then turns to nuclear materials (fission, fusion, enrichment) and electro-optics, including fiber-optic communication, lasers and circuits, with a planned visit to the McClellan Nuclear Reactor facility.

Residency restriction: CA residents

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

Two-week units in mechanical engineering (manufacturing, strength of materials, engines and electric cars, wind energy, control systems) and aerospace engineering (flight, rocketry, satellites, propulsion), with 3D printing, machine shop work, wave-table experiments and model airplanes and rockets.

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

Aerospace and mechanical engineering design, flight mechanics and the emissions tradeoffs of fuels, batteries, solar and fuel cells, with CAD and 3D printing, ending in designing, building and flying a remote-controlled aircraft.

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

An introduction to brain-computer interfaces: recording brain signals, analyzing and classifying them, and using brainwaves to control devices, combining neuroscience and biomedical engineering.

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

Digital twin engineering, matching a digital model to a physical system, covering modeling, optimization and machine learning with MATLAB/Simulink and hardware-in-the-loop simulation.

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

Design a pendulum clock with CAD and fabrication tools, then build three kinetic sculptures controlled by sensors, motors and microcontrollers, using laser cutters and 3D printers.

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 engineering and biology combine to restore or regenerate tissue, from engineered skin to cell-based knee repair.

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

The physics of sound and the history of electronic music, creating recordings and compositions with hardware and software tools; field trips include the Museum of Making Music and a maker lab where students build microphones.

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

How semiconductors are made and how devices such as LEDs, lasers, transistors, solar cells and memory work, through courses on semiconductor materials and processing and on semiconductor devices.

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:

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

An introduction to quantum information science and engineering.

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

Mechatronics (electronics, microcontrollers, sensors and control) and rocket engineering, with team projects from LED blinkers to self-balancing robot cars, wind tunnel tests, motor thrust tests and building and launching rockets.

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 data is stored, protected, compressed and sent wirelessly, with daily Python labs and a final project transmitting an image across campus with software-defined radios. Field trips include Google, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and UCLA's original internet lab.

Residency restriction: CA residents