Start exploring International Relations & Diplomacy summer programs for high schoolers

Dates:

Jun 19–30, 2027

Length:

10-day seminar (12 days on campus)

Cost:

$0

Location:

Notre Dame, IN (University of Notre Dame)

Grades:

Completed 11th grade

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Jan 20, 2027

Credit:

1 transferable Notre Dame credit (on satisfactory completion)

Students live in Notre Dame residence halls and spend the session in one seminar taught by Notre Dame faculty, with activities outside class. Ten-day residential seminar in Global Issues: Violence and Peace in the Modern Age at Notre Dame, earning one Notre Dame credit.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 16–Jul 28, 2027 (3 weeks options)

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$7,350

Location:

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Group Housing

Deadline:

Jan 20, 2027

Day trips to The Hague (meetings with policymakers, a visit to the International Court of Justice) and Brussels (EU decision-making bodies), plus a role-playing simulation at the Parlamentarium in Amsterdam. Students work in groups to debate positions on a current global challenge.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 16–Jul 28, 2027 (3 weeks options)

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$7,150

Location:

Brussels, Belgium

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Residential (Homestay)

Deadline:

Jan 20, 2027

Students live with a host family in Brussels. The session includes visits to the European Parliament (including the Hemicycle) and the Parlamentarium, and ends with a student debate on a current global challenge and a proposed peace-building initiative. There is a day trip to Dinant and the Caves of Han, plus a hands-on chocolate-making workshop.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 16–Jul 28, 2027 (3 weeks options)

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$5,850

Location:

Tallinn, Estonia

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Residential (Homestay)

Deadline:

Jan 20, 2027

Visit to the U.S. Embassy in Tallinn with senior diplomatic officials. Negotiation simulations and conflict resolution exercises; students propose a peace-building initiative. Excursions to coastal cities (Pärnu, Kuressaare, or Haapsalu).

Dates:

Jul 8–28, 2027

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$9,150

Location:

Seoul, South Korea & Taipei, Taiwan

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Group Housing

Deadline:

Jan 20, 2027

Multi-destination program starting in Seoul (debates on current East Asian issues, a visit to the DMZ) and culminating in a final mock negotiation in Taipei; overnight excursion to Hsinchu, Chiayi, and Kaohsiung (including the TSMC Museum of Innovation) via Taiwan's high-speed rail. Only the CIEE Academic Merit Award is available for this program -- the need-based Global Navigator Scholarship (GNS) is not.

Dates:

Jul 25–31, 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 America's role in a changing world, from Congress, the presidency and the press in foreign policy to the Atlantic Alliance, great-power competition and the future of American foreign policy.

Dates:

Jul 11–31, 2027

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$7,085–$9,085

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

Three weeks on how U.S. foreign policy is made, combining lectures, talks by policymakers, visits to foreign embassies, crisis simulations and discussion of defense policy, terrorism, NGOs, think tanks and trade.

Dates:

4 sessions between Jun 14–Aug 6, 2027 (1 week)

Length:

1 week

Cost:

$1,800

Location:

Cambridge, MA (Harvard University campus)

Grades:

9–12

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Due Aug 9, 2027

The Academies by Harvard Student Agencies, weekday classes on the Harvard campus. Students study government structures, political campaigns, how laws pass through Congress, and diplomacy and international relations, including game theory, building toward writing their own public policy.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 26–Jul 13, 2027 (8 days options)

Length:

8 days

Cost:

$4,499

Location:

Georgetown University

Grades:

9-12

Format:

Residential

Credit:

1-2 college credits from George Mason University, as a non-degree high school guest student

8-day pre-college program (NYLF series) exploring diplomacy, intelligence, cybersecurity, and defense, held exclusively at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Dates:

Jun 20–Jul 2, 2027

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$2,998–$5,798

Location:

Washington, DC (Georgetown University)

Grades:

Completed 8th-12th grade

Format:

Commuter / Residential

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

Dates:

Jul 25–Aug 6, 2027

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$2,998–$5,798

Location:

Seattle, WA (University of Washington)

Grades:

Completed 8th-12th grade

Format:

Commuter / Residential

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

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

1 week per session

Cost:

~$1,000 per week (East Bay discounts occasionally offered)

Location:

Berkeley/East Bay, CA (UC Berkeley, VC Nest, Nueva School, UCSF)

Grades:

Rising 6th-12th grade (completed grades 5–11)

Format:

Day