Start exploring New York summer programs

Dates:

Jul 11–Aug 7, 2027

Length:

4 weeks

Cost:

$8,368–$12,552

Location:

New York, NY (NYU, Greenwich Village/Brooklyn housing)

Grades:

Completed 10th-11th grade

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Dec 1, 2026

Credit:

4 or 6 credits (varies by option)

Students live in NYU housing and spend the four weeks in one arts course on a schedule drawn from the Tisch undergraduate curriculum, finishing with a presentation, open class, or showing of their work.

Dates:

Jul 26 – Aug 6, 2027

Length:

2 weeks (Mon–Fri)

Cost:

$2,000

Location:

ABT Studios, 890 Broadway, New York, NY

Ages:

9–11, and age 12 at beginning pointe level (completed grades 3–6)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Video audition priority round closes Dec 14, 2026; general video round closes Feb 8, 2027; in-person auditions Jan 2 – Feb 14, 2027

A two-week ballet workshop for young dancers at American Ballet Theatre's New York studios.

Dates:

Jun 21 – Jul 23, 2027

Length:

5 weeks (Mon–Fri)

Cost:

$4,450

Location:

ABT Studios, 890 Broadway, New York, NY

Ages:

12–20 (as of Jun 21, 2027) (completed grades 6–12)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Video audition priority round closes Dec 14, 2026; general video round closes Feb 8, 2027; in-person auditions Jan 2 – Feb 14, 2027

A five-week pre-professional ballet intensive at American Ballet Theatre's New York studios for advanced dancers, ending in a final performance.

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:

3 sessions between Jun 1–Aug 20, 2027 (4 weeks options)

Length:

4 weeks

Cost:

$0

Location:

New York, NY (NYU Langone hospitals in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Mineola)

Grades:

High school seniors and college students, age 18+ by the program; 3.2+ GPA (completed grade 12)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Dec 18, 2026

Interns are assigned to one clinical specialty (such as physical therapy, nursing, neurology, or emergency medicine) and spend the day observing healthcare professionals at NYU Langone hospitals, with a daily afternoon lecture or panel. Each session ends with a final exam and a signed certificate of hours.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 1–Aug 20, 2027 (8 weeks options)

Length:

8 weeks

Cost:

$0

Location:

New York, NY (NYU Langone hospitals in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Mineola)

Grades:

High school seniors and college students, age 18+ by the program; 3.2+ GPA (completed grade 12)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Dec 18, 2026

Interns join a research team at NYU Langone for two back-to-back sessions, with a daily afternoon lecture or panel alongside the clinical interns. Each session ends with a final exam and a signed certificate of hours.

Dates:

Jun 28–Aug 6, 2027

Length:

6 weeks (full-time, 40 hours/week)

Cost:

$0

Location:

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY

Grades:

Current high school juniors (class of 2028) in Erie, Niagara, Cattaraugus, or Chautauqua County, NY

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Jan 1, 2027

Six-week, full-time cancer research internship at Roswell Park in Buffalo where Western New York high school juniors work on a mentored lab, population-health, or computational project, attend cancer biology lectures and professional development sessions, and present a scientific poster at a closing symposium.

Residency restriction: Erie, Niagara, Cattaraugus, or Chautauqua County, NY students only

Dates:

Jun 21–Aug 5, 2027

Length:

7 weeks (full-time, about 35 hours/week)

Cost:

$0

Location:

The Rockefeller University, New York, NY

Grades:

Current high school juniors and seniors, at least 16 at program start

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Jan 4, 2027

Seven-week, full-time research program at The Rockefeller University in Manhattan where 32 high school scholars work in teams of 8–10 with team leaders and mentors, learning lab techniques, developing their own research question, analyzing data, and presenting a poster at a closing symposium.

Dates:

Jun 29 – Aug 27, 2027

Length:

8 weeks, full time (35 hours/week)

Cost:

$0

Location:

Columbia University Irving Medical Center or Morningside campus, New York, NY

Grades:

High school students age 14+, including graduating seniors (completed grades 8–12)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Jan 8, 2027 (applications open Nov 13, 2026)

A paid eight-week cancer research internship where high school students join a Columbia lab with a faculty mentor, receive hands-on scientific training, attend a weekly cancer biology journal club and write a scientific abstract.

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

6 days (Sun–Fri)

Cost:

$2,595

Location:

New York, NY (Northeastern NYC)

Grades:

Rising juniors and seniors (16+ by start) (completed grades 10–11)

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

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

College-level dance training with Marymount Manhattan College faculty in ballet, modern, Africanist aesthetics and jazz, plus classes in dance history, stagecraft, anatomy and somatic awareness.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 20–Jul 16, 2027 (2 weeks)

Length:

2 weeks (Sun–Fri)

Cost:

$4,995

Location:

New York, NY (Northeastern NYC)

Grades:

Rising juniors and seniors (16+ by start) (completed grades 10–11)

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

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

A residential program preparing performers for college auditions, with Marymount Manhattan College faculty coaching, daily dance, music theatre history and analysis, and Broadway shows.

Dates:

Jun 28 – Aug 6, 2027

Length:

6 weeks

Cost:

$0

Location:

Stony Brook, NY (Stony Brook University)

Grades:

Current high school juniors (rising seniors), age 16+, nominated by their school

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Deadline:

School nomination Jan 29, 2027 · Application Feb 5, 2027 · Recommendations Feb 12, 2027

Fellows join a Stony Brook faculty research group in science, math or engineering for six weeks, running experiments, analyzing data and pursuing a question of their own, and present a research poster at the end.

Dates:

5 sessions between Jun 21–Aug 6, 2027 (1 week, 3 weeks, and 6 weeks options)

Length:

1 week–6 weeks

Cost:

$2,883–$25,676

Location:

New York, NY (Columbia Morningside campus)

Grades:

8–12 (varies by track)

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Deadline:

Early registration Feb 1, 2027 · Final Apr 1, 2027

Students take one intensive non-credit course at Columbia's Morningside campus, choosing from courses across art and architecture, business and economics, creative writing, humanities and philosophy, journalism, law, marketing, mathematics, neuroscience, physical sciences, politics, science and medicine, social impact, psychology, and technology.

Dates:

Jun 29–Aug 20, 2027

Length:

8 weeks (full-time, 40 hours/week)

Cost:

$0

Location:

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Main Campus, New York, NY

Grades:

Current high school juniors living within 25 miles of MSK in Manhattan

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Feb 5, 2027

Eight-week, full-time paid research internship at Memorial Sloan Kettering in Manhattan where about 20 high school juniors each complete a self-directed lab project with a mentor and attend lab meetings and professional development events.

Residency restriction: Within 25 miles of MSK in Manhattan only

Dates:

Jun 26 – Jul 10, 2027

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$2,500–$3,554

Location:

Saratoga Springs, NY (Skidmore College)

Ages:

15+ (intermediate to advanced, pre-professional musicians) (completed grades 9–12)

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Deadline:

Priority Mar 15, 2027

Two weeks of jazz study with a faculty of top jazz performers: daily combo rehearsals, private lessons, performance classes, master classes with faculty and guest artists, and live studio recording, with student performances at Caffe Lena and Zankel Music Center and the Saratoga Jazz Festival on opening weekend.

Dates:

Jun 29 – Jul 22, 2027

Length:

About 3.5 weeks

Cost:

$0

Location:

Bronx, NY (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)

Grades:

Rising 11th and 12th graders, at least 16 by the start date; U.S. citizens attending U.S. high schools who live in NY, NJ or CT (completed grades 10–11)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Due Apr 1, 2027

A full-time, in-person research experience for 12–15 high school students: after orientation and lab training, each student is placed with a mentor in an Einstein research laboratory matched to their interests, attends faculty seminars and special activities, and can present their work at the Summer Student Poster Session on the final day.

Residency restriction: NY, NJ, or CT residents

Dates:

Jul 13 – Aug 5, 2027 (Tuesdays–Thursdays)

Length:

4 weeks

Cost:

$0

Location:

Brooklyn, NY (Center for Brooklyn History)

Grades:

Rising 10th–12th graders who live or attend school in Brooklyn (completed grades 9–11)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Due Apr 2, 2027

A hands-on public history internship in which students work with Center for Brooklyn History archivists, historians and educators to build personal collections, research in the Othmer Library and draft exhibition plans, with field trips to museums, archives, libraries and historic sites and one-on-one meetings with professionals in cultural institutions.

Residency restriction: Brooklyn students only

Dates:

3 sessions between May 29–Jun 14, 2027 (5 days options)

Length:

5 days

Cost:

$495

Location:

West Point, NY (U.S. Military Academy)

Grades:

Current high school juniors (rising seniors), age 16 by July 1, 2027; U.S. citizens

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Due Apr 15, 2027

A five-day immersion in cadet life led by current West Point cadets: academic classes chosen across disciplines, Army squad and platoon leadership training, military fitness competitions with Candidate Fitness Assessment coaching, forums with athletics coaches and admissions counseling, ending in a graduation ceremony.

Dates:

Jun 28 – Jul 16, 2027

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$8,515–$11,255

Location:

Barnard College, New York, NY

Grades:

Rising sophomores, juniors and seniors (at least 14) (completed grades 9–11)

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Deadline:

Apr 15, 2027 (applications open Dec 1, 2026; fee waiver and aid by Feb 15)

A three-week noncredit entrepreneurship institute run with Barnard's Athena Center for Leadership, where teams research an audience, develop a business, nonprofit or advocacy venture, build and deliver a pitch, and visit women entrepreneurs in New York.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 28–Aug 6, 2027 (3 weeks options)

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$8,515–$11,255

Location:

Barnard College, New York, NY

Grades:

Rising sophomores, juniors and seniors (at least 14) (completed grades 9–11)

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Deadline:

Apr 15, 2027 (applications open Dec 1, 2026; fee waiver and aid by Feb 15)

A three-week noncredit institute on Barnard's New York City campus that studies medicine through a social-science lens, looking at how culture, policy and inequality shape health and care, with a qualitative research project built on interviews and possible visits or speakers on access to care in New York.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 28–Aug 6, 2027 (3 weeks options)

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$8,515–$11,255

Location:

Barnard College, New York, NY

Grades:

Rising sophomores, juniors and seniors (at least 14) (completed grades 9–11)

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Deadline:

Apr 15, 2027 (applications open Dec 1, 2026; fee waiver and aid by Feb 15)

Students choose one course or track.

Dates:

Jul 6 – Aug 13, 2027

Length:

6 weeks

Cost:

$7,806

Location:

Barnard College, New York, NY

Grades:

Rising juniors, seniors and gap-year students (completed grades 10–12)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Apr 15, 2027 (applications open Dec 1, 2026; fee waiver and aid by Feb 15)

Credit:

3 Barnard credits (one course)

A six-week, credit-bearing program where students take one 3-credit undergraduate course with Barnard faculty alongside college students on the New York City campus.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jul 6–Aug 11, 2027 (6 weekly half-day sessions options)

Length:

6 weekly half-day sessions

Cost:

$200

Location:

Alley Pond Environmental Center, Douglaston, Queens, NY

Grades:

High school students, age 14+ (completed grades 9–12)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

May 1, 2027

Six-week, once-a-week field biology internship in Queens where high school students study Alley Pond Park ecosystems through biodiversity surveys, bird observation, soil and water sampling, coastal seining, and native planting, and meet local environmental professionals.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 21–Jul 1, 2027 (4 days options)

Length:

4 days

Cost:

$440

Location:

New York, NY (FIT campus, Chelsea)

Grades:

Rising 9th graders through newly graduated 12th graders (completed grades 8–12)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Registration ends Jun 10, 2027

Four-day workshops introducing a specific skill or creative-industry career, from fashion and design to marketing and photography.