Start exploring summer programs at UC Berkeley for high schoolers

Dates:

July 6-13, 2027 (University of California, Berkeley)

Length:

8 days

Cost:

$4,599

Location:

University of California, Berkeley

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 engineering program (NYLF series) introducing design thinking and its application across disciplines, with students addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals through hands-on projects.

Dates:

July 25 - August 1, 2027 (University of California, Berkeley)

Length:

8 days

Cost:

$4,499

Location:

University of California, Berkeley

Grades:

9-12

Format:

Residential

Credit:

1-2 college credits (residential: 2; commuter: 1) from George Mason University, as a non-degree high school guest student

An 8-day pre-college medical program (part of the National Youth Leadership Forum series, acquired by Envision in 2007) combining hands-on clinical-skills rotations (suturing, blood pressure, phlebotomy, neuro exams), two full simulation days (a Disaster Triage simulation and an Outdoor Emergency Medicine / wilderness-medicine simulation originally developed with Stanford School of Medicine faculty), a tour of a medical school or simulation center, guest speaker panels with practicing clinicians, and a final medical case-study presentation.

Dates:

3 sessions between Jun 20–Jul 23, 2027 (2 weeks and 3 weeks options)

Length:

2 weeks–3 weeks

Cost:

$4,399–$10,499

Location:

Berkeley, CA (UC Berkeley campus)

Grades:

9–12 (varies by track)

Format:

Residential / Residential or Commuter

Academic program at UC Berkeley. Students spend the session in one all-day academy.

Dates:

Jul 6–30, 2027

Length:

4 weeks

Cost:

$5,193–$10,493

Location:

UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Grades:

10–11 (varies by track)

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Credit:

Yes (UC Berkeley college credit)

Four-week architecture and urban design program at UC Berkeley. Students spend mornings in design studio and afternoons in workshops on materials, digital design, and city planning, with Bay Area field trips and a design-build project for a community nonprofit, for college credit.

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

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

1-2 weeks

Cost:

Roughly $2,000-$3,500 per session (varies by track/location)

Location:

Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Caltech, Yale, Georgetown, MIT, Tufts + Online

Grades:

9-12 (also has 4th-8th tracks)

Format:

Residential/Commuter

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

1-2 weeks

Cost:

Roughly $2,000-$3,500 per session

Location:

Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA + other campuses

Grades:

9-12

Format:

Residential/Commuter

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

1-2 weeks

Cost:

Roughly $2,000-$3,500 per session

Location:

Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA + East Coast campuses

Grades:

9-12

Format:

Residential/Commuter

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

1-2 weeks

Cost:

~$950

Location:

UC Berkeley, CA

Grades:

9-12

Format:

Commuter

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

In-person $1590-1790; Online $570

Location:

UC Berkeley, UCSD, Columbia University

Ages:

11-18 (completed grades 5–12)

Format:

Residential/Online

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

6-8 weeks

Cost:

UC standard per-credit fees

Location:

Berkeley, CA

Grades:

Entering 11-12 (completed grades 10–11)

Format:

Residential/Commuter

Credit:

Yes (UC credits)