Summer Enrichment Opportunities

Summer Programs for High School Students at BU include:

High School Honors
Rise Internship/Practicum
Academic Immersion
Summer Challenge
Summer Preview

Residential, commuter, and Online options available.
Please visit https://www.bu.edu/summer/high-school-programs/ for additional information.    

Summer TUTTI Performing Arts Camp at Denison University offers talented high school dancers, musicians, and theatre-makers a chance to deepen their skills while collaborating with professional artists and ensembles and peers from across the country, such as Available Light Theatre, ETHEL, and Third Coast Percussion. SUMMER TUTTI Camp takes place June 14 - 22, 2025.

Additional information is available at https://summertutti.denison.edu/.  

Drake University's BullD.O.G.S. in Healthcare camp will introduce you to careers in the health profession. You will get to participate in hands-on laboratory experiences, educational sessions, and interactive discussions with students and faculty in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences to understand how to best prepare for a career in healthcare.

This camp takes place from Thursday-Saturday, July 10-12, 2025.

Please visit https://www.drake.edu/cphs/visit/bulldogsinhealthcare/ for details.

Drexel's summer academic programs are summer camps open to highly motivated high school students who wish to explore what a university-level program is all about. Workshops are led by Drexel faculty and utilize Drexel's labs, facilities, and the city of Philadelphia's many resources.

Summer camps are offered in the following areas:

• Arts and Sciences
• Biomedical Engineering
• Business
• Computing and Informatics
• Design, Arts, and Media
• Engineering 
• Entrepreneurship
• Medicine
• Nursing and Health Professions
• Public Health

Please visit https://drexel.edu/academics/pre-college-programs/summer-institutes for additional information.

The Harvard Pre-College Program is exclusively on campus and offers around 100 non-credit courses. This program is open to rising juniors and seniors.

To be eligible for Summer 2025, you must meet both of the following criteria:

• Will graduate from high school and enter college in 2026 or 2027
• Are at least 16 years old by June 21, 2025, and will not turn 19 years old before July 31, 2025

Visit https://summer.harvard.edu/high-school-programs/pre-college-program/#outcomes for details.

For more information about Lindenwood's camps and clinics visit https://www.lindenwoodlionscamps.com/. 

Logan University in Chesterfield, Missouri holds a summer workshop for sophomore, junior, and senior high school students interested in Anatomy and the Health Sciences. This year, the workshop is scheduled for July 14-18, 2025. Students will receive real dissection experience and other hands-on learning. 

Additional information is available at https://www.logan.edu/admissions/visit/aces/. 

This week-long program is tailored for rising seniors (currently juniors). Participants will live on-campus (Manhattan and Dobbs Ferry Campuses), gaining first-hand university life experience while exploring potential careers in business. Students will also visit Fortune 500 Companies and engage with faculty in Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing, Accounting, and more. Participants can choose from three one-week sessions:

• July 6 - July 12
• July 13 - July 19
• July 20 - July 26

Please visit https://www.mercy.edu/academics/school-business/business-leadership-academy for more detailed information about the program. 

This program is open to all students in grades 9-11 and provides an introduction to the exciting world of education. Participants will live in the residence halls and engage in hands-on educational activities.  This is a free program for students, excluding transportation costs.

 Program dates:  June 2 - June 6, 2025

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Missouri State's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice is offering CSI Summer Camp for high school students in grades 9-12. CSI Camp covers topics like basic criminal investigation, forensic analysis techniques, crime scene processing, and collection and packaging of evidence. Camp activities include lifting and examining fingerprints, casting tread impressions, identifying and examining blood spatter/stains, and much more. Camp takes place from June 9-12 and July 28-31, 2025.  Please visit  https://criminology.missouristate.edu/csi-camp.htm for more information.  

This program is designed for students with a strong passion for math and explores the rewarding career of teaching mathematics.  Participants will live in the residence halls and engage in hands-on educational activities.  This is a free program for students, excluding transportation costs.

 Program dates:  June 2 - June 6, 2025

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Missouri S&T offers a variety of Summer Camps. Campers have the opportunity to learn about explosives, tour a nuclear reactor, explore diverse engineering careers, create art, serve as environmentalists, travel to the edge of space, and prepare to become future STEM leaders. Please visit https://summercamps.mst.edu/ for additional information.

NYU offers immersive academic experiences for students grades 5–12 during the summer and throughout the academic year spanning everything from weekend workshops to 1- to 2-week intensive programs through 6-12-week courses.  Choose from more than 50 unique programs that fit your academic interests, goals, and schedule.  Visit https://www.nyu.edu/admissions/high-school-and-middle-school-programs.html for more information.  

Students can choose from a variety of Northwestern courses highlighting themes relevant today. Two-week seminars are offered in a range of exciting topics on campus (IN FOCUS) or online (e-FOCUS). Sessions in all options are taught by Northwestern faculty members. Program participants will receive college credit or earn a certificate from Northwestern. Visit https://sps.northwestern.edu/college-preparation/ for more information. 

The Institute, also known as “Medill cherubs,” is a summer journalism program for up to 84 rising high school seniors conducted on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Illinois. It is sponsored by Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. Students learn from accomplished journalists and university professors while gaining practical experience in the field. This program is scheduled to run from June 29 to July 25, 2025. For additional information visit https://cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu/2024/.

For more than 60 years Syracuse University’s Office of Pre-College Programs has been giving high school students the opportunity to explore potential college majors and careers in its pre-college programs. On campus, on location, online, hybrid and research immersion programs are available. Discounts and scholarships are available.  Students who successfully complete their course leave with a Certificate of Completion and a Syracuse University transcript.  Please visit https://precollege.syr.edu/ for details.

ATSU-Truman Healthcare Academy is a collaborative effort between Truman State University and A.T. Still University of Health Sciences which offers talented students a head start on their future by allowing them to spend a week on campus exploring health professions through hands-on activities and stimulating duscussisons. ATSU-Truman Healthcare Academy will take place 6/15 to 6/20/25. Please visit https://healthcareacademy.truman.edu/ for additional information.  

During this six-day, five-night academic enrichment program, students will stay the week at the university, taking part in academic and college prep programs during the day and experiencing campus life and the city of St. Louis by night. Participants will engage in a series of activities ranging from academic and research programming to skill- and leadership-building workshops. Students will engage in hands-on, college-level academic and lab experiences, such as anatomy dissection, organic chemistry, infectious diseases, microbiology, and pharmacy compounding.

Session dates July 20 - July 25, 2025

Please visit https://www.uhsp.edu/why-uhsp/community-engagement/summer-camps-and-programs-at-uhsp/health-care-summer-immersion-program/ for more information.      

This pre-college summer academy is designed for rising 11th and 12th-grade high school students who are interested in the field of business. Students will stay on KU’s Lawrence campus and learn about various aspects of business while immersing themselves in the college experience both in and out of the classroom. All students accepted into the Summer Venture in Business Program receive a scholarship that covers program costs (housing, dining, program materials, etc.), excluding travel expenses.

The KU School of Business plans to offer the 2025 Summer Venture in Business in two sessions:

June 15–20
July 13–18
 

More about Summer Venture can be found on the website, https://business.ku.edu/undergraduate-programs/summer-venture-business.

This course was created for students 13 years or older.  No prior coding experience is required.  All courses are online and self-paced so that you can fit them into your schedule. Upon completion of the course, students will receive a certificate of accomplishment from the University of Michigan Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.  This course takes place from June 18 - July 30, 2025. Please visit  https://joyofcoding.eecs.umich.edu/ for more information.

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The University of Missouri School of Medicine would like to invite your current sophomores and juniors to participate in the Mizzou MedPrep: Medical Explorations workshop. The workshop is a 2-week online course with a one-day in-person visit. The students will explore careers in healthcare, enhance self-awareness through personal assessment, and connect with peers, students, staff, and faculty in healthcare. Camp takes place from June 2 - 13, 2025. Please visit https://medicine.missouri.edu/education/pre-med-outreach-programs/mizzou-medprep-explorations/medical-explorations  for additional information. 

Missouri high school students interested in careers in medicine can preview what medical school is like during this program.  Students will attend lectures and will participate in the same Patient-Based Learning (PBL) curriculum that Mizzou medical students do. Participation is open to current Missouri high school juniors (rising seniors) graduating in 2026 who meet eligibility criteria.

Session 1: June 1-5, 2025  

Session 2: June 8-12, 2025

Please visit https://medicine.missouri.edu/offices-programs/education/pre-med-outreach-programs/mini-medical-school for more information. 

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The Kinder Institute at Mizzou hosts a one-week summer camp for rising juniors and seniors interested in American history and American politics. There are two opportunities to attend this camp: July 7-11 and July 21-25, 2025.  Please visit https://democracy.missouri.edu/high-school-students/cda/ for additional information.  

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Any student who has completed 9th grade or above, are encouraged to attend a one-day, activity-packed experience giving students a glimpse of what it's like to be a pharmacist, as well as an opportunity to see firsthand what it's like to study at one of our three UMKC Pharmacy campuses. There are three dates to choose from.

• June 6 at Mizzou
• June 20 at Missouri State University Brick City Campus
• June 27 at UMKC Health Sciences Campus

Please visit https://pharmacy.umkc.edu/news-and-events/pharmacy-camp.html for details.

The Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is accepting applications for a summer learning opportunity for high school students. The Raikes School is hosting its ninth year of “Innovate: The Raikes School Way,” led by Executive Director of the Raikes School, Dr. Steve Cooper. The summer camp was highlighted by Forbes in 2019: "STEM-Focused Summer Programs for Ambitious High School Students." 

During the two-week, overnight camp students will: 
Learn basic programming skills and innovation concepts through a project-oriented curriculum 
Receive instruction from Raikes School faculty members and experience what classes can be like in the Raikes School 
Visit campus research labs and local employer partners 
Interact with Raikes School students and staff, all of whom play a key role in the competitive selection process to our program each year 

The camp will be held at the Kauffman Academic Residential Center, home of the Raikes School, in the heart of Nebraska's City Campus from July 13-26, 2025.
Full and partial scholarships are available - students can apply for scholarships through the Summer Camp application. Please visit  https://raikes.unl.edu/summer-camp/ for the application and additional details.  

Students can explore different career paths and majors, live on a university campus, and challenge themselves with Rochester’s Pre-College Programs. On-site and online options are offered More information is available at https://admissions.rochester.edu/pre-college/ and https://rochesteronline.precollegeprograms.org/.

BESt summer programs are four weeks in duration and focused on a STEM-based curriculum. The goal is to spark under-represented minority students' interest in STEM-based professions and to create a pipeline of diverse healthcare providers to the St. Louis Region. 

Program in session June 12 - July 18, 2025.

Please visit https://besthealthcareinstitute.org/programs/ for additional information.

Choose from a variety of in-person and online options in the humanities, social sciences, mathmatics, and natural sciences. Develop college readiness skills as you connect with peers form across the country and around the world. Scholarship assistance is available for all programs. Visit precollege.wustl.edu for additional information.

Webster University offers dozens of summer camp choices from music to sports camps. Camp categories include:

Art
Chess
Communication, Content Creation, Media
Dance
Music: Webster University Faculty
Music: Community Music School
Science: Virology and Psychology
Sports: Basketball
Sports: Volleyball
 
Please visit https://www.webster.edu/summer/index.php for more information. 

SLE is a one-week program for current Juniors (High School Class of 2026) that takes place in June at West Point. Students in this program get to spend the week with West Point cadets, live in the barracks, and eat in the mess hall. They will learn about West Point’s academics, military training, and becoming a Leader of Character at West Point . An SLE applications doubles as the first step of a West Point application; however, completing an SLE application is not an obligation to complete a West Point application or attend West Point. Please visit https://www.westpoint.edu/admissions/summer-program if interested.

• Session 1: 5/31/25 to 6/6/25
• Session 2: 6/7/25 to 6/13/25

Paid summer high school internships in plant and agriculture science are available at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (DDPSC) in St. Louis. The internships will be conducted in in-person settings. The interns will work in traditional or wet laboratories, outdoor field plots, and greenhouses, and or conduct computational work or education activities. Interns will work with mentor scientists that will guide them through the internship experience. The span of the internships will vary depending on the lab’s needs and the interns’ availability. More information is available at https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=123579&clientkey=0386834D209CD1EA462A147F53A126FF. 

OBAP's Aerospace Career Education Academy provides middle and high school youth with exposure to opportunities in aerospace through week-long summer academies. There are currently38 locations offering the ACE Academy including St. Louis. Please visit https://obap.org/outreach-programs/ace-academy/ for more information. 

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Please visit the website https://vetmed.worldstrides.com/#all-programs for additional information. 

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