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Thank you for your interest in Summer Session! We have closed enrollment for most of our pre-college courses. After releasing decisions for applications submitted prior to April 25, we will only admit students from the waitlist.
Pre-College Programs
The University of Chicago's Summer Session brings together a global community of thinkers who are excited by interesting questions and seek to engage new ideas. Discover diverse program opportunities designed to challenge and engage curious high school students this summer across a variety of subject areas and disciplines. Within a supportive community, pre-college students are given the chance to take intellectual risks, dive more deeply into subject matter, and discuss questions that go beyond the realm of their high school curriculum, while experiencing a dynamic campus situated in scenic Hyde Park in the city of Chicago during the best season of the year — summer!
Residential Programs
1 Week Enrichment
Enrichment courses provide students the opportunity to have a short-term academic and residential experience at a research institution with a strong liberal arts curriculum.
2 Week Career Insight
New! These non-credit courses connect academic coursework with potential career pathways through readings, projects, site visits, and discussion panels with alumni and industry experts.
3 Week Immersion
Immerse yourself in an undergraduate-level course taught by UChicago faculty and lecturers, where you have the opportunity to explore a topic in-depth through discussions, projects, field trips, and other activities.
4 Week Practicum
These intensive, hands-on and field-driven programs are intended to give students an in-depth research experience. Learn cutting-edge techniques in biological research with Research in the Biological Sciences, or take your learning further by going into the field in Wyoming and exploring behind the scenes at the Field Museum with Stones and Bones.
Remote Programs
3-5 Week Summer Online
Join UChicago online this summer to explore new subjects or deepen your knowledge in existing interests through undergraduate-level courses designed for pre-college students or in College courses you can take alongside UChicago undergraduates.
6-8 Week Pre-College Summer Language Institute
Learn an entire year of a language online this summer! Ideal for students who want the opportunity to either learn a new language or continue learning a language. Classes are with current UChicago students, advanced high school students, as well as visiting undergraduate and graduate students.
Academic Year & Other Programs
College Bridge for Chicago Public School students
This program provides academically advanced high school students from the Chicago Public School system a way to go beyond their high school curriculum and study at the undergraduate level in the College at the University of Chicago.