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The featured courses attract a diverse group of students by offering engaging content on high-demand topics.
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Special Programs: Details
Fast-track your proficiency in ancient and modern languages like Ancient Greek, Arabic, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish.
For Pre-College, undergraduate, and graduate students.
Acquire the tools used to develop solutions in areas like public health, criminal justice, economics, and human development. This five-week accelerated training program combines classroom instruction, workshops, and hands-on research experience.
For undergraduate and early-career graduate students.
Take courses at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, taught by University of Chicago and MBL faculty. These intensive, three-week long courses meet for up to eight hours per day for 5–6 days per week, combining lectures with immersive labs and fieldwork.
Open to current UChicago students only.
Thanks to a generous donor, two Public Thinking classes are offered in 2025:
PARR 11700 91: The Point Program for Public Thinking Summer Workshop: Art and Immorality
PARR 11700 92: The Point Program for Public Thinking Summer Workshop: Democracy and the Elites
Admitted student expenses (tuition, room, and board) are covered.
Please familiarize yourself with the specific application process and deadlines and attend an information session organized by The Point magazine on February 4th at 11AM EST or on February 11th at 3PM EST.
These courses are offered jointly by The Point Magazine and the Parrhesia Program for Public Discourse.
UC Students have the opportunity to attend in-person Summer classes abroad. Please check the Study Abroad website for their Summer offerings, dates, and application deadlines.
From the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction to pioneering life-saving treatments for COVID-19, UChicago is advancing ideas and innovations that enrich human life. In this one-week, non-credit, residential program, undergraduate students will be immersed in an interdisciplinary STEM experience evoking the UChicago spirit of innovation. Dive into model classes taught by leading faculty, tour cutting-edge research labs, and gain exposure to the wealth of career resources the city of Chicago offers. Participants will hear from renowned faculty working in sustainability, entrepreneurship, STEM communication, and finance.
Frontiers of STEM includes a hands-on data science bootcamp, culminating in a skill certificate to bolster your academic and professional journey. Whether you're deepening your STEM expertise or broadening your horizons, this unique opportunity will empower you to envision the next steps in your academic and career path.
Dates and Modality:
Sunday, August 3 - Friday, August 8, 2025 on the University of Chicago Campus, in Hyde Park, Chicago
Eligibility:
Rising college sophomores, juniors, or seniors interested in STEM.
Application Materials:
A complete application includes a resume, transcript, and 250-word essay. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Last day to apply is June 1, 2025.
Cost: $2,500
For questions, please contact: lizschutz@uchicago.edu
Featured Courses
BUSN 20330 91: Building the New Venture
BUSN 20600 91: Marketing ManagementChicago Booth is the birthplace of The Chicago Approach™, the educational philosophy that sets Booth apart from every other business school in the world. Rooted in the fundamental scientific disciplines at the heart of business—economics, accounting, psychology, sociology, and statistics—this approach grounds all Booth students in theoretical frameworks that help them define problems, ask better questions, and develop better solutions.
ECON 10000 91: Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 10200 91: Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 11020 91 or ECON 11020 92: Introduction to Econometrics
ECON 13000 91: Introduction to Money and Banking
ECON 15500 91: Introduction to Development EconomicsUChicago's Economics program is known for its rigorous curriculum. The program is based on the "Chicago School" of economics, which focuses on free-market principles and quantitative methodologies. Make sure you fulfill the pre-requisite requirements.
FINM 25000 91: Quantitative Portfolio Management and Algorithmic Trading
CMSC 14100 91: Introduction to Computer Science 1
CMSC 14300 91: Systems Programming 1
CMSC 27100 91: Discrete Mathematics
CHEM 11100 91: Comprehensive General Chemistry 1
CHEM 11200 91: Comprehensive General Chemistry 2
CHEM 11300 91: Comprehensive General Chemistry 3
CHEM 25000 97: The Drug Discovery Process: from Lead to the Clinic (September class)
ARTV 10100 91 or ARTV 10100 92 or ARTV 10100 93 or ARTV 10100 97 or ARTV 10100 99: Visual Language: On Images
ARTV 10300 97: On Time and Space