Penn delivers the challenge of an Ivy League curriculum to academically talented high school students seeking a pre-collegiate experience. Explore Penn's historic campus, engage with leading faculty, and build intellectual connections within accelerated two, three or six-week Penn Summer High School Programs.
Penn Summer Prep Program
Session A: July 7 - July 19, 2019
Session B: July 21 - August 2, 2019
The two-week program offers non-credit, immersive study in disciplines across the sciences, arts, and humanities. Students choose two modules to focus their studies as they experience college life on Penn’s historic campus and explore the vibrant city of Philadelphia.
Applications for summer 2019 programs are now open!
Summer Academies
July 7 - July 27, 2019
For three intensive weeks, these non-credit academies encourage students to dive deep into exploratory research in a specific subject area, including biomedical research, chemistry, experimental physics, mathematics, neuroscience, and social justice.
Applications for summer 2019 programs are now open!
Pre-College Program
July 2 - August 10, 2019
For the full undergraduate residential experience, the Pre-College Program allows high school students to live, eat, and study on campus as they take six-week, for-credit courses alongside Penn undergraduates.
Applications for summer 2019 programs are now open!
Young Scholars Program
Session I: May 28 – July 3, 2019
Session II: July 5 - August 9, 2019
Philadelphia-area high school students can elect to commute to campus for six-week, for-credit courses alongside Penn undergraduates, offering a challenging liberal arts university experience as well as college credit.
Applications for summer 2019 programs are now open!
- Architecture: Summer at Penn
- Art: Summer at Penn
- Girls in Engineering, Math, & Science (GEMS)
- Hindi-Urdu STARtalk Program
- KWHS Global Young Leaders Academy
- Leadership in the Business World
- Management & Technology Summer Institute (M&TSI)
- Penn Law Pre-College Summer Academy
- Penn Medicine Summer Program for High School Students
- Engineering Summer Academy at Penn (ESAP)
- Summer Mentorship Program (SMP)
- Teen Research and Education in Environmental Studies (TREES)
- Wharton Moneyball Academy
- Wharton Sports Business Academy
