Columbia University Summer Programs for High School Students

Columbia University Summer Programs for High School Students offer short-term academic sessions in New York City and online for secondary-school students and first-year college students. Programs combine college-level coursework, extracurricular activities, and supervision, and participants may earn an official Columbia University Statement of Attendance. Sessions vary in length (one, two, three or six weeks) and cover areas including STEM, business and the humanities.

College-level instruction, extracurricular programming, campus resources for residential participants, and an official Columbia University Statement of Attendance.

Open to students entering grades 9 through 12 and freshman year of college; some residential eligibility requires participants to be 16 years of age or older at program start.

Apply via Columbia University's pre-college application portal; specific session selection required and costs vary by program.