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Get Excited About Materials Science (GEMS) Camp

🏛 Materials Science & Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 📍 United States 📅 2026

About this opportunity

A week-long residential camp introducing materials science and engineering through hands-on activities, a week-long design project, and topical modules. The camp is aimed at rising high-school students and focuses on practical learning about material structure and properties. Activities include projects such as ceramic brick making and other experiments led by MatSE faculty and students. Applications are handled through the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) program.

Benefits & funding

Week-long hands-on materials science learning, participation in a design project, and exposure to a range of topical modules led by MatSE faculty and students.

Eligibility

For rising 10th – 12th graders.

How to apply

Apply through the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) summer camps application portal.

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