2025 UCLA Summer Sessions

Registration Now Open!

Get a taste of college life at the #1 public university in the country! Join the Bruin community with high school student programming over the summer, available online and in person.

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Why choose UCLA Summer Sessions?

Get a head start on your college career while earning credit from the #1 public university in the country.
Take advantage of precollege-specific programming, like SCIP, Precollege Summer Institutes, and high school approved courses.
Become a part of the Bruin community, a diverse network that's accessible long after the summer is over!

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Session A begins June 23!

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Featured Precollege Summer Institutes

Precollege Summer Institutes provide motivated and driven high school students the opportunity to earn college credit in one to three weeks while advancing their academic career and abilities in an area of study of their interest.

Engineering Design Summer Institute: Internet of Things

Explore one of the most important new innovations in technology today through real-life projects. Develop hands-on experience with machine learning in a way that's accessible and meaningful.

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Discovering College Math Summer Institute

Be introduced to mathematics as a creative, problem-solving activity that combines rigor, invention, and elegance. New for 2025, this institute focuses on the useful applications of discrete mathematics.

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Political Science Summer Institute

An introduction to American politics that will develop students' critical thinking and writing skills, and expose them to the myriad careers one can pursue with a Political Science degree.

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Design Innovation Summer Institutes

Dive into design innovation in a series of Precollege Summer Institutes that provide hands-on experience and technical learning opportunities. Create mood boards and sketch costumes in Costume Design, explore the art of sound and lighting for the theater in Lighting and Sound, or get an introduction to production design for theater, film, and television in Scenic Design.

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Summer College Immersion Program (SCIP)

Partake in a real-world introduction to academic college life at UCLA with SCIP, designed for 10th and 11th grade high school students. Please note, housing is available to students aged 17+ only.

SCIP Outcomes

✅ Experience undergraduate life at the #1 public university in the country

✅ Study alongside current UCLA undergraduate students over the summer

✅ Earn college credit and the skills to successfully navigate the college application process

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Scholarship Opportunities for California Students

Summer Scholars Support

A need- and merit-based scholarship opportunity for CA high school students enrolled in grades 9-11, covering the cost of your UCLA Summer Sessions program or course! Full and partial scholarships available.

RSVP for our webinar on February 27 to learn more!

Summer Scholars Support

Bruin Ascent Summer Experience (BASE)

An online scholarship program built to provide a strong base for your higher education journey! Open to high achieving CA high schoolers from under-resourced communities.

RSVP for our webinar on March 18 to learn more!

Bruin Ascent Summer Experience

Questions? Reach out to the UCLA Summer Sessions team here for more information.