Qualified students attending grades 8th – 11th in Spring 2020 in California are eligible for Summer Scholars Support, a need and merit based scholarship offered by the UCLA Summer Sessions Office. A limited number of full and partial scholarships are available.
Earn college credit while advancing your skills in an area of study
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Where classroom knowledge meets real-world experience
As the only official academic precollege programs offered by UCLA, 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. Through co-curricular components including hands-on projects and performances, field visits, and guest lectures, students receive a comprehensive and immersive study of their chosen subject that goes beyond classroom instruction. Our Precollege Summer Institutes are open to high school students from around the world. We invite you to join our diverse and inclusive UCLA community full of respect, ideas, and optimism.
Please visit the Precollege Summer Institute Bruin Guide for more information.
Summer 2024 Precollege Summer Institutes closed to new applications on June 1st.
2024 Precollege Summer Institutes
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Acting and Performance Summer Institute
Mandatory Housing
June 23, 2024 – July 13, 2024
![A student in a white lab coat, protective glasses and gloves pours a red liquid from a cup into a beaker.](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2021/04/CI3I8826-768x512.jpg)
Applications of Nanoscience Summer Institute
Mandatory Housing
July 7, 2024 – July 20, 2024
Commuter
July 8, 2024 – July 19, 2024
![A female student in an art studio holds a paintbrush to a painting of three women.](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2021/04/SAI_2017_A1A9939-768x512.jpg)
Art Summer Institute
Virtual
June 24, 2024 – July 6, 2024
Mandatory Housing
July 7, 2024 – July 20, 2024
Commuter
July 22, 2024 – August 2, 2024
![A female student looks at a camera that's facing another female student as the subject, with the subject visible in the camera's preview screen.](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2021/04/UCLA-Filming-BTS-2019-961-768x513.jpg)
Camera Acting Summer Institute
Mandatory Housing
June 30, 2024 – July 13, 2024
July 14, 2024 – July 27, 2024
July 28, 2024 – August 10, 2024
![Smiling female UCLA student plays video game on colorfully lit computer in her dorm room.](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2021/04/iStock-1157159136-768x432.jpg)
Computer Science Summer Institute – Generative AI
Commuter
July 1, 2024 – July 19, 2024
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Computer Science Summer Institute – Intermediate Track
Commuter
June 24, 2024 – July 12, 2024
![Closeup of a male student wearing white headphones looking at a computer.](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2021/04/CI3I8506_-768x512.jpg)
Computer Science Summer Institute – Introductory Track
Commuter
June 24, 2024 – July 12, 2024
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Content Creation & Scriptwriting Summer Institute
Commuter
July 14, 2024 – July 26, 2024
![A male student stands in a classroom holding a notebook and pen with three students sitting next to him with notebooks on their laps, one looking up at him.](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2021/04/CI3I8077-768x512.jpg)
Critical Thinking Summer Institute
Virtual
July 8, 2024 – July 26, 2024
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Design Innovation Summer Institute – Costume Design
Mandatory Housing
June 23, 2024 – July 13, 2024
July 14, 2024 – July 27, 2024
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Design Innovation Summer Institute – Lighting and Sound
Mandatory Housing
June 23, 2024 – July 6, 2024
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Design Innovation Summer Institute – Scenic
Mandatory Housing
June 30, 2024 – July 13, 2024
![Overhead view of seven students working at a large table covered with colored paper, notebooks, rulers and other art supplies](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2021/04/CI3I8657-768x512.jpg)
Design Media Arts Summer Institute
Mandatory Housing
July 7, 2024 – July 20, 2024
Virtual
July 22, 2024 – August 2, 2024
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Economics Summer Institute
Virtual
June 24, 2024 – July 12, 2024
Commuter
July 15, 2024 – August 5, 2024
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Engineering Design Summer Institute
Commuter
June 24, 2024 – July 12, 2024
July 15, 2024 – August 2, 2024
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Environmental Engineering Summer Institute
Commuter
July 22, 2024 – August 2, 2024
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Film and Television Summer Institute – Cinematography
Mandatory Housing
July 7, 2024 – July 13, 2024
July 14, 2024 – July 20, 2024
July 28, 2024 – August 3, 2024
August 4, 2024 – August 10, 2024
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Film and Television Summer Institute – Digital Filmmaking
Mandatory Housing
June 23, 2024 – July 13, 2024
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Film and Television Summer Institute – Media Parks: The Cinematic and Televisual History of Theme Parks
Mandatory Housing
July 21, 2024 – August 3, 2024
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Film and Television Summer Institute – Writing for TV: Big Ideas for the Small Screen
Mandatory Housing
June 23, 2024 – July 13, 2024
July 14, 2024 – August 3, 2024
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Film and Television Summer Institute – Traditional Animation
Virtual
June 24, 2024 – August 2, 2024
![A female student stands behind a female student at a computer in a computer lab, examining her screen.](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2021/04/GameLab_ProgramImage_2023.jpg)
Game Lab Summer Institute
Virtual
July 8, 2024 – July 19, 2024
Mandatory Housing
July 21, 2024 – August 3, 2024
August 4, 2024 – August 17, 2024
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Hip Hop / Street Dance Summer Institute
Mandatory Housing
June 23, 2024 – June 29, 2024
![Eleven students sitting next to each other on a low wall in front of trees, smiling, with their legs dangling.](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2021/04/IMG_0784-768x576.jpg)
Immersive International Studies Summer Institute
Commuter
July 8, 2024 – July 12, 2024
July 15, 2024 – July 19, 2024
![Students sit in folding chairs in a room with white walls and student artwork hung on the walls, facing two students who are standing in the front of the room.](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2021/04/CI3I8772-768x512.jpg)
International Development Summer Institute
Hybrid
June 24, 2024 – July 13, 2024
![A view of students sitting in a large lecture hall.](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2021/04/UCLA-ECON-Special-Lecture-Pic-768x512.jpg)
Introduction to Investments Summer Institute
Commuter
June 24, 2024 – July 12, 2024
![An instructor stands in front of a whiteboard in the front of a lecture hall full of students.](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2021/04/IMG_4532-768x576.jpg)
Mock Trial Summer Institute
Mandatory Housing
June 23, 2024 – June 29, 2024
July 14, 2024 – July 20, 2024
Virtual
July 21, 2024 – July 27, 2024
![A scenic overhead view of the UCLA campus showing Kerckhoff Hall in the foreground and the hills of Los Angeles in the background.](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2021/04/IMG_20190516_172720-768x576.jpg)
Model United Nations Summer Institute
Commuter
June 24, 2024 – July 3, 2024
![A group of students in musical theater early 20th century-style costumes singing together.](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2021/04/MITSI-2022-177-768x513.jpg)
Musical Theater Summer Institute
Mandatory Housing
July 14, 2024 – August 3, 2024
![Professor speaking with a student in a laboratory.](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2021/01/130514_UCLA_9334-e1645205903772.jpg)
Nanoscale Microscopy Lab Summer Institute
Mandatory Housing
June 23, 2024 – June 29, 2024
![A student working on a piece of machinery as an instructor overlooks.](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2020/12/ucla_day4_additional-4.jpg)
Nanoscience Lab Summer Institute
Mandatory Housing
July 21, 2024 – July 27, 2024
July 28, 2024 – August 3, 2024
Commuter
July 22, 2024 – July 26, 2024
July 29, 2024 – August 2, 2024
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Pit Orchestra Summer Institute
Mandatory Housing
July 21, 2024 – August 3, 2024
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Political Science Summer Institute
Mandatory Housing
June 23, 2024 – July 13, 2024
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Python for Economics and Finance Summer Institute
Virtual
July 15, 2024 – August 2, 2024
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Sci | Art Lab + Studio Summer Institute
Mandatory Housing
June 23, 2024 – July 6, 2024
July 21, 2024 – August 3, 2024
Virtual
July 8, 2024 – July 19, 2024
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Social Software Summer Institute
Virtual
July 8, 2024 – July 19, 2024
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Stage Management Summer Institute
Mandatory Housing
June 23, 2024 – July 13, 2024
July 14, 2024 – August 3, 2024
![Three female students and one male student sit together at a table talking in a classroom, with other students in the background.](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2021/04/CI3I8696-768x512.jpg)
Startup UCLA: Social Entrepreneurship Summer Institute
Virtual
June 24, 2024 – July 5, 2024
August 5, 2024 – August 16, 2024
Mandatory Housing
July 7, 2024 – July 20, 2024
July 21, 2024 – August 3, 2024
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TeenArch Studio Summer Institute
Mandatory Housing (Session A)
June 30, 2024 – July 20, 2024
Virtual (Session B)
July 1, 2024 – July 19, 2024
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Voiceover Camera Acting Summer Institute
In-Person
June 23, 2024 – July 5, 2024
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World Politics Summer Institute
Commuter
July 15, 2024 – August 2, 2024
![Four students posing in front of the Bruin bear. All four students are imitating the Bruin bear by posing with their mouths open and arms out.](https://summer.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2021/01/high-school.jpg)