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Summer Precollege Focus Series

Earn college credit while advancing your skills in an area of study

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Where classroom knowledge meets real-world experience

NOTE: It is past the deadline to apply for Summer Precollege Focus Series for 2025; we are NO LONGER ACCEPTING NEW APPLICATIONS. We encourage you to consider Summer Courses, if still available.

As the only official academic precollege programs offered by UCLA, Summer Precollege Focus Series 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 Summer Precollege Focus Series 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.

Registration opens on February 15. Please visit the Summer Precollege Focus Series Bruin Guide for more information. If you would like to stay informed about Summer 2025 programming, you may sign up for updates.

All participants in Summer Precollege Focus Series must be at least 15 years of age (or 17 for residential sessions) by the first day of Summer Sessions 2025 on June 23rd, no exceptions allowed.

For information regarding the UCLA Emerging Filmmakers programs for high school students offered through the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, please visit their program website. Please note that these programs are neither affiliated with nor operated by UCLA Summer Sessions.

2026 Summer Precollege Focus Series

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Scholarship opportunities available for California high school students

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.