Summer Programs | Worcester Polytechnic Institute

In-Person Summer Offerings

In the Launch program for rising 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students will leverage research and technology to find solutions to current problems in a variety of scientific fields alongside WPI’s renowned faculty. Launch is offered as a commuter program where students will be able to step into the shoes of a video game designer, computer programmer, crime scene investigator, robotics engineer, and more! Please see the program details for more information regarding format.

The Frontiers program, running for over 40 years, is a residential, overnight program for rising 10th, 11th and 12th grade students who want to explore STEM through a collegiate lens, and prepare for their own collegiate journey. Students will be challenged to explore the outer limits of their knowledge in STEM and explore unsolved global issues, along with a touch of humanities through another aspect such business entrepreneurship, digital painting, psychology, and more.

Virtual Summer Offerings

College Credit Jumpstart for High Schoolers is a pre-college program designed for rising 11th and 12th graders who are interested in earning college credit and experiencing an academically challenging college course. Students enroll in a WPI undergraduate course, lasting 5-weeks and taught by WPI’s world-renowned faculty. Upon completion, students receive an official WPI college transcript.

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On Demand Information Session

Virtual information session for the 2023 summer offerings have concluded for this cycle. If you are interested in learning more about our summer programs please check out our virtual information session recording below!

On Demand Information Session

UPDATE REGARDING SPORTS CAMPS

For summer 2023, WPI will only be offering elite prospect day clinics for high school aged students (rising 9th through 12th grades) who are experienced sport participants. More information on these WPI Elite Prospect Sport Clinics will be posted on the athletics website in March. WPI will not be offering multiday youth sport camps this summer. We anticipate offering those youth camps again in summer 2024. Thank you for your continued interest in WPI camps and clinics; if we don’t see you in 2023 we look forward to seeing you again in 2024.

Additional WPI Summer Opportunities

Girls Talk Math (GTM) is a FREE 2-week mathematics and media day camp for rising 9th-12th grade girls and nonbinary students who are interested in exploring challenging problems that go beyond the high school curriculum.

Hosted on the WPI campus July 10th – 21st, GTM meets every weekday from 9 am to 4 pm. Students work in groups on STEM problem sets and research the life and work of scientists from marginalized groups. Each student group produces a blog post about the STEM topics learned and writes and records a podcast about the scientist researched.

For more information and to apply to GTM, please visit: Girls Talk Math

My Frontiers class was more fun and more rewarding than any high school class I've ever taken. It was a great opportunity to get my feet wet in college life.

Justin D.
Former Frontiers Participant

This was the first time feeling like I was not the odd one out.

Joanna R.
Former Launch Participant

The live classes for my Biotechnology course allowed me to interact with the professor in real time, which is something that I am grateful for. The project assignments were enjoyable and I was able to make friends with people across the globe!

Jack P.
Former Frontiers Participant

Herd Hangouts no doubt! She loved interacting with current WPI students and she loved becoming friends with a few of the kids in her Herd.

Nicole
Parent of Former Frontiers for Credit Participant