UChicago Pre-College Summer Immersion

Residential for-credit pre-college summer immersion courses (ranging from STEM to creative writing) at the University of Chicago (UChicago) for high school students.

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The University of Chicago has been named one of the world’s top 10 colleges, so you can be confident that its pre-college summer programs are among the best available. Students in UChicago Immersion immerse themselves in campus life. They take a genuine undergraduate-level course, receive customized attention from faculty members, and engage in laboratories and other hands-on activities. Among the courses available are Biotechnology for the Twenty-First Century, Contagion: Infectious Agents and Emerging Diseases, and The Physics of Stars.

Whether you’re searching for creative writing workshops, STEM preview courses, or to investigate theories of economic policy, philosophy, and free speech, the University of Chicago’s summer Immersion courses provide you with the chance to delve deeply into a topic of interest.

THE IMMERSION PROGRAM IS A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM. STUDENTS LIVE IN RESIDENCE AND ATTEND IN-PERSON CLASSES. IMMERSION COURSES DO NOT HAVE A HYBRID OR REMOTE OPTION.

For credit: All multiweek high school courses are graded (A-F), carry at least 100 units of credit, and have undergraduate-level course numbers. It is vital to understand that, unlike many other colleges, the University of Chicago runs on a quarter basis. Each 100-unit course at the University of Chicago is worth 3.3 semester credit hours.

Each summer course is comparable to a full quarter-length (10-week) term.

Courses last three weeks. Monday through Friday, students will attend class from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. CST, with a lunch break in between.

Where: University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
How Long: Three weeks per session
Specific Subjects: Biotechnology, Psychology, Contagious Diseases, Neuroscience, Biological Sciences, Physics
How Much: $6,500 (includes tuition for one course, room & board, Student Life Fee)