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Accepting Applications for Summer 2025
Empowering Tomorrow's Innovators
The Summer Academy offers college preparatory camps aimed at equipping students with essential technical skills in fields such as data analytics, artificial intelligence, computer science, and software engineering. The program includes two 2-week commuter sessions where students collaborate with peers and UC Irvine faculty advisors on real-world projects.
Participants engage in hands-on coursework that delivers practical experience, benefiting from an innovative curriculum crafted by academic pioneers and industry partners. Each session concludes with student groups presenting their findings and solutions to peers, parents, and faculty through a capstone presentation.
Collaborate with Trailblazers
Interact and engage with university faculty, staff and college students and visit research labs in the School’s three departments.
Discover Campus Culture
Experience campus life at UC Irvine and gain insights into what it is like to be a student.
Cultivate Essential Skills
Work in teams while emphasizing the essential skills required for scientific research, including communication, creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration
Discover Your Potential at UC Irvine's ICS Summer Academy 2025!
We invite talented high school students to participate in our ICS Summer Academy, which will be held this summer in person on our beautiful UC Irvine campus.
Students can apply for admission and register for up to two of five offerings:
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
- Cryptography & Security
- Data Analytics
- Software Application & Design
- Software Engineering
Led by distinguished UC Irvine professors and exceptional undergraduate and graduate students, you’ll explore new cutting-edge areas of ICS while immersing yourself in a collegiate environment surrounded by incredible mentors.
A 10% discount applies to returning participants, second-course registration, and UC Irvine staff. For inquiries, please email icssummeracademy@uci.edu
Next Steps
Check out the Sessions and Agenda tabs for more details about the content that will be covered and how each day is structured.
Let it be noted that two of the participating student groups from Summer 2022 submitted their DATA course Capstone project for the IUSD Science fair. They were ranked “First” and were selected to advance to the county level.
When you’re ready, submit your application by the deadline! We look forward to having you join us on this exciting journey to learn more about ICS. A panel of industry experts will be convened for each course to talk to the students and address their questions on careers and their experiences in the field of ICS.
Don’t delay, spots are limited!
“I truly enjoyed working and creating a project with my peers. The reiterations and feedback truly helped me as a person to become a much better coder and problem solver in my environment. I hope to take these skills in my future path as a data scientist.”
Sehaj Sethi, Student, Summer 2023