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{Ball State University} DesignWorks Summer Academy
Participants spend much of their time in the College of Architecture and Planning’s design studios, taking part in studio work. It’s a lot like our First-Year Program for Ball State freshmen in that it offers a taste of a wide range of design activities. There are some evening sessions as well, but evenings free of programmed activities allow you a chance to see what the rest of college life is like.
{Ball State University} Youth Interior Design Forum (Interior Design Summer Workshop)
The Youth Interior Design Forum (YIDF) is a workshop open to high school students of any grade level and gives them the opportunity to experience interior design firsthand. We also encourage graduating seniors who plan to attend Ball State University in fall of 2025 attend this workshop as well to have a smooth transition to college and have a jump start. The workshop blends tradition and innovation in creative learning, covering areas in applied critical thinking and exploration with materials. During the studio time, students explore the fundamentals of 2D and 3D concepts, learn basic drawing and illustration skills, play with color use and light effects, and learn how interior environments affect human behavior. Upon completion, students will have a portfolio of work (a required component for the application for many accredited college interior design programs) and an official certificate of completion.
{Bowling Green State University} Exploring Architecture Camp
Are you passionate about architecture? Do you dream about designing your own building? Architects combine the study of materials, history, aesthetics, physiology, and psychology to produce beautiful, functional architecture. BGSU’s Exploring Architecture camp is an amazing opportunity to learn about the field of architecture, gain real-world knowledge and skills, and meet other students and professionals equally excited about architecture. The camp covers careers ranging from exhibition design, stage design, environmental design, space planning, information design, and virtual space design. Campers also get a peek into BGSU’s Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture*.
{Carnegie Mellon University} Pre-College Architecture
Pre-College Architecture is an intensive and immersive summer program that engages high school students in the creative energy and speculative culture of the college-level experience, in studying the discipline of architecture. Pre-College Architecture introduces design practice, creative problem solving and critical thinking to young designers through a complex matrix of programming, pushing curiosity and by providing a strong basis for architectural education. Students experience the dynamic of learning through making, in a studio environment, supported by structured integrated coursework in digital media, drawing, seminars and workshops, expanding their exploration of the theory, process and methodology of contemporary design practice. Pre-College Architecture is a powerful program, serving to build skills and evaluate the potential of future undergraduate students.
{Center for Architecture and Design} High School Design Studio
High School Design Studio focuses on teaching students the fundamentals of design and sketching in order to set a foundation in the fields of architecture, interior design, industrial design, landscape architecture, and city and regional planning.
{Cornell University} Introduction to Architecture
The Introduction to Architecture Program is an intensive six-week course in Cornell's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) that introduces high school and college students to architectural ideas, principles, and methods of exploring architectural problems in a studio setting. Through a graduated sequence of exercises culminating in a final project, you'll study architectural concepts of space, form, function, environment, and technology. During field trips, you'll investigate contemporary architecture within the context of Upstate New York sites of production, fabrication, and resources.
{Mississippi State University} Architecture Summer Camp: Design Discovery
The major goal of the summer workshop is to simulate the information, skill, and intensity required for an architectural education and to give clear insight into the practice of architecture. With this experience, it will be possible for the participants to make an informed career decision about architecture and its related disciplines.
{Norwich University} Summer Architecture Design Academy
The Architecture + Art Summer Design Academy is an exciting hands-on learning experience that combines design creativity, historical perspective, technical excellence, social responsibility and environmental leadership – with plenty of time for bringing your ideas to life. The week-long program offers a curriculum with a variety of studio, seminar and field experiences, extracurricular activities and field trips.
{Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute} Architecture Career Discovery Program
The Architecture Career Discovery Program is a two-week intensive on campus introduction to architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. The core of this course is studio work. In studio, students are immersed in a rigorous creative process that starts with the development of abstract models, and ultimately leads to the design of an exciting and innovative architectural proposition. Critique and evaluation of studio work is continuous, occurring in one-on-one discussion with the instructor and in larger group reviews with invited architectural critics. Studio work is complemented by a series of lectures and field trips. Lectures discuss the broader context of architectural practice; contemporary projects and practitioners; as well as more technical concerns such as drawing and model making. Field trips visit museums, where students learn about other types of creative practices, and significant works of contemporary architecture. High school students entering 10th, 11th and 12th grade in the fall who are considering studies in architecture or design with a curiosity about the world in which we live, as well as an interest in art culture, and new ideas are encouraged to register.
{SCI-Arc} Design Immersion Days
Design Immersion Days (DID) is an immersive four-week summer program that introduces high school students to architecture and design. Students entering or continuing high school are eligible to register.
💰 Scholarships Available
{Summer Springboard} Architecture Course
Are you considering a career in architecture or design? Are you working on your college application and portfolio? Or are you simply curious about what it is like to be an architect? The Summer Springboard architecture course for high school students introduces architectural ideas, design principles, and methods of exploring problems of the built environment in a collaborative studio setting. While working on a design project you will learn about the academic path to an architectural degree, the day-to-day work of an architect, and the career opportunities. Excursions may include visits to architecturally significant buildings, design studios and top-tier engineering and architecture firms.
{Syracuse University} Architecture Summer Program
The Summer College 3 credit Architecture program is one of SU’s most popular summer programs for high school students. Build your understanding and appreciation of architecture through design problems, drawing and modeling exercises, lectures and tutorials, and class discussions. Living the life of a university architecture student for four weeks can help you decide whether to pursue study in a professional architectural school or in a related field. If you discover architecture is for you, you’ll have a head start.
{University of California, Berkeley} embARC Summer Design Academy
embARC is a four week summer design program at UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design that brings together high school students from diverse backgrounds to explore architecture, urban design and sustainable city planning through integrated components: an Architecture + Urban Design Studio, a Sustainable City Planning Workshop, a Digital Design Workshop, an Environmental Design Conversation Series and a Community Build project.
💰 Scholarships Available
{University of Cincinnati} Summer DAAPcamps
DAAPcamps are week-long immersions for high school and middle school students to explore their creative passion areas and expand their skills in specific artistic disciplines. Set on the University of Cincinnati’s architecturally renowned campus and supervised by the faculty and staff at the globally recognized College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, each day at camp includes time spent on studio projects, field trips and social activities for the perfect mix of practice and inspiration.
{University of Houston} By Design
Architecture combines practical considerations of function and sustainability with a poetics of form and meaning. Although architecture may take years to master, those who study it in college have usually harbored an intense curiosity since at least their early teens. This introductory studio with accompanying lectures and field trips will give you a broader, deeper understanding of the subject and also the opportunity to develop a portfolio for use in applying to schools of architecture should you eventually wish to do so.
{University of Illinois} Discover Architecture Pre-College Program
Discover Architecture is a two-week, residential, pre-college program offered by the Illinois School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. The purpose of the program is to introduce high-school students and recent graduates to the discipline of architecture both as a profession and as a field of academic endeavor. Students will learn about architectural drawing, physical modeling, freehand sketching, and other tools of the architectural trade. Upon completion, each student leaves not only with this knowledge, but with drawings and photographs to form the basis of his/her portfolio.
💰 Scholarships Available
{University of Massachusetts Amherst} Summer Design Academy
The UMass Amherst Summer Design Academy provides an opportunity for high school students interested in architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and urban design the opportunity to experience the professions through the creative challenges of a university design program. The Design Academy's interactive educational experiences include drawing and design exercises, hands-on building and model-making activities, visits to local design firms and construction sites, as well as lectures, discussions, and design reviews with visiting architects and designers. The three-week intensive will be composed of two parts: Week One will provide an introduction to the design disciplines of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Urban Design through a series of short design projects. Weeks Two and Three will focus on developing conceptual approaches to particular design disciplines, through hands on exercises. All students will learn design thinking, drawing, modelmaking, and presentation skills. Reviews will be held with visiting design professionals and faculty. Workload is intense! Six hours in class per day plus additional studio time is required. Three (3) credits will be offered.
{University of Michigan} ArcStart
ArcStart is a three-week long residential program for high school students that offers students the opportunity to explore the built environment firsthand through an introduction to architectural design. Participants will experience the rewarding intensity of an engaging college architecture studio, partake in skill-building workshops that reinforce analytical and conceptual problem solving skills, and visit architecturally significant projects in Ann Arbor and the immediate region.
💰 Scholarships Available
{University of Notre Dame} Career Discovery
Geared toward those who are considering or who have already enrolled in an architecture program, participants not only learn architectural history but also the skills and responsibilities required in contemporary architecture practice. During the 13-day program, students participate in design studios, architecture seminars and field trips to see good architecture first hand. Career Discovery is intended to help participants decide whether or not they want to pursue architecture in college, and, if so, how they should prepare during their junior and senior years of high school. If they come committed to the field, Career Discovery will introduce them to studying architecture at the college level, giving them a jump start over those entering the major their freshman year of college.
{University of Southern California} Exploration of Architecture
Exploration of Architecture is an immersive 4-week program that engages high school students with architecture thinking and the design process. This program will challenge you to connect more deeply with the built world by providing opportunities to experience and create meaningful places through dynamic learning methods. You will imagine and draw, as well as discover, examine, and analyze architecturally impactful places and buildings. You will gain insights into the profession through talks, conversations, and interviews with leading architects and scholars. The goal of the program is to stimulate you to pursue further education as architects, designers, and scholars who are leaders in your community and beyond.
{Washington University in St. Louis} Architecture Discovery Program
The Architecture Discovery Program (ADP) is an exciting introduction to architecture and design for high school students. Our rigorous two-week program offers intensive individual instruction by Sam Fox School faculty. The explorations carried out in studio provide you with quality material to add to your design portfolios. d, Career Discovery will introduce them to studying architecture at the college level, giving them a jump start over those entering the major their freshman year of college.
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