Michigan Tech's Summer Youth Programs (SYP) are high-impact educational experiences for youth in grades 6-11 that provide opportunities to experience college in a fun, engaging, and safe environment. Participants meet Michigan Tech faculty, staff, and graduate students while also networking with other exceptional young people from around the globe.
Each program allows participants to spark their curiosity, explore interests, and make an impact through hands-on academic immersion. Offerings include:
- Engineering
- Science and Technology
- Computing
- Business
- Humanities, Social Sciences, and Law
2023 Course Sign Up
Courses run in June, July, and August on our campus in Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula. Registration will be live in mid-late December!
Choose a program area to see a sample of hands-on course offerings.
- Build a Better World: Civil Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Engineering 101
- Geohazards and Resource Engineering
- Intro to the Perfect Machine
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering: Automotive Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering: Design the Future
- Mechanical Engineering: Engineering the Human Body
- Mechatronics
- NEXT Scholars: Geospatial Engineering
- The Perfect Machine
- Aquatic Ecology
- Aviation and Aerospace
- Biotechnology Engineering Psychology and Human Factors
- Forensic Science & CSI
- Introduction to Renewable Energy
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Medical Physiology
- Michigan Species of Concern
- Multiwavelength Astronomy: Seeing the Invisible
- Ship to Shore Freshwater
- Ecology with ISEA
- The Future of Manufacturing
- Wild World of Chemistry
- Wildlife Ecology
- 3D Models and Virtual Reality
- AI & Machine Learning
- App and Web Development: Designing for Humans
- Coding for the Internet of Things
- Intro to Video Game Programming
- The Gaming Industry Wants You!
- Video Game Programming
- Calling All Writers
- Introduction to Renewable Energy
- UP Summer Theater Institute
