Summer Camps
During the months of June and July, WYSE offers multiple Engineering Summer Camps hosted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Camps are available for middle and high school aged students (rising 7th – 12th grade) and are available for all genders. WYSE Summer Camps at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Grainger College of Engineering are designed to provide STEM-interested students the opportunity to experience authentic and challenging projects and activities, world-class instructors, and collegiate experience from one of the best engineering schools in the nation and the world. The camps provide exposure to different areas of engineering through demonstrations, lab tours, classroom presentations, hands-on activities, and interactions with various students, staff, and professors in those fields. Learn more by visiting the Summer Camps page.
High School Summer Research
Rising high school juniors and seniors (current 10th-11th grade) from Illinois are invited to participate in an authentic STEM research experience at a world-class research university for 6 weeks during the summer. Participants will engage in daily research activities in the laboratories of established researchers, gaining hands-on experience in areas at the forefront of various STEM fields; cancer immunology, pharmacogenomics of anticancer agents, physics, biophysics, electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, and more! Learn more by visiting High School STEM Research program.