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Pre-College Engineering and Computer Science Programs - Greater Boston Area
Join Tufts for two weeks this summer in our immersive Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Computer Science Pre-College programs for high school students! Tap into your forward-thinking side and put your problem-solving skills to work while meeting industry practitioners and fellow students from all around the world.
Whether your interests involve machine learning, civic and electrical engineering, or robotics, Tufts summer 2024 programs are suited to your ambitions and professional development.
Engineering with Artificial Intelligence
Session 1: July 7 – 19, 2024
Session 2: July 21 – August 2, 2024
Residential
Commuter
Engineering Design Lab
Session 1: July 7 – 19, 2024
Session 2: July 21 – August 2, 2024
Residential
Commuter
Engineering Investigations
Session 1: July 7 – 19, 2024
Session 2: July 21 – August 2, 2024
Residential
Commuter
Meet our Program Leads
Merredith Portsmore, Program Director
School of Engineering
Merredith Portsmore is the Director of the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach, as well as a Research Associate Professor. She has the unique honor of being a “Quadruple Jumbo,” having received all her four of her degrees from Tufts University (B.A. in English, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, M.A. in Education, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education). Portsmore's research interests focus on how children engage in constructing solutions to engineering design problems. Her outreach work focuses on creating resources for K-12 educators to support engineering education in the classroom. She is the founder of STOMP, LEGO Engineering.com, and the online Teacher Engineering Education Program.
Related Summer Programs for High School Students
Tufts Summer Accelerator
The Tufts Summer Accelerator is designed to provide students with a chance to immerse themselves in the undergraduate experience, allowing highly motivated students to engage in their own academic interests and develop their own ideas. Students enroll in two college-level seminars per two-week session, designed specifically for high school students. These seminars are small (15-20 students), discussion-based, interactive sessions in subject areas from across the University.
Choose from a variety of seminar topics including Social Psychology of Prejudice, Discrimination, and Racism, Russia's war on Ukraine: why, why now, and what's next..., Introduction to Children's Media, Art, Truth, and Misinformation, and many more.
Full Semester Hallmark Courses
Tufts Pre-College High School Programs in Medford
Tufts University's college prep courses for high school students let you proactively take charge of your future in engineering, AI, and computer science. Need more info? Get in touch with us today to explore our summer programs.