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Pre-College Summer Program

Pre-College Summer Program

The Pre-College program consists of two-week in-person workshops in architecture, building construction, industrial design, or music technology. Hosted by the College of Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology, this program provides the opportunity to engage with our world-class faculty from Georgia Tech's community and current students and give high-school (rising juniors and rising seniors) students insight into what it is like to study at one of the Schools in the College of Design.

The Pre-College Summer Program at Georgia Tech is a two-week immersive experience simulating College life at GT!

Students will attend workshops and studio sessions during the day and enjoy various activities around campus after class. They will also dine in the campus dining halls, experiencing student life firsthand. On the weekend, students will have the opportunity to explore Atlanta, with scheduled visits to the High Museum of Art and the Georgia Aquarium. To get the full experience, students will be staying on our campus throughout the program.

When applying students have the option of choosing between the following programs: 

  • Architecture I Session I: June 15, 2025 – June 27, 2025
  • Industrial Design I Session I: June 15, 2025 – June 27, 2025
  • Music Technology Session I: June 15, 2025 – June 27, 2025
  • Architecture II Session II: July 6, 2025 – July 18, 2025
  • Industrial Design II Session II: July 6, 2025 – July 18, 2025
  • Building Construction Session II: July 6, 2025 – July 18, 2025

Summer 2025

  • Applications Open: January 10, 2025
  • First-Round of Decisions: January 31, 2025 (the decision will be revealed after this based on availability). 

Session I 

  • Check-In: June 15, 2025 
  • Workshop: June 16-June 26, 2025
  • Final Celebration Reception (and Check-Out): June 27, 2025 
    • Family and Friends are welcome! 

Session II 

  • Check-In: July 6, 2025 
  • Workshop: July 7-July 27, 2025
  • Final Celebration Reception (and Check-Out): July 17, 2025 
    • Family and Friends are welcome! 

Tuition: $2,500

  • Deposit Upon Acceptance: $250 
  • Room & Board (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner) 
  • Program Materials 
  • Weekend Activities

We welcome students from all around the world to our program! Our program is a non-credit-bearing and does not process student visas, we happily accommodate students requiring a visa, regardless of the type. Ensure you have the appropriate visa for your country, and feel free to join us with any valid visa. Don't forget to showcase your conversational English skills through your transcripts. 

Architecture

Come join us for an energetic immersion into the field of design and making where students will interact with professors, current students, recent graduates, and local practitioners.

Our Pre-College summer experience provides hands-on experience in drawing and making to test design ideas for an architectural project. Participants will understand the path to a career in architecture, as well as leave with a design project ready for inclusion in their own portfolio.

We are offering 2 sessions of the architecture workshop.

Building Construction

This program demonstrates that careers in the construction industry go beyond muddy construction sites. There are many career paths possible with a degree in Construction that leverage emerging technologies, and project management skills, and provide employment opportunities beyond the field.

You will get hands-on building activities, construction site visits (in person and through immersive virtual reality), meetings with industry leaders, and tons of practice with drones, laser scanners, 3D printing, Augmented/Virtual Reality, and robots!

Industrial Design

Industrial Designers design the products we use every day! Appliances, phones, tools, bikes, and many more products emerge through the creative thinking and making of Industrial Designers.

Explore the possibilities of this exciting career in our in-person camp. Students will enjoy drawing and modeling to test design ideas, along with learning about local industrial design firms on their way to making their very own consumer product.

Music Technology

Music technologists imagine new inventions for, new ways of listening to, and new ways of playing music.

The Music Technology Pre-College program explores ways we create and experience music. In addition to music production, we explore machine learning, music information retrieval systems, immersive audio environments, and performance technologies. We study the use of popular software and hardware in music creation, manipulation, and what future developments are on the horizon.

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