Academic Connections at the University of California, San Diego, is a pre-college summer academic and residential experience targeted to highly motivated, high achieving, college-bound high school students entering grades 10-12, to explore the best UCSD has to offer.

The goal of the Academic Connections program is to connect select high school students with UCSD by providing hands-on college subject matter courses. Program participation provides students with the opportunity to experience life and learning at a top-ranked research university, located in the beautiful San Diego area.

 

Applications are currently being accepted. Don't wait, get your first choice of courses. Robotics Inventions Class Just Added! The following classes are waitlisted: A Hands-on Introduction to Marine Invertebrates Beneath the Surface Gray Matters: Brain Function & Neural Plasticity Mechanical Engineering - Operating at the Interface between Science and Society Psychology: A Real Science The following class is now full: The Human Body: Inside and Out