Engineering Camp
Explore engineering and kick-start your college experience by experimenting in real research labs with Bucknell’s world-class faculty. Engineering Camp is an academically challenging, hands-on introduction to the calling of engineering held on Bucknell’s campus during the summer. You’ll discover the many different areas where engineers apply their skills, study the latest technologies that shape our world and learn how the scientific phenomena you’ve studied in school are applied by professional engineers. The program is packed with hands-on experiments to ignite your curiosity.
Program Dates
Engineering Camp will take place in June 2020. The camp lasts for five days. Check back in 2020 for exact program dates.
Eligibility
Engineering Camp welcomes students who will have completed grades 7 through 11 by the summer of the camp. Campers are placed in age-appropriate sections. Acceptance is subject to review of teacher and guidance counselor recommendations.
Program 1: Open to students who will have completed 7th, 8th or 9th grade
Program 2: Open to students who will have completed 10th or 11th grade
How to Apply
Step 1: Complete the online Application form.
Step 2: Download the Teacher Recommendation and Counselor Approval forms and have one teacher and your guidance counselor complete them.
Step 3: Email the completed Recommendation and Approval forms to engineering.camp@bucknell.edu.
Application Deadline: March 15
Applications will be evaluated as received until the program roster is full. Qualified applicants may be placed on a waitlist and notified if space becomes available.
Tuition & Aid
Tuition for a single residential student: $1,000.
Tuition includes instruction and related course materials, laboratory and classroom supplies, housing and all meals.
Need-based financial assistance is available for those who qualify. Contact us for for more information about financial aid.
Housing
Students are housed in residence halls on the Bucknell campus with 24/7 supervision by residential assistants. Meals are provided by Bucknell Dining Services.
For More Information Contact:
Professor Erin Jablonski, chemical engineering
Camp Director
570-577-1644
engineering.camp@bucknell.edu
College of Engineering
Location
235 Dana Engineering Building