UCSD Youth Camps and Enrichment Programs
Last updated
December 7, 2012 4:20:04 PM PST
Find out about summer and year-round UCSD camps and enrichment programs for children and teens.
These camps and programs held at UCSD are open to children of staff, faculty, students, returning families, and the community.
In the right place? You can also see a list of Summer Camp Programs at UCSD which are not necessarily sponsored by the university.
- Summer Session, grades 9–12
- Students may choose from lower division courses (1-99) offered during two 5-week sessions to:
- Get an early start on a college career
- Fulfill 1 year of language in only 6 weeks
- Take courses to prepare for Fall Quarter
- Accelerate time to graduate
- Academic Connections, grades 9–12
- Residential and non-residential program
- Pre-college summer program
- Hands-on college subject matter courses
- Low student-to-teacher ratio
- COSMOS, grades 8–12
- Residential academic experience for top high school students in mathematics and science
- See individual campus program information:
- Knock Around Camps, ages 5 and up
- Sponsored by UCSD Recreation
- June through August
- Includes general camps plus leadership, sports, and beach camps
- La Jolla Playhouse
- Conservatory, grades 10–12
- Young performers workshop, grades 2–9
- Teen acting lab, ages 13–17
- Mission Bay Youth Watersports Camp at the Mission Bay Aquatic Center offers classes for ages 6–17:
- Kayaking
- Marine science
- Sailing
- Surfing
- Wakeboarding
- Waterskiing
- Windsurfing
