Columbia Engineering: Summer High School Academic Program for Engineers (SHAPE)

Columbia Engineering's Summer High School Academic Program for Engineers (SHAPE) is a selective pre-college program for rising sophomores, juniors, seniors, and recent high school graduates. SHAPE is geared toward students with an aptitude for STEM: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Each 3-week session offers college-level, project-based courses in engineering taught by prestigious faculty at Columbia University. 

Students engage with peers and Columbia University faculty, staff, students, alumni and industry partners through interactive programming, site visits and workshops. 

Courses 

Columbia Engineering's SHAPE features hands-on, creative problem-solving pedagogy and exposes students to cutting-edge innovative engineering techniques and knowledge on Columbia University's Morningside campus. Students gain access to our renowned MakerSpace and state-of-the-art research laboratories. 

SHAPE offers exciting courses in: 

• Biomedical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Computer Science and AI
• Data Science and Analytics
• Electrical Engineering
• Robotics
• Sustainability and Environmental Engineering

SHAPE consists of two 3-week sessions (students may choose to attend one or both sessions).

SHAPE also provides high school students workshops to explore career fields, professional development, and guidance on sharpening one’s college application from admissions officers.  Students in the program will be visiting companies and organizations that showcase the classroom content in practice.  Students are coached and taught to present in a group setting. 

Upon successful completion of SHAPE, students will receive a Certificate of Completion and a personalized letter of recommendation from their professor.

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