The Wake Forest Summer Immersion Program is a week-long, hands-on learning experience offered on-campus and online. High school students dive deep into a field of study with access to world-class faculty, researchers, and industry professionals. Get a better view of tomorrow, right now. 21 Institutes, one incredible summer.
The Wake Forest University Summer Immersion Program offers 9th – 12th-grade students the chance to dive deep and explore a particular field of study. Those selected for the program will enjoy access to world-class faculty, resources, industry professionals, and a one-of-a-kind view from inside a career field.
The Wake Forest Summer Immersion Program illuminates Wake Forest’s value and visibility and shows high school students the impact a single week can make on their lives.
Wake Forest University’s (WFU) Online Immersion Program offers flexible online courses spanning the fields of Medicine, Business, Bioscience, Psychology, and more for high school students. You’ll hear from WFU professors, have access to a mentor, and earn a Certificate of Completion.
The courses are 100% online and almost entirely asynchronous, meaning that you can complete your course whenever it works with your schedule. There will be 30 hours of overall course time over 2 or 4 weeks, depending on the session you choose, including video lessons, unit assignments, and access to your mentor.
On-campus non-STEM Institutes are $2,800 for overnight programs: Business, Debate and Public Advocacy, Filmmaking, Entrepreneurship, Finance and Investing, Health and Wellbeing, Law, Leadership, Policy and Politics, Screenwriting, Sports Business, and Writing for Life.
STEM Institutes are $3,000 for overnight programming: Bioscience, Engineering, Health and Exercise Science, Medicine, Neuroscience, Psychology, Sports Medicine, Technology, and Virtual Reality.
Visit https://immersion.summer.wfu.edu/opportunities/institutes/ for more information about each specific institute and session dates.
The Online Summer Immersion program is offered throughout the year with multi-length courses. The cost of attendance is $995:
Current courses available for the online program: Business, Medicine, Cancer Medicine, Psychology, Sports Medicine, Bioscience, Women’s Medicine, Finance, Law. Visit https://wfuonline.precollegeprograms.org/ for more information.
We offer need-based scholarships in each cohort to students exhibiting high potential who need assistance affording the associated cost, fill out an application to apply for scholarship funding https://slate.summer.wfu.edu/apply/