AAP Summer Programs

Christine McDonald (M.F.A. '22) assembles work for her final review in Tjaden Hall.

Work by Medha Kulkarni (M.R.P. '25).

Surya Kumar and Nirmohi Kathrecha (both M.S. AUD '25) pin up their final studio project, which explores childrens' experiences of the public realm and proposes alternatives for mobility, play, and belonging in East Harlem.

Students prepare, assemble, and display their Core I Studio models and works for an exhibition in Milstein Dome.

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Expand your practice. Build your portfolio. Plan your future.

Find your calling, your voice, and creative inspiration at Cornell this summer! The faculty at the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning are leaders in their disciplines and innovative educators who offer online and in-person classes that challenge you and help you develop your ideas no matter where you are. Our wide-ranging suite of intensive, exploratory summer courses and studios builds global connections through close mentorship and shared experiences that engage the world and glimpse the future you begin to build today.

New York City

City Visionaries: Summer Program for High School Students

Learn fundamental design concepts that shape our cities and communities.

City Visionaries is a Cornell AAP summer program based at the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center on the Cornell Tech campus in New York City. This five-week, in-person, non-residential program is designed for high-achieving and high-potential high school students interested in the creative fields that shape the development of cities and communities. Applications open December 1.

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Ithaca

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Architecture Summer Programs

Build your portfolio. Start on your path to the study and practice of architecture at Cornell.

Cornell's renowned architecture program for high school students pairs studio design with history and theory courses for a comprehensive curriculum that encourages critical thinking and creative explorations of visual representation and the art of making with tools at the leading edge of design practice today.

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Ithaca

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Art Summer Programs

Start on your path to the study and practice of art at Cornell.

At Cornell AAP, artmaking is about creating objects, spaces, and experiences that reflect critical engagement, philosophical understanding, historical knowledge, and ethical principles that intersect with life within and beyond the studio, where artists make an impact on the world and shape the future.

Spend the summer with Cornell AAP and experiment with different media, ways of making, and critically engaging the world through creative practice. 

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Ithaca

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Urban Studies Summer Programs

Immerse yourselves in critical urban questions, explore cities around the world, learn techniques for urban data mapping and analysis.

At The Department of City and Regional Planning (CRP), we believe urbanists can and should take up some of our world's most complex and urgent challenges — from decarbonization and climate adaptation to accessibility and housing to fair governance and policymaking — and come together to create thriving, healthy places for people of all generations and identities.

Spend your summer at Cornell and immerse yourself in the critical questions that shape cities today.

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Student Spotlight

"This was the highlight of my summer! I met a bunch of brilliant and amazing people who had similar interests to me, and although the work load was pretty intense, it was all worth it in the end for I came out of the program with a much better understanding of what I was going into and a stronger passion for it."

— Naiya Hermosillo, Summer Program Student

Your future in Architecture, Art, or Planning begins at Cornell this summer!

  • Precollege Summer Studies in Ithaca and Online


    Cornell University's precollege programs give high school students the chance to benefit from an Ivy League education before they apply to or attend college.

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  • Precollege Summer Studies in New York City


    High school students attending this rigorous, five-week program emerge with a Cornell AAP Precollege Certificate of Completion and a folio of analytical and speculative works organized around their select areas of interest.

    Register Your Interest

  • College Summer Sessions


    Choose from hundreds of regular Cornell classes this summer — on campus, online, and abroad — and work closely with university faculty.

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