Profiles

Summer Programs

Discover some of our summer offerings! The programs listed below are a sampling of the summer programs hosted at Vanderbilt University.

iD Tech

iD Tech is a host both online and in-person summer technology courses for children aged 7 to 19. These courses include coding, robotics, game design and more. As of 2023, iD Tech have enrolled 50,000 students have expanded internationally, spreading their Silicon Valley startup culture around the world and online.

Owen Accelerator Program

The Accelerator Summer Business Immersion is a three week in person program designed to help undergraduate students or recent grads learn business by doing business. Taught by Vanderbilt faculty and practitioners, the program combines teaching, coaching and real consulting projects for real businesses to expand the student’s future career potential.

Black GIrls Becoming

Created and designed by Black women faculty at Vanderbilt, Black Girls Becoming engages rising 7th and 8th grade Black girls in a sequence of workshops to illuminate and promote Black girl joy, brilliance, and magic. Black Girls Becoming aims to understand social impacts of black students and works to advance outcomes of black girls in society.

Aspirnaut

Aspirnaut™ is a K-20 STEM Pipeline for Diversity with the goal of increasing the numbers and diversity of the STEM workforce. The Aspirnaut™ Summer Research Internships are 10-week hands-on and mentored laboratory experiences for high school and undergraduate students interested in a career in STEM. Participants undergo an intense research experience including crafting questions and designing experiments and developing professional skills.

Nashville skating academy

The Nashville Skating Academy offers a unique intensive summer training program for skaters all over the country. The program offers a large variety of flexible schedule on and off ice classes and three levels of training groups.

Vanderbilt summer academy

The Vanderbilt Summer Academy provides accelerated summer courses for gifted and high-ability students from rising grades 7-12. Courses which are taught by the wealth of faculty and scholars here in the Vanderbilt University and Nashville community, are designed to be challenging, wide-ranging and interdisciplinary.

Lavner Tech Revolution

Camp Tech Revolution offers some of the world’s best STEM for kids and teens. This summer, Camp Tech Revolution held at Vanderbilt University will feature 40+ weekly STEM camps at Vanderbilt University from June 3rd to July 19th. Each camp is filled with experiential, hands-on learning, collaboration, excitement, and cutting-edge topics in STEM, technology & the arts. Camp Tech Revolution’s proprietary curricula is designed for beginner, intermediate, and advanced campers in all age groups, so campers can progress each week. With a staff-to-camper ratio of 1:4 to 1:8, Camp Tech Revolution offers the premier summer camp experience for ages 6 to 14. Join Camp Tech Revolution for weekly camps in Robotics, Coding, Minecraft, Roblox, YouTube Video Production, Spy Tech, Space, Digital Fashion, Filmmaking and much more. Camp starts at $599/wk. Early Arrival/Extended Day is available. Camp Tech Revolution is powered by Lavner Education.