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AAP Summer Programs

Summer Programs

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

Find your calling, your voice, and creative inspiration at Cornell this summer! AAP faculty are leaders in their disciplines and innovative educators who offer online and in-person classes that challenge 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.

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

  • Architecture

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

  • Art

    Spend the summer with Cornell AAP in-person in Ithaca or online and experiment with different media, ways of making, and critically engaging the world through creative practice.

  • Urban Studies

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

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  • City Visionaries: Summer Program for High School Students

    A transformative, cross-disciplinary introduction to foundational principles of urban design held in New York City.

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

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  1. Precollege Summer Studies in Ithaca and Online

    Cornell University’s precollege programs in Ithaca give high school students the chance to benefit from an Ivy League education in the areas of architecture, art, or urban planning before they apply to or attend college.

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  2. 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.

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  3. College Summer Sessions

    Choose from hundreds of regular Cornell classes this summer — on campus, online, and abroad — including AAP department offerings.

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