as adopted by the Board of Trustees

Values

Collaboration
Community
Exploration
Inclusiveness
Integrity

Mission

Identify bright and exceptionally motivated teenagers with untapped potential and a strong interest in science.
Challenge them with rigorous, authentic, interdisciplinary research.
Accelerate their intellectual and social development through an immersive, transformative experience.
Create an inclusive culture based on collaboration.
Build a supportive, diverse, life-long community of scientists and leaders.

Vision

Tomorrow’s innovators are inspired to work together to advance knowledge and solve the world’s most complex problems.

“the educational experience of a lifetime” … since 1959

The Summer Science Program is an independent non-profit 501(c)3, operated in cooperation with its host campuses and affiliates California Institute of Technology, Harvey Mudd College, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Values

Collaboration

Community

Exploration

Inclusiveness

Integrity

Mission

Identify bright and exceptionally motivated teenagers with untapped potential and a strong interest in science.

Challenge them with rigorous, authentic, interdisciplinary research.

Accelerate their intellectual and social development through an immersive, transformative experience.

Create an inclusive culture based on collaboration.

Build a supportive, diverse, life-long community of scientists and leaders.

Vision

Tomorrow’s innovators are inspired to work together to advance knowledge and solve the world’s most complex problems.

“the educational experience of a lifetime” … since 1959