Notre Dame Summer Scholars is a prestigious two-week pre-college program hosted on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, where high school students take challenging, college-level courses taught by Notre Dame faculty. Participants engage in rigorous coursework comparable to real university academics, collaborating with peers in small classes designed to maximize personal attention and intellectual growth. The program runs across two sessions in the summer of 2026 (June 6-20 and June 27-July 11), giving students the opportunity to experience life as a Notre Dame student firsthand. It is one of the most immersive and academically serious pre-college programs available to high school students in the country.
Evaluating information carefully before drawing a conclusion or making a decision.
Breaking down a challenge and working through it methodically to a solution.
Gathering and evaluating information systematically to answer a question.
Delivering ideas clearly and confidently in front of an audience.
Designing studies, testing hypotheses, and drawing evidence-based conclusions.
Students take rigorous college-level courses taught by Notre Dame faculty, experiencing academic research and teaching methods.
Making Headlines course provides direct instruction in journalism practices and storytelling for news media.
Law and public policymaking courses introduce students to legal systems and policy analysis relevant to legal practice.
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