Enjoy summer at UNCG by enrolling in opportunities that expand your knowledge and expertise. Taking Summer Session courses is a great way to stay on track to graduate on time. And our summer courses are developed with quality, convenience, and flexibility in mind.
For parents and children, UNCG offers a safe environment to keep youth busy and learning throughout the summer. Every year, UNCG welcomes youth to participate in a variety of summer camps that run from several days to week-long activities.
CAMPS & WORKSHOPS
Each summer, UNC Greensboro welcomes youth with a variety of summer camps, presenting unique and fun opportunities for students to engage in activities across the University. From academic and music camps to Esports and athletics, each camp is designed for fun, learning, and includes the excitement of being on a large college campus. Programs change from year-to-year so check back each Spring for new exciting programs.
Explore each camp, clinic, or service to find the most up-to-date information about the individual summer learning opportunities. Summer camps and workshops are available to the public. Many programs fill up fast and reach capacity, so sign up early.
Summer 2026
Programs are listed in chronological order moving through the summer.
June 1 – July 31, 2026
The Esports & Gaming Summer Camps are STEM education camps for the local community and serve children ages 8-17. Each camp is five days from June 15 – July 31, 2026. The summer camp content will include tech driven STEM education by instructors from Black Rocket. Campers will have the opportunity to focus on two major subjects each week — one in the morning and one in the afternoon — and of course have plenty of time allotted for gameplay and friendly competitions.
The Global Leaders Academic Exploration Program at UNC Greensboro is a transformative two-week summer camp focused on leadership, global awareness, and personal growth. Students engage in interactive workshops and innovative projects led by expert faculty, while collaborating with peers from diverse cultural backgrounds and discover their leadership potential and prepare to make a meaningful global impact.
Technovation for Good, is a day and residential program for rising high school sophomores – seniors. The program will be administered by the Information Systems and Supply Chain Management department in the Bryan School of Business and Economics. It will provide the participants with hands-on, practical experience with programming, cybersecurity, data analytics, mobile application development, sustainability, analytics, and the Internet of Things.
This summer camp, hosted by the Center of Excellence in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at North Carolina A&T, is designed to be a fun, interactive, and engaging experience for high school students. Participants will: (1) learn how to develop an entrepreneurial mindset; (2) learn how to discover problems and identify needs in the market; (3) develop a pitch based on the vetted business idea.
The week-long residential camp will include a few field trips, including: a visit from Molten Makerspace, a premier maker space for inventors and entrepreneurs; UNC Greensboro PORTAL tour and panel discussions with entrepreneurs and other support service professionals; Top Golf Greensboro. Also, participants will be exposed to personal financial literacy concepts and interactive STEM activities (i.e. Python programming and game development).
Ultimately, the camp will provide a peek into entrepreneurship and innovation as a career pathway, so participants can have more choices when pursuing post-secondary options. Of course, there will be other fun activities like movie night, Karaoke night, and mix and mingle events!
Intersection UNCG is a technology camp for 4th – 6th grade girls. Students will design and create projects in robotics, coding, and app/web design. Classroom presentations will include disucssions on cyber security and online safety, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Edison 2.0 – robotics, Spherolittle Bits, App Design using Code.org, Snap Circuits, and Water Resources. In previous years, the 4-6th graders worked on identifying real-world problems and how they could solve them with technology they learned through camp. Topics varied from world hunger to women’s health and STEM Social Justice.
June 22 – July 17, 2026
DREAM Camp is a summer day camp program to assist children with social skills, friendship development and emotion regulation. It has been in operation on campus since 2008. The camp is supervised by Susan Keane and Rosemery Nelson-Gray.
The UNC Greensboro Summer Music Camp is the largest university music camp in America. This year we will offer two one‑week sessions, welcoming more than 1,600 young musicians for programs in band, chorus, orchestra, and piano.
Students learn under the guidance of the artist‑faculty of the UNCG School of Music, long recognized as a national leader in musical excellence. Distinguished teachers, performers, and conductors from across the state and nation also join our staff, ensuring every camper receives high‑quality musical instruction.
Each week emphasizes ensemble performance in band, chorus, or orchestra, culminating in a Friday evening concert for families, friends, and community members. Campers also participate in musicianship classes, recitals, and sectional rehearsals led by our faculty. Optional private lessons in instrumental music, voice, or piano are available to all campers.
The School of Art at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro is pleased to announce the 13th year of the Summer Arts and Design Intensive program. This summer, we will offer a one-week residential art program for up to 100 high school artists. New to this year’s program, SADI 2026 will offer a Filmmaking class through a collaboration between the School of Art and the Department of Media Studies. The program will encompass a range of art forms, including drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, graphic design, animation, and Filmmaking.
CHANCE is a summer college access program that brings high school rising seniors from across North Carolina to UNCG for several days to get experience with college level classes and faculty, leadership and civic programming, cultural enrichment, and campus life.
The main purpose of CHANCE is to encourage and equip students with the awareness, knowledge, and skills to persist through high school and continue to higher education with UNCG as a school of choice.
The campers learn about the resources and academic opportunities at UNCG, reside in a residence hall, eat in the dining hall, are mentored by UNCG students, meet staff, faculty, and alumni during their stay on campus. On the last day, typically a Saturday, there is a culminating ceremony and programming track specifically designed for the families of the campers.
The parent track includes a panel of current Spartan families that focuses on student support and wellness; and a session on residency, scholarships, financial aid, and applying to college.
The focus of the Summer ExPlorers program is to engage high school students in a one-week-long activity series that connects real-world experiences to the classroom and beyond with an emphasis on Phosphorus sustainability.
Please check with each camp to ensure the dates are correct. Some camp info may be in the process of being updated.
past UNCG Summer Camps
Students Arriving at CHANCEObserving a performance at CHANCEHerpetological Camp Field WorkInspecting AnimalsSADI Camp participantsCollaborating at UNCG Music Camp
SUMMER COURSES
Do you want to explore majors, catch up on your general education requirements, or keep up your pace toward graduation? Summer Session courses at UNCG can help you.
A variety of undergraduate and graduate courses are offered online each summer enabling you to learn at times most convenient for you. Summer courses can help you catch up or surge ahead of schedule while allowing you to continue to fulfill your work or travel plans.
Worried about financial aid for summer courses? Visit Spartan Central for details on tuition and fees for Summer Session and much more.
