Linguistics Summer Programs for High School Students
EC Finder currently lists 13 linguistics summer programs for high school students. Of these, 1 is free to participate in and 8 offer virtual participation. Examples include Columbia University Pre-College – Exploring Topics in Linguistics, Harvard Summer School Secondary School Program — Linguistics, and International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL).
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What are linguistics summer programs for high school students?
- Linguistics Summer Programs for High School Students are curated extracurricular listings for high school students interested in linguistics. Each listing includes eligibility, cost, and deadline details where known, so you can compare options and find the right fit for your college application profile.
- Are any of these summer programs free?
- Yes — 1 of the 13 summer programs listed here are free to participate in.
- Can I participate virtually?
- Yes — 8 of the 13 summer programs listed here offer virtual or online participation.
- Are linguistics summer programs good for a college application?
- Yes — linguistics summer programs are a common way for high schoolers to show sustained interest and initiative in linguistics on college applications.
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Columbia University Pre-College – Exploring Topics in Linguistics
An in-person Columbia Pre-College summer course introducing high schoolers to phonology, morphology, semantics, and syntax alongside topics like dialects, language and the brain, and the internet's impact on English.
Harvard Summer School Secondary School Program — Linguistics
Within Harvard's selective, credit-bearing Secondary School Program, students can take Linguistics as one of 200+ college-level subjects.
International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL)
Global olympiad in linguistics and language puzzles; you reach it by performing well in your country's qualifying contest (e.g., NACLO for US/Canada).
Language Bits and Bytes: Computational Linguistics Coding Camp (UNT)
A five-day in-person summer camp at the University of North Texas introducing high schoolers to computational linguistics through Python programming, natural language processing, and machine learning, with no coding experience required.
Stanford Pre-Collegiate Summer Institutes – Introduction to Natural Language Processing
An online Stanford Pre-Collegiate course for students in grades 10-11 that teaches Python and the Hugging Face Transformers library to apply pretrained language models, covering how GPT-style systems are trained and issues of bias and data quality in NLP.
Stony Brook Pre-College Computational Linguistics Course
A tuition-based pre-college summer course at Stony Brook University where high schoolers work with linguistics faculty and graduate students on morphology, syntax, phonetics, and language-technology projects like speech recognition and parsing.
Summer Linguistic Institute for Youth Scholars (SLIYS)
Ohio State University's live virtual introductory linguistics course covering phonetics, morphology, syntax, and language documentation, including fieldwork with native speakers.
Summer Linguistic Institute for Youth Scholars (SLIYS) – Ohio State
One‑week online summer program introducing high schoolers to the scientific study of language; includes lectures plus fieldwork/experimental components.
Summer Youth Camp for Computational Linguistics (SYCCL) – Stony Brook
Summer camp introducing students to linguistics and computational linguistics via hands‑on activities and projects at Stony Brook University.
Summer@Brown Online – Introduction to Linguistics
An asynchronous/blended online Brown University pre-college course introducing high schoolers to the fundamentals of linguistics, part of the Summer@Brown Online catalog for students completing grades 9-12.
UC Santa Cruz Summer Session (Linguistics)
High schoolers can enroll directly in UC Santa Cruz's undergraduate Linguistics courses over the summer, earning real UC credit.
University of Pennsylvania Pre-College – Introduction to Linguistics
An online, credit-bearing Penn Pre-College course covering the biological basis of human language and the sounds, forms, and meanings of the world's languages, taught alongside Penn undergraduates for college credit.
University of Washington Linguistics Summer Courses
High schoolers who have completed 8th grade can enroll directly in real UW undergraduate Linguistics courses over the summer.
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