Academic Summer Camps

June 15-20, 2025

Explore Your Passion at a Higher Level

Academic Summer Camps offer high school students the chance to pursue their specific passion through academic learning and hands-on experiences at a higher level. Academic summer programs are open for students who have completed their sophomore or junior year.

Summer Programs Scholarship: This $1,000 one-time scholarship is awarded to students who enroll full-time at Taylor University who have attended an eligible summer camp, academy, or conference on Taylor’s campus during high school and prior to senior year, and completed the required scholarship process while on-campus during the camp or conference.

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The Camp Experience

Students get to:

  • Live on campus with like-minded peers for one week
  • Learn from experienced leaders about their area of interest
  • Pursue their passion through hands-on learning
  • Grow in faith
  • Have a college-level experience

What to Expect

Dates: June 15-20, 2025

Cost: The cost of each camp is listed in the camp description. To reserve your spot, a $50 non-refundable deposit is due immediately upon registration. The remaining camp balance must be paid in full no later than May 15. 

Who Can Attend: High school students who have completed their sophomore or junior year.

Dress Code: Modest casual attire–including jeans, shorts, and t-shirts–are acceptable for camp activities.

Housing: Students will live with other camp participants in one of Taylor’s newest residence halls.

What to Bring: Here’s a basic camp packing list. All students must complete and bring their signed medical release form to registration.

Schedule: Each day will begin with breakfast followed by a Scripture Engagement session. Students will be in class until 5:00 with a break midday for lunch. Evenings will be full of a variety of residence life activities.

Airport Shuttle Request: If you will need transportation from the Fort Wayne or Indianapolis airport, please fill out this form.

Scripture Engagement: Each morning, students will be exposed to a different approach to engaging Scripture that will help them to know God, not merely about God. Dr. Phil Collins, the director of the Taylor Center for Scripture Engagement, will introduce students to practices that will enable them to interact with the Bible in meaningful ways. Students will be given opportunities to practice the engagement methods and debrief the experience with fellow camp participants. We’re excited for students to connect with God through His Word which will foster a growing relationship with Him.

Summer Programs Scholarship: This $1,000 one-time scholarship is awarded to students who enroll full-time at Taylor University who have attended an eligible academic summer program on Taylor’s campus during high school and prior to senior year, and completed the required scholarship process while on-campus during the camp or conference. 

Questions or Concerns?

We can’t wait to see you at Taylor’s Academic Summer Camps! Contact Brendan Maloney, Director of Academic Camps, at camps@taylor.edu for more information about these programs for high school students.

Registration will begin at 5:30 pm on Sunday in the lobby of Breuninger Hall. (Dinner will not be available, so please grab something on your way to campus.) Students can move into the residence hall until 7 pm, at which time there will be a Summer Program Welcome Meeting for students and parents.

Parents, please plan to leave campus following this meeting.

We will pick students up at the Indianapolis or Fort Wayne airports. Your arrival flight should arrive by 2 pm on the Sunday of camp.  

Return flights must have a departure time after 6 pm on Friday the last day of camp. 

Specific dates will be announced soon. 

To register for the airport shuttle service, fill out the Airport Shuttle Request Form.

You’ll be staying in Breuninger Hall and will be sharing your room with one roommate. The air-conditioned rooms include desks, beds, closets and a couple of dresser drawers per student. Free laundry facilities are available in the hall.

The basic packing list is here. If your camp requires anything additional, you will receive an email with that information.

Students should plan to leave campus following the Showcase Event on Friday afternoon.