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Applications for winter 2025 for Marine Science, Bioegineering, and Life Sciences are available now!

Applications for summer 2025 for Marine Science and Hawaii are available now!

For programs that are currently not available, please let us know if you would like to receive future notifications.

For our students attending in-person programs, please keep in mind that all students and employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 (or submit an exemption) two weeks before arriving on campus for work or classes, per University of California policy. Public health is a collective effort. The UC San Diego community is expected to follow campus safety requirements to help prevent infection. These include masking indoors, daily symptom and exposure screening, testing, and vaccination.

To Learn More About UCSD’s Covid Policies and Return to Learn Updates please visit: UCSD Return To Learn

BioEngineering Programs - ONLINE & HYBRID

  • Application for Winter 2025 is now open! Click here to apply. 

    APPLICATION DEADLINE: Thursday, January 2, 2025

    APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

    • Complete online application 
    • Upload necessary documents as directed

    TUITION

    • BE-ROW (application not available)
      •  BEI2R (Online) Tuition & Dates - TBA

    *For international applicants, additional shipping costs will apply and Customs limitations may affect acceptance.

    Tuition assistance (scholarship/grants) is not available for BioEngineering.

Business Research - ONLINE

  • APPLICATION IS NOW CLOSED.

    Please check back in December 2024 for Summer 2025 application.

    Students will be notified of status in Spring of 2025

    APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

    • Complete online application 

    TUITION

    • The tuition for summer 2024 was $2,500.  

     

Life Sciences Programs - ONLINE & HYBRID

  • Click here to apply for Research Scholars Life Science Winter 2025 Program

    APPLICATION DEADLINE: Space is limited and students will be accepted on a rolling basis, meaning there is no strict deadline. Website will reflect if course is full or not.

    APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

    • Complete online application 
    • Upload necessary documents as directed

    TUITION

    • Winter 25: Introduction to Bioinformatics (Online) - $2,000
    • Winter 25: Environmental Metagenomic and Embryology (Hybrid) - $3000

     

    Tuition assistance (scholarships) is sometimes available, check out the Scholarship Tab for more information.

Hawaii Program - IN PERSON

  • Click here to apply for the Research Scholars Hawaii Summer 2025 Program

    APPLICATION DEADLINE: FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2025. 
    Students will be notified of their status in late April - early May.

    APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

    • Pay online application fee
    • Complete online application 
    • Upload necessary documents as directed

    TUITION

    • Tuition: $3,675 includes course materials, room, all meals, ground transportation and activities. (Does not include airfare)

Marine Science Program - ONLINE & IN PERSON

Sports Medicine Summer Academy - CANCELLED

  • APPLICATION IS NOW CLOSED.

    Please check back in December 2024 for Sports Medicine Summer Academy 2025 application.

    Students will be notified of status in mid-May to early June 2025. 

    APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

    • Complete online application 
    • Complete Program Authorization form (upload to online application)
    • Unofficial transcript (upload to online application)

    TUITION

    • The tuition for summer 2024 was $2,000.  

Design Thinking Bootcamp - CANCELLED