Camps
PNW camps let participants have fun with memorable hands-on experiences! Campers can deepen their interests, explore campus and even build useful skills for future careers.
Register for PNW Camps!
Find the camp that’s right for you and sign up today. Use the filters below to sort by age, date or interest, then click the link to learn more and register!
Camps are still being added, so look for additional details soon.
PNW Athletics Camps
June and July
PNW Athletics is excited to offer another summer lineup of athletics camps and clinics! Camp and clinic information such as dates, cost, daily schedules and more will be available on the PNW Athletics website.
Age Group
Area of Interest
Month
Women and Minorities in Water and Energy (Apply Now!)
Date(s): May 27 to June 9
Ages: High School and College Students
Free Our Women and Minorities in Water and Energy Sectors project participants will take part in community engagement efforts, hands-on science and engineering projects, field trips and fun activities. Participants will receive a $500 stipend as well as a lunch allowance.
Design 2 Build Summer Camp (Registration Full)
Date(s): June 2 to 6
Ages: 14 to 17
Free Campers will learn software, measuring, blueprinting and how to design and build with various materials. 3D printers and wood cutting/engraving tools will also be used.
Digital Marketing Summer Camp (Apply Now!)
Date(s): June 2 to 6
Ages: 14 to 17
Free Do you want to be an influencer? Join our free Digital Marketing Summer Camp! Enjoy hands-on experience with team challenges and fun competition while exploring topics including influencer marketing, search engine optimization and more.
Branching Out: An Outdoor STEM Camp (Registration Full)
Date(s): June 2 to June 6
Grades: 2 to 6
$50 Campers will explore wetlands, prairies and woodlands as they investigate nature’s STEM wonders. Grades 2 to 6 can experience summer at Gabis Arboretum, which promises immersive learning, hands-on experiments, exploration of wildlife and habitats and more!
Branching Out: An Outdoor STEM Camp (Registration Full)
Date(s): June 9 to June 13
Grades: 2 to 6
$50 Campers will explore wetlands, prairies and woodlands as they investigate nature’s STEM wonders. Grades 2 to 6 can experience summer at Gabis Arboretum, which promises immersive learning, hands-on experiments, exploration of wildlife and habitats and more!
Construction Summer Camp (Registration Full)
Date(s): June 9 to 13
Ages: 13 to 17
Free Highlights include calculating the amount of weight the campers individual bridge design can withstand, mixing concrete and determining the strength through a crush test and hands-on work with forming a concrete structure.
GenCyberCamps: Session One (Apply Now!)
Date(s): June 9 to 13
Grades: 9 to 12
Free Our free GenCyber Summer Camp will immerse high school students in learner-centered, hands-on labs and gameplay activities. Activities include robot game design, security practices in a wireless network, cryptography, ethical hacking labs and cyber forensics cases.
NIPSCO Entrepreneurship Camp (Apply Now!)
Date(s): June 9 to 13
Ages: 14 to 17
Free Innovate, build and pitch your way to creating a better tomorrow! High-school students can join Purdue University Northwest’s College of Business for a dynamic five-day summer camp that transforms ideas into solutions for a sustainable future.
2025 PNW Lilly Cybersecurity Camp (Apply Now!)
Date(s): June 16 to 20
Grades: High School Students
Free The Lilly Cybersecurity Summer Camp will immerse you in learner-centered, hands-on labs and game play activities, including cyber security awareness education game play, robot game design, security practices in wireless network, cryptography, ethical hacking labs and cyber forensics cases.
Forensic Science Summer Camp (Apply Now!)
Date(s): June 16 to 20
Grades 11 to 12
Free This year’s Forensic Science Camp will feature a crime that needs to be solved. Campers will process a crime scene and collect vital evidence. Once the evidence is collected, the campers will learn the laboratory techniques needed to analyze the physical evidence.
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Summer Camp (Register Now!)
Date(s): June 16 to 20
Ages: High School Students
$130 This one-week summer camp aims to introduce high school students to real-world applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms spanning from computer gaming to ChatGPT.
All Girls Robotic Explorer Adventure Camp (Registration Full)
Date(s): June 23 to 27
Ages: 13 to 17
Free This week long camp will focus on robotic safety, programming, tools and Virtual reality will also be introduced.
Environmental Science Summer Camp (Apply Now!)
Date(s): June 23 to 27
Grades: 9 to 12
Free Environmental Science Camp offers high school students a week of hands-on discovery that includes classroom activities, laboratory investigations and investigations in the field.
Save the Date: Finch Robot Summer Camp
Date(s): June 23 to 27
Grades: Students entering fourth or fifth grade in Fall 2025
$150 Campers will be introduced to computational thinking by working with a partner to program a Finch Robot using blocked based and drag and drop coding.
Pneumatics and Air Rockets Camp (Registration Full)
Date(s): June 23 to 27
Ages: 12 to 17
Free This week long camp will focus on pneumatic systems and how air is used to power equipment and machines. Hands-on activities are many in this camp including building and launching student-built rockets.
Psyched for Summer! Camp (Register Now!)
Date(s): June 23 to 27
Ages: 13 to 18
$125 Get Psyched for Summer by participating in hands-on experiences that explore how our brains function, how we develop as humans, and why we behave, think and feel the way we do.
Summer Hospitality Camp (Apply Now!)
Date(s): June 23 to 27
Ages: 15 to 18
Free Join the College of Business’ White Lodging School of Hospitality and Tourism Management as it presents the PNW Summer Hospitality Camp! Students will participate in international culinary activities in the HTM Kitchen labs and classroom instruction in a college setting.
Middle School Summer Engineering Camp (Registration Full)
Date(s): June 23 to 27
Grades: 6 to 8
Free The middle school engineering camp will cover practical engineering topics, including roadway design in civil 3D, bridge building, EV go-cart assembly, 3D modeling and printing, environment and solar energy and many other activities.
High School Summer Engineering Camp (Registration Full)
Date(s): July 7 to 11
Grades: 9 to 12
Free The high school engineering camp will cover practical engineering topics, including roadway design in civil 3D, bridge building, EV go-cart assembly, 3D modeling and printing, environment and solar energy and many other activities.
Personal Finance and Investments Summer Camp (Apply Now!)
Date(s): July 7 to July 11
Ages: 14 to 17
Free High school students can participate in discussions on managing their personal finances and learn about banking, budgeting and investments.
Save the Date: Health Science Camp
Date(s): July 8 to 10
Grades: 10 to 12
Free Join our free Health Science Camp! Students will explore exciting hands-on experiences in nursing, biology and human health! Standout activities include practicing life-saving CPR, touring a high-tech simulation center, exploring the human body using an Anatomage Table and using DNA fingerprinting to identify cancer cells.
GenCyber for Teachers (Apply Now!)
Date(s): July 14 to 18
Ages: High school teachers
Free The GenCyber Teacher Camp is a 5-day, in-person GenCyber Teacher Camp with online pre- and post-camp activities, offering high school teachers hands-on cybersecurity training, curriculum development support, and a $1,000 stipend.
Storytelling with Data Summer Camp (Register Now!)
Date(s): July 28 to August 1
Grades: 6 to 9
$150 The Department of Mathematics and Scientists at PNW is offering a five-day summer camp on storytelling with data for middle school aged students. The campers will learn to uncover the patterns and clues within the dataset by using their mathematical and statistical skill sets. Emphasis will be on collecting, visualizing, analyzing and interpreting data in a meaningful way.
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PNW Shares in Lilly Endowment Grant to Expand Programs for K-12 Students
Purdue University Northwest is among colleges and universities statewide awarded funding through Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Indiana Youth Programs on Campus. The initiative is designed to support higher education institutions in providing high-quality programming for K-12 students.