With so many students from different locations, backgrounds and interests, at Brown Pre-College you'll join a community of peers who bring broad and deep perspectives to living and learning together. 

Outside of class, you’ll participate in workshops, activities and events — scheduled from morning to night — that inform, engage and entertain. Along the way, you’ll make new friends from around the world and learn to live independently and responsibly: skills that will prepare you well for life in college and long after. 

Here you are able to embrace the challenge of college-level academics without the pressure of formal grades and credit, in classes taught by instructors just as interested in your learning as you are, alongside students just as engaged as you.

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Why

• Join a community of young scholars all engaged in the serious fun of learning.
• Explore the breadth and depth of Brown’s undergraduate curriculum and emphasis on student-centered learning.
• Experience the satisfying challenges of college-level academics. 
• Immerse yourself in subjects you choose. 
• Engage in courses that allow you to conduct independent research
• Concentrate on learning without the pressure of formal grades.
• All students who successfully complete their course will receive a Certificate of Completion. Students who successfully complete a 2-week or longer course will receive a Course Performance Report.

Taking part in Summer@Brown on Brown University’s campus in the heart of Providence, RI allows you to experience what college life and learning is like on an Ivy League campus. You have the opportunity to engage in first-year undergraduate study at Brown and Brown’s student-centered approach to learning.

You will be in class for three hours daily, five days a week — along with about three additional hours of independent study time each day. Expect to be challenged and to engage with your instructor and fellow students through reciprocal inquiries, actively joining class discussions and group work as well as individual study.  When and where you study is up to you. Brown Pre-College provides you with the freedom and responsibility to figure out how you will complete your out-of-class work while still engaging in Student Life activities, workshops and events taking place throughout each day. No matter when your class meets — morning, early or late afternoon — you’ll have the opportunity to engage with students taking other courses through a variety of activities that help you grow as a student and as a person. See Life on the Brown Campus for more information.