Explore Your Dreams During Summer!
UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design offers intensive, full-time summer programs in architecture, sustainable city design and landscape architecture.
No previous design experience necessary.
Immerse yourself in studio model building, digital representation, discussion groups, lectures and field trips in the San Francisco Bay Area. Explore various aspects of environmental design and learn how to conceptualize and communicate two and three-dimensional design ideas.
Challenge yourself with real design projects and engage as genuine participant in a process to develop solutions to authentic urban planning questions. Join one of the full-time CED Summer Programs, have fun with like-minded peers, and build a portfolio for your college applications.
The following full-time programs are offered:
Summer [IN]stitute - (recent) college graduates: Anyone who considers applying for a graduate degree in the area of environmental design, should look into one of four different programs: Architecture (beginning and advanced level), Landscape Architecture, and City Planning. In six intensive weeks, students have the opportunity to prepare a competitive design portfolio. Participants of the Summer [IN]stitute have been accepted to graduate programs at Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Yale. This program is open to all college grads.
“The Summer [IN]stitute was a life-changing experience. I would have never learned as much as I did without this course, met the people I met, and overall feel as inspired as I do. Not only do I have so many amazing things to add to my portfolio and my resume, but I've made friends and a great network.”
Disc* - current college students: Undergraduate students who are interested in exploring the 'Design & Innovation for Sustainable Cities' should consider this five-week intensive program. College students from any department and any college are welcome to apply themselves in this interdisciplinary program on how to approach urbanism’s wicked problems.
"Disc* challenged me to think more critically and globally, and it also sparked a newly discovered passion... I will continue pursuing this passion in the future, and what I'm taking away from Disc* will carry into the future. I feel truly accomplished, and having the chance to do it all in the Bay area is something I will never forget!"
embARC - rising high school juniors and seniors: This immersive four-week summer design program allows high school students from diverse backgrounds to build their portfolio for their college applications in any area of environmental design - architecture, city planning, and landscape architecture. Classes include ample studio time, one-on-one critiques and “live” gallery showcases. Students will also go on field trips, and design and build a project for a local non-profit organization.
“As a student [of the embARC program] …, I learned so many new things including: technical skills - learning how to create 3D structures in Rhino 6 and use Adobe Illustrator; creative skills - creating a portfolio design; time management - participating in a college class; and collaborative skills - giving and receiving feedback. [I also had] a chance to connect with my peers who have similar interests. Thank you ... It was great!”
Students who fulfill the course requirements receive 1 unit of credit on an official UC Berkeley transcript upon course completion. All classes are held at the College of Environmental Design at Bauer Wurster Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. Classes meet Monday through Friday from around 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with some variability, depending on the program.
212 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820
United States
Berkeley, CA, US , 94720
