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Youth and Summer Programs
McMaster Engineering provides many programs and activities geared to the interests and abilities of elementary and high school students. These programs introduce students to the engineering profession and allow them to advance their skills and knowledge in this area. They also provide students with a chance to make friends and have fun.
Learning Enrichment Advancement Program
LEAP is an intensive summer program offered in July and August to high-school students who have a strong academic record and who excel in science or engineering. The program combines lectures, design projects, laboratory experiments, industry tours, and extracurricular events.
Venture Science and Engineering Camp
Venture is a summer day camp for students in grades 1 through 8. Activities are designed to blend engineering, science, computers and technology with hands-on experience and creative opportunities. Venture consists of two streams: Engineering and Science (for students entering grade 1 to grade 8) and Computers and Technology (for students entering grade 3 to grade 8).
Engineering and Science Olympics & Open House
The annual Engineering and Science Olympics challenges high school students from across Ontario and beyond to apply engineering and science principles through friendly competitions and activities. Thousands of dollars in entrance awards are at stake. The day also features an Open House allowing students to visit laboratories, speak with professors and get a general sense of what it is like to study engineering and science at university.
Explore the exciting field of engineering through this special event for girls in grades 7 to 10.
Designed specifically for high school students, these tours are a great way to see first-hand what McMaster Engineering has to offer.
Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair
For almost 50 years, the Bay Area Science & Engineering Fair has provided a forum for students in the Hamilton/Halton area to develop their scientific skills and prepare for national and international competition. BASEF is one of the largest and longest-running science fairs in Canada, and features outstanding work from the the hundreds of students who compete each year.
