Advanced Interdisciplinary Arts Programs

Build on your existing passions for art, music, or design by attending an intensive course that stresses academic excellence and creative expression. Stanford summer programs allows you to grow as an artist and scholar through lectures, hands-on projects, and group work.
In the McMurtry art building, participants gather in the courtyard and paint.

Our Programs At A Glance

Our participants are adventurous, highly motivated, and passionate in their desire to come together and deepen their learning. While exploring new subjects and making friendships to last a lifetime, they will gain new insights into themselves and what really motivates them.
Diverse Students
With participation from every state and over 60 countries, our programs draw from the best and the brightest around the world.
Transformational Teaching
Our instructors are experts in their fields and committed to sharing their love for their subjects with students who remind them of themselves.
Challenging Coursework
We offer programs that explore product design, music history, film production, screenwriting, and more.
Brilliant Peers
Over the summer, residential programs emphasize peer-to-peer learning, growing as both a scholar and a person through intensive coursework and social activities.
Residential Summer Experience

Stanford Summer Arts Institute

Courses in music, architecture, and design allow participants to study advanced art topics while developing their own skills in a creative community of peers.
Residential Summer Experience

Stanford Pre-Collegiate Summer Institutes

Offering single-subject study in diverse disciplines, this program has many arts courses including creative writing, screenwriting, film production, and more.
Memorial Quad on Stanford Campus

Unlock Your Creativity at Stanford