Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, University of Toronto
AEMS UToronto Atomic Energy Materials & Systems
AEMS UToronto
AEMS Academy

Summer Courses for High-School and Undergraduate Students

AEMS Academy

The AEMS Academy offers one-week summer courses for highly motivated high-school and undergraduate students with an aptitude in the sciences and mathematics. Fusion Energy and Photonics: Lenses to Lasers have both completed for Summer 2026. Check back for Summer 2027.

Choose your pathway into advanced STEM.

Each course introduces students to a major scientific and technological field through interdisciplinary concepts, real-world applications, and exposure to current research directions.

Course 1 Fusion Energy

Fusion Energy: Taming a Star

Successfully completed July 27–31, 2026. Applications for this event are closed. Check back for Summer 2027, and see photos from a successful week of fusion learning and discovery.

Status: Applications closed · Check back for Summer 2027
View Fusion recap
Course 2 Photonics

Photonics: Lenses to Lasers

Successfully completed August 24–28, 2026. Applications for this event are closed. Check back for Summer 2027.

Status: Applications closed · Check back for Summer 2027
View Photonics course

Applications for Summer 2026 are closed.

Fusion Energy: Taming a Star and Photonics: Lenses to Lasers have both completed. Check back for Summer 2027 dates and application information.

Summer 2026 complete

Limited-seat registration fees

Domestic students $495 per week
International students $895 per week

Limited-seat pricing is available for a select number of applicants. Interested applicants requiring partial financial assistance to facilitate course enrollment are invited to send an explanatory email including the rationale for the request, to aems.uoft “at” gmail.com.

Standard pricing

Domestic students $700 per week
International students $1100 per week

Note: The AEMS Academy program, which falls under the university-wide AEMS UToronto Nuclear Cluster, operates independently of the DEEP and CREATE outreach programs.

Preparing the next generation of scientists, engineers, and leaders.

The AEMS Academy, established through the Atomic Energy Materials & Systems nuclear research and education cluster at the University of Toronto, offers educational programs designed to inspire and prepare the next generation of engineers, scientists, and leaders in the highly multidisciplinary field of nuclear science and engineering.