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Berkeley Engineering Youth Academy is an intensive 3+ week hybrid program where high school students take part in lectures, laboratory sessions, engineering design processes, and building prototypes. The program includes work in Robotics, Design, Fusion 360, 3-D Printing, CAD basics, additive manufacturing, designing and printing a 3D model, coding and operating a robot, and activities such as Wind Tunnel Testing of Propeller Design, Mindstorm Robotic Design & Programming, and a Final Project that is showcased during the Completion Ceremony. Students also participate in online classes, in-person classes, and daily activities such as breakfast, lecture, lunch break, lab, afternoon activity, dinner, and study time, along with living in campus dorms, eating at Cal cafeterias, interacting with UC Berkeley undergraduate and graduate students, and visiting Berkeley student labs and Silicon Valley companies.
• Ages: 15–17 years old
• Schedule: Intensive 3+ week hybrid program with 7.5 hours of online training on June 13, 20, and 27, 2026 from 7:00–9:30am (PDT) via Zoom, followed by a residential portion from July 6–July 24, 2026 with in-person classes; online class sessions are held on weekends for about 2.5 hours, and a sample daily schedule during the residential portion runs from 8:00am breakfast through a 10:00pm curfew.
• Price: Regular Price: $8,500; the total cost for the BEYA 2026 program is $8,500, covering tuition, course materials, overnight housing, meals, faculty, lab space, equipment and supplies, transportation to activities and industry visits, and administrative fees, while additional personal expenses are not covered; scholarships are available to select individuals.
Berkeley Engineering Youth Academy is limited to 30 students and is open to domestic and international high school students who are 15–17 years old by the program start date. The program is hybrid, with 7.5 hours of online instruction focused on CAD basics and additive manufacturing and three weeks of in-person learning that include hands-on design and prototype manufacturing. Students are expected to attend both the online and in-person portions and must attend all sessions. Housing is included in the program price, and students reside in double occupancy dormitory rooms with other program participants of the same sex, with a Berkeley Resident Assistant and Mentor (RAM) on duty throughout the evening to monitor participants and provide emergency assistance if needed. The program aims to have an equal mix of international and US students, and international students must secure their own visa because the program is non-credit bearing and does not issue an I-20 for an F1 visa. Introductory topics in the curriculum include “Intro to Berkeley, Engineering, Design, & Fusion 360,” “Intro to 3D Printing, Wind Tunnel, & Electronics,” “Intro to Embedded Design, Mechatronics, & Robotics,” and “Turning Design Concepts Into Prototypes.”
The Berkeley Engineering Youth Academy is offered through the Dado and Maria Banatao Center for Global Learning and Outreach from Berkeley Engineering (GLOBE), which was founded in 2005. GLOBE’s mission statement is that the GLOBE Center brings the best of Berkeley Engineering to the world and the best of the world to Berkeley Engineering. GLOBE has helped College of Engineering departments, centers, and units engage with international partners, including work related to the Singapore BEARS center, the Philippine-California Advanced Research Institutes (PCARI), and the Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI), and has supported visiting student and scholar programs with institutions such as Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, Shanghai Tech University in China, and Žilina University in the Republic of Slovakia.
The leadership for the program includes George Anwar, who is currently teaching Design of Microprocessor-Based Mechanical Systems. George Anwar received his Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear and Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and holds a Master’s and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. He is currently a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering as part of the faculty at both the University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco State University.
Testimonials from past GLOBE-related participants include Jason Chen, a visiting student in Fall 2020, who stated that he learned a lot about how to connect what he was learning to future work and that the course “Material Production” gave him new insights and intellectual thoughts. Ella Tyler, UC Berkeley Class of 2022, described the GLOBAL Engineer class as having an international focus and offering a team project with a practical and applied experience. Zeyuan Lin, a visiting student in Fall 2017, stated that having first-hand experience of Berkeley culture before applying to graduate school was very helpful and that he was admitted to the Master Program in Civil and Environmental Degree at UC Berkeley.
Last updated May 11, 2026.
• Ages: 15–17 years old
• Schedule: Intensive 3+ week hybrid program with 7.5 hours of online training on June 13, 20, and 27, 2026 from 7:00–9:30am (PDT) via Zoom, followed by a residential portion from July 6–July 24, 2026 with in-person classes; online class sessions are held on weekends for about 2.5 hours, and a sample daily schedule during the residential portion runs from 8:00am breakfast through a 10:00pm curfew.
• Price: Regular Price: $8,500; the total cost for the BEYA 2026 program is $8,500, covering tuition, course materials, overnight housing, meals, faculty, lab space, equipment and supplies, transportation to activities and industry visits, and administrative fees, while additional personal expenses are not covered; scholarships are available to select individuals.
Berkeley Engineering Youth Academy is limited to 30 students and is open to domestic and international high school students who are 15–17 years old by the program start date. The program is hybrid, with 7.5 hours of online instruction focused on CAD basics and additive manufacturing and three weeks of in-person learning that include hands-on design and prototype manufacturing. Students are expected to attend both the online and in-person portions and must attend all sessions. Housing is included in the program price, and students reside in double occupancy dormitory rooms with other program participants of the same sex, with a Berkeley Resident Assistant and Mentor (RAM) on duty throughout the evening to monitor participants and provide emergency assistance if needed. The program aims to have an equal mix of international and US students, and international students must secure their own visa because the program is non-credit bearing and does not issue an I-20 for an F1 visa. Introductory topics in the curriculum include “Intro to Berkeley, Engineering, Design, & Fusion 360,” “Intro to 3D Printing, Wind Tunnel, & Electronics,” “Intro to Embedded Design, Mechatronics, & Robotics,” and “Turning Design Concepts Into Prototypes.”
The Berkeley Engineering Youth Academy is offered through the Dado and Maria Banatao Center for Global Learning and Outreach from Berkeley Engineering (GLOBE), which was founded in 2005. GLOBE’s mission statement is that the GLOBE Center brings the best of Berkeley Engineering to the world and the best of the world to Berkeley Engineering. GLOBE has helped College of Engineering departments, centers, and units engage with international partners, including work related to the Singapore BEARS center, the Philippine-California Advanced Research Institutes (PCARI), and the Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI), and has supported visiting student and scholar programs with institutions such as Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, Shanghai Tech University in China, and Žilina University in the Republic of Slovakia.
The leadership for the program includes George Anwar, who is currently teaching Design of Microprocessor-Based Mechanical Systems. George Anwar received his Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear and Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and holds a Master’s and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. He is currently a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering as part of the faculty at both the University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco State University.
Testimonials from past GLOBE-related participants include Jason Chen, a visiting student in Fall 2020, who stated that he learned a lot about how to connect what he was learning to future work and that the course “Material Production” gave him new insights and intellectual thoughts. Ella Tyler, UC Berkeley Class of 2022, described the GLOBAL Engineer class as having an international focus and offering a team project with a practical and applied experience. Zeyuan Lin, a visiting student in Fall 2017, stated that having first-hand experience of Berkeley culture before applying to graduate school was very helpful and that he was admitted to the Master Program in Civil and Environmental Degree at UC Berkeley.
Last updated May 11, 2026.
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