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Berkeley Engineering K-12 Programs & Resources includes hands-on workshops, real-world problem-solving, campus tours, presentations, school visits, weekly hands-on science and engineering lessons at local elementary and middle schools, weekly visits to high schools to lead hands-on experiences with STEM projects and topics, and a spring robotics competition. ROAR Academy is a rigorous and intensive two-week summer program where advanced high school students in California explore engineering as a career path and receive an in-depth, interactive overview of undergraduate engineering majors, programming, and hardware and software design. The Berkeley M.E.T. Innovation Academy is a hands-on residential pre-collegiate summer program for rising high school juniors and seniors who are interested in tech and entrepreneurship.
• Ages: 10–18 years old
• Schedule: ROAR Academy is a rigorous and intensive two-week summer program.
Girls in Engineering started in 2014 and provides hands-on workshops and real-world problem-solving, targets historically underrepresented communities and students with limited STEM exposure, and continues to offer scholarships. Beginning in January 2026, Girls in Engineering will transition from running week-long summer camps to offering programs throughout the school year, including fall, winter, and spring sessions, and its after-school workshops are open to middle school students in 5th–8th grade. Berkeley’s Society of Women Engineers chapter runs programs like Mini University, Engineering Day, and SWE++ for students in grades K through 12.
Berkeley’s Engineering Ambassadors program connects Berkeley Engineering undergraduates with K–12 students through campus tours, presentations, and school visits, and ambassadors are hired as student assistants and paid a competitive wage. UC Berkeley’s Engineering Ambassadors program is part of the Engineering Ambassadors Network, which is a nationwide alliance of universities that aims to train a cohort of diverse and technically skilled engineering undergraduates on how to excite K–12 students about engineering and provides professional and leadership development training for the ambassadors. Berkeley Engineers and Mentors leads weekly hands-on science and engineering lessons at local elementary and middle schools, and Pioneers in Engineering’s mentoring program prepares high school students for PiE’s spring robotics competition.
Bay Area Teen Science serves as a portal to STEM opportunities for San Francisco Bay Area teenagers and is a community of professionals who provide STEM programming for teenage youth after school and in other out-of-school settings, and teens can sign up for a teen newsletter while educators can join the educator listserv. Bay Area Teen Science won the California Life Sciences’ Pantheon 2021 Elizabeth Schar Inspiring Future Leaders Award. The ROAR Academy is run by the FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality, and the Berkeley M.E.T. Innovation Academy is offered by the College of Engineering and the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
Berkeley Engineering is proud to have supported many local schools and programs, including MESA, Self-eSTEM, CalTeach, the UC Berkeley Destination College Advising Corps (DCAC), the UC Berkeley Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP), the Hidden Genius Project, Girls Who Code, the National Student Leadership Conference, and STEM to Stern, and is actively developing partnerships with community organizations. Berkeley Engineering currently focuses on offering one-off events and activities rather than recurring programs. The mission statement for Berkeley Engineering K-12 Programs & Resources is that the pathway to an engineering degree begins with educators and mentors who can inspire curiosity and share the fun and excitement of discovery and invention.
Last updated June 5, 2026.
• Ages: 10–18 years old
• Schedule: ROAR Academy is a rigorous and intensive two-week summer program.
Girls in Engineering started in 2014 and provides hands-on workshops and real-world problem-solving, targets historically underrepresented communities and students with limited STEM exposure, and continues to offer scholarships. Beginning in January 2026, Girls in Engineering will transition from running week-long summer camps to offering programs throughout the school year, including fall, winter, and spring sessions, and its after-school workshops are open to middle school students in 5th–8th grade. Berkeley’s Society of Women Engineers chapter runs programs like Mini University, Engineering Day, and SWE++ for students in grades K through 12.
Berkeley’s Engineering Ambassadors program connects Berkeley Engineering undergraduates with K–12 students through campus tours, presentations, and school visits, and ambassadors are hired as student assistants and paid a competitive wage. UC Berkeley’s Engineering Ambassadors program is part of the Engineering Ambassadors Network, which is a nationwide alliance of universities that aims to train a cohort of diverse and technically skilled engineering undergraduates on how to excite K–12 students about engineering and provides professional and leadership development training for the ambassadors. Berkeley Engineers and Mentors leads weekly hands-on science and engineering lessons at local elementary and middle schools, and Pioneers in Engineering’s mentoring program prepares high school students for PiE’s spring robotics competition.
Bay Area Teen Science serves as a portal to STEM opportunities for San Francisco Bay Area teenagers and is a community of professionals who provide STEM programming for teenage youth after school and in other out-of-school settings, and teens can sign up for a teen newsletter while educators can join the educator listserv. Bay Area Teen Science won the California Life Sciences’ Pantheon 2021 Elizabeth Schar Inspiring Future Leaders Award. The ROAR Academy is run by the FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality, and the Berkeley M.E.T. Innovation Academy is offered by the College of Engineering and the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
Berkeley Engineering is proud to have supported many local schools and programs, including MESA, Self-eSTEM, CalTeach, the UC Berkeley Destination College Advising Corps (DCAC), the UC Berkeley Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP), the Hidden Genius Project, Girls Who Code, the National Student Leadership Conference, and STEM to Stern, and is actively developing partnerships with community organizations. Berkeley Engineering currently focuses on offering one-off events and activities rather than recurring programs. The mission statement for Berkeley Engineering K-12 Programs & Resources is that the pathway to an engineering degree begins with educators and mentors who can inspire curiosity and share the fun and excitement of discovery and invention.
Last updated June 5, 2026.
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