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Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) offers day courses, residential courses, online courses, and Educational Travel Programs for advanced learners. The program includes three-week day courses where students come to campus on weekdays to attend classes, eat lunch, and participate in various activities, as well as three-week residential courses where students live on campus while learning and making friends in an active, diverse, and inclusive community. CTY also offers online courses that provide rigorous and fun learning opportunities and connect students with a global community of peers, along with an Educational Travel Program at the Mount St. Helens Institute in August 2026 for students in grades 3–8 and their families.
• Ages: 7–18 years old
• Schedule: Three-week course sessions
Founded in 1979, Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth is a nonprofit academic center of Johns Hopkins University and a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization serving bright learners and their families. At the heart of CTY lies its mission to serve the diverse community of advanced learners and to foster intellectual growth in exceptional students from all backgrounds and communities. CTY is a world leader in gifted education, advocacy, and research, and aims to understand and inform how exceptional students from every community and demographic are best supported and nurtured to achieve their full potential as scholars and global citizens.
CTY delivers academic excellence and transformational experiences to advanced learners in grades 2–12 through accredited, advanced day, residential, and online courses often not found in school, with personalized instruction and an inclusive community of peers who share a passion for learning. Day sites offer three-week courses for students to come to campus on weekdays, and residential sites offer three-week courses for students to live on campus, while online courses are designed to foster discovery and innovation and connect students with a global community of peers. CTY offers locations across the United States as well as dynamic virtual classrooms, and is accredited for grades K through 12 by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Two dozen CTY Scholars in grades 9–11 from across the U.S. and U.S. Virgin Islands came together for three days to prepare for college and learn leadership skills as part of the CTY Scholars Leadership Conference. CTY describes itself as a diverse, welcoming community dedicated to advancing the field of gifted education through research on testing, programs, and other resources and support.
Parents and students report a high level of academic rigor and extensive use of CTY courses, including one parent whose child has taken more than 15 CTY courses and another who uses CTY online courses as a main homeschooling resource. Several parents of online students describe the convenience of taking high-quality courses from virtually any location and note that online programs can be accessed from anywhere, anytime. Students and parents highlight the peer environment, including classmates who value coursework, and describe in-person experiences such as girls in a college dorm taking number theory and astrophysics together. Other testimonials describe CTY as providing a safe, engaging, rigorous, and fun learning experience, supporting motivation through the CTY Scholars Program, and contributing to students’ self-reliance in learning, time management, and academic skills.
Last updated July 28, 2026.
• Ages: 7–18 years old
• Schedule: Three-week course sessions
Founded in 1979, Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth is a nonprofit academic center of Johns Hopkins University and a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization serving bright learners and their families. At the heart of CTY lies its mission to serve the diverse community of advanced learners and to foster intellectual growth in exceptional students from all backgrounds and communities. CTY is a world leader in gifted education, advocacy, and research, and aims to understand and inform how exceptional students from every community and demographic are best supported and nurtured to achieve their full potential as scholars and global citizens.
CTY delivers academic excellence and transformational experiences to advanced learners in grades 2–12 through accredited, advanced day, residential, and online courses often not found in school, with personalized instruction and an inclusive community of peers who share a passion for learning. Day sites offer three-week courses for students to come to campus on weekdays, and residential sites offer three-week courses for students to live on campus, while online courses are designed to foster discovery and innovation and connect students with a global community of peers. CTY offers locations across the United States as well as dynamic virtual classrooms, and is accredited for grades K through 12 by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Two dozen CTY Scholars in grades 9–11 from across the U.S. and U.S. Virgin Islands came together for three days to prepare for college and learn leadership skills as part of the CTY Scholars Leadership Conference. CTY describes itself as a diverse, welcoming community dedicated to advancing the field of gifted education through research on testing, programs, and other resources and support.
Parents and students report a high level of academic rigor and extensive use of CTY courses, including one parent whose child has taken more than 15 CTY courses and another who uses CTY online courses as a main homeschooling resource. Several parents of online students describe the convenience of taking high-quality courses from virtually any location and note that online programs can be accessed from anywhere, anytime. Students and parents highlight the peer environment, including classmates who value coursework, and describe in-person experiences such as girls in a college dorm taking number theory and astrophysics together. Other testimonials describe CTY as providing a safe, engaging, rigorous, and fun learning experience, supporting motivation through the CTY Scholars Program, and contributing to students’ self-reliance in learning, time management, and academic skills.
Last updated July 28, 2026.
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