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Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) offers three-week courses where students come to campus on weekdays to attend classes, eat lunch, and take part in various activities. It also offers three-week residential courses where students live on campus while learning and making friends in an active, diverse, and inclusive community. CTY includes rigorous and fun learning opportunities that foster discovery and innovation and connect students with a global community of peers, along with workshops about emotional intelligence, a Lead Where You Are challenge, a Johns Hopkins undergraduate admissions panel and tour, and a tour of the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute.
• Ages: 7–18 years old
• Schedule: Three-week courses
Founded in 1979, CTY is a nonprofit academic center of Johns Hopkins University that delivers academic excellence and transformational experiences to advanced learners in grades 2–12. Its day, residential, and online courses are accredited for grades K through 12 by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools and often cover advanced subjects not typically found in school, with personalized instruction in an inclusive community of peers who share a passion for learning. CTY states that it fosters intellectual growth in exceptional students from all backgrounds and communities and describes itself as a world leader in gifted education, advocacy, and research, with a diverse, welcoming community dedicated to advancing the field of gifted education through research on testing, programs, and other resources and support for academically advanced young students and their families.
CTY also offers the CTY Scholars Leadership Conference for CTY Scholars in grades 9–11 from across the U.S. and U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as upcoming Educational Travel Programs such as a Mount St. Helens Institute program in August 2026 for students in grades 3–8 and their families. The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization serving bright learners and their families.
Parents and students describe CTY in several ways. One CTY In-Person Courses parent notes that their daughter experienced being in a group of 25 girls in a college dorm taking number theory and astrophysics and that at CTY she feels “among her people.” Multiple CTY Online Courses parents report that their children’s online classes offer tremendous academic value, high academic rigor, and convenience from virtually any location, and one parent says their child is homeschooling with CTY as the main resource. CTY Scholars students say the CTY Scholars Program kept them motivated, helped them see beyond what they could see on their own, and supported them from high school through getting into the best college for them. A CTY MAPS student describes CTY as a safe, engaging, rigorous, and fun learning experience, and a CTY Baltimore Emerging Scholars student says those classes are different from regular classes because they decipher messages, do group work, and have a lot of fun while learning. Several parents and students also mention that CTY courses are self-paced, include clear teaching through videos and real-life situations, and that instructors provide intellectual stimulation, thought-provoking assignments, and comprehensive feedback.
Last updated July 25, 2026.
• Ages: 7–18 years old
• Schedule: Three-week courses
Founded in 1979, CTY is a nonprofit academic center of Johns Hopkins University that delivers academic excellence and transformational experiences to advanced learners in grades 2–12. Its day, residential, and online courses are accredited for grades K through 12 by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools and often cover advanced subjects not typically found in school, with personalized instruction in an inclusive community of peers who share a passion for learning. CTY states that it fosters intellectual growth in exceptional students from all backgrounds and communities and describes itself as a world leader in gifted education, advocacy, and research, with a diverse, welcoming community dedicated to advancing the field of gifted education through research on testing, programs, and other resources and support for academically advanced young students and their families.
CTY also offers the CTY Scholars Leadership Conference for CTY Scholars in grades 9–11 from across the U.S. and U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as upcoming Educational Travel Programs such as a Mount St. Helens Institute program in August 2026 for students in grades 3–8 and their families. The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization serving bright learners and their families.
Parents and students describe CTY in several ways. One CTY In-Person Courses parent notes that their daughter experienced being in a group of 25 girls in a college dorm taking number theory and astrophysics and that at CTY she feels “among her people.” Multiple CTY Online Courses parents report that their children’s online classes offer tremendous academic value, high academic rigor, and convenience from virtually any location, and one parent says their child is homeschooling with CTY as the main resource. CTY Scholars students say the CTY Scholars Program kept them motivated, helped them see beyond what they could see on their own, and supported them from high school through getting into the best college for them. A CTY MAPS student describes CTY as a safe, engaging, rigorous, and fun learning experience, and a CTY Baltimore Emerging Scholars student says those classes are different from regular classes because they decipher messages, do group work, and have a lot of fun while learning. Several parents and students also mention that CTY courses are self-paced, include clear teaching through videos and real-life situations, and that instructors provide intellectual stimulation, thought-provoking assignments, and comprehensive feedback.
Last updated July 25, 2026.
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