Georgetown University Summer Programs Artificial Intelligence Academy

Academic programming runs from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on weekdays. In Georgetown's sample day, lectures, labs or off-site visits fill 9:00 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., and after dinner you spend 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on your capstone project.

Breakfast starts at 7:00 a.m. and lunch is an hour and a half. From 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. there are student activities under residential life supervision, with optional events and free time until curfew. Georgetown's wider campus life adds things like movie nights, game nights, cookouts, off-campus outings and weekend trips.

The faculty member Georgetown links to the academy is Frédéric Lemieux, a Professor of the Practice and faculty director of Georgetown's master's programs in Applied Intelligence, Cybersecurity Risk Management, Information Technology Management and Artificial Intelligence Management. He earned his PhD in criminology at the University of Montreal and specializes in intelligence studies, cybersecurity and emerging technologies, so the security and governance side of AI is likely to get serious attention. Guest speakers also feature, but Georgetown doesn't name them or publish a class size.

You can apply if you're in 8th to 12th grade in the school year before the summer and have at least a 2.0 GPA. Georgetown weighs your grades, the courses you've taken, your school reviewer's form and your personal statement, and it doesn't publish an acceptance rate or cohort size.

Georgetown's age-15 minimum applies only to its medical, nursing, biotechnology and social justice academies, not this one, so younger 8th graders can apply too. Homeschooled students need their reviewer form from a teacher or someone else who can speak to their academic abilities, never a family member or paid tutor.

For the 2026 session, the week cost $3,725 if you lived on campus, which covered tuition, a residence hall room and 19 meals, or $3,095 as a commuter, which covered tuition only. Georgetown says all its rates are subject to change, so check the 2027 price when you register. Full tuition is paid by credit card at registration.

On top of that there's a $50 application fee that's never refunded (Georgetown waives it if you apply by 31 January 2027), a $45 health insurance fee for international students and, for commuters, an optional meal plan bought directly from Georgetown Dining.

Georgetown offers a limited number of need-based scholarships, which cover tuition only and aren't guaranteed. You have to be admitted before you can apply for one. The Academy scholarship application for Summer 2027 asks for two essays and is scheduled to open in late December 2026. The deadline is 2 March 2027, and decisions come by the last week of March.

If your plans change, the refund shrinks as the start date approaches, and from the fourth day of the program there's none. After the three-week point you have to email your withdrawal to Georgetown, and the refund depends on the date it receives your request.

Applications go through Georgetown's application portal, and getting in doesn't hold your place until you've paid.

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   Georgetown says its Summer 2027 offerings and application go live on 16 November 2026.

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   Upload a 300- to 500-word personal statement on why you want to attend, and name a school counselor (preferred), advisor, teacher or principal, who'll be emailed the School Official Reviewer Form.

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   Submit by the early deadline of 31 January 2027 or the final Academies deadline of 15 May 2027, after which Georgetown reviews applications case by case.

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   Georgetown admits on a rolling basis and says to allow up to three weeks for an emailed decision once your application is complete, including your reviewer's form.

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   Once approved, register for the residential or commuter section in the student portal and pay full tuition, because seats go first come, first served and admission alone doesn't hold one.

Resident counselors live in every residence hall and supervise all students, with one on duty in each hall throughout the day, and commuters are assigned one too. Georgetown applies its Protection of Minors Policy and campus police patrol regularly. Even being in the presence of alcohol or drugs means immediate dismissal from the program and the residence halls.

Commuting comes with its own rules. You must live with a parent or an adult they designate, within 45 minutes of campus even at rush hour, and file a Commuter Form, which Georgetown can turn down with no appeal.