Georgetown University Summer Programs Entrepreneurship Academy

On weekdays, classes run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and mix lectures, guest speakers, hands-on activities, group discussions and off-site visits. Georgetown's sample day has a three-hour morning block and a two-hour afternoon block, either of which can be a lecture, a visit or a lab, with lunch from noon to 1:30 p.m. and a final hour from 3:30 p.m. for discussion sections and your capstone project.

• Personal and professional development
• Leadership, teamwork and management
• Networking skills and personal branding
• Ethical business
• Communication skills
• Global entrepreneurship
• Diversity in entrepreneurship
• Risk management and finance
• Research and prototyping
• Entrepreneurship ecosystems and networks

Breakfast is from 7:00 a.m. and dinner from 5:00 p.m. From 7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. there are optional activities under residential life supervision, such as movies, game nights, cookouts and concerts, and residential life also runs off-campus outings and weekend trips. Commuters are welcome at the evening and weekend events too. Over the two weeks, the topics Georgetown lists are:

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 looks at your high school grades, the courses you've taken, a School Official Reviewer Form and your personal statement, and it admits students on a rolling basis without publishing an acceptance rate or class size.

Being admitted doesn't guarantee you a seat, because seats go to admitted students in the order they register and pay. The minimum age of 15 that Georgetown sets for its medical, nursing, biotechnology and social justice Academies doesn't apply here, so younger 8th graders can attend.

• Homeschooled students

  Your reviewer form has to come from a teacher or someone else who can speak to your academic ability, not a family member or paid tutor.

• International students

  You don't need a TOEFL score or a student visa (I-20, F-1 or J-1), but Georgetown won't help with visas for non-credit Academies, so check your own entry requirements with the official source. Georgetown recommends English good enough to follow technical discussions and talk easily with native speakers.

• Commuters

  You must live with a parent, guardian or adult they designate within 45 minutes of campus at any time of day, rush hour included. Georgetown can turn down a commuter request, and that decision can't be appealed.

Georgetown hasn't posted 2027 prices yet. For summer 2026, living on campus cost $6,465, which covered tuition, a residence hall room and 19 meals a week, while commuting cost $5,075 for tuition alone. You pay the full amount by credit card when you register, and Georgetown doesn't hold your seat until you do.

On top of that there's a $50 nonrefundable application fee, which is waived if you apply by 31 January 2027. International students pay $90 for mandatory health insurance, and commuters can buy an optional meal plan directly from Georgetown Dining. Need-based scholarships cover tuition only and are limited. You have to be admitted first, and the Academy scholarship form for 2027 is scheduled to open in late December 2026, with two essay questions, a 2 March 2027 deadline and decisions by the last week of March.

If you drop out, your refund gets smaller the closer you get to the 13 June 2027 start. After 23 May you can't drop in the portal and have to email the office, and your refund depends on the date your request arrives.

Georgetown takes applications through its online application portal, and one application covers every Academy.

1. 1

   Apply

   Submit the Academies application with a 300- to 500-word personal statement on why you want to attend, by 31 January 2027 to have the fee waived and by 15 May 2027 at the latest, after which Georgetown reviews applications case by case.

2. 2

   Set up your login

   Starting the application gives you a Georgetown NetID, and you have to install Duo two-factor authentication on your phone and change your one-time password before you can register.

3. 3

   Line up your reviewer

   Name your counselor (Georgetown's preference), advisor, teacher or principal, who then gets an automatic email asking them to confirm your GPA and readiness.

4. 4

   Get your decision

   Georgetown reviews only complete applications and emails a decision within about three weeks.

5. 5

   Register and pay

   Once you're approved, choose the residential or commuter section in the student portal and pay full tuition by credit card before the 26 May 2027 enrollment deadline, because paying is what secures your seat.

6. 6

   Before you arrive

   Student Life Forms are due through CampDoc by 3 May 2027, and you'll also submit a photo for your GOCard ID.

Trained resident counselors live in every residence hall, supervise all students and keep one counselor on duty in each hall throughout the day. Evening activities run under residential life supervision until curfew, and commuters are assigned a resident counselor for while they're on campus. Georgetown's Protection of Minors Policy sets the rules for staff who work with under-18s.

The rules for students are strict. Having alcohol or drugs, or even being around them, means immediate dismissal from the program and the residence halls. Campus police patrol regularly, and outside office hours parents can call the Georgetown University Police Department at (202) 687-4343 to reach the program staff member on duty. The rules for leaving campus are set out in the Academies Welcome Packet, which Georgetown says will be updated for 2027 in the fall.