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This Engineering academy will be held in-person a residential experience on the Rutgers–New Brunswick campus. Students will reside in a dorm, eat their meals in the dining hall, and attend evening activities with their fellow academy peers.

Below is the sample schedule for a student in the Engineering Academy.

*Evening activities will consist of a variety of different events, such as a movie night at the Rutgers Cinema, arts and crafts events, sports, and more. All activities are supervised by a residential or program assistant.

Students will move into their on-campus residential dorm.

8:00amBreakfast
9:00amWelcome Orientation
Introductions
Program Overview
10:45amAcademic Workshop
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
12:00pmLunch
1:00pmAcademic Workshop and Facility Tour
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Urban and Coastal Water System Lab Tour
3:30pmAcademic Activity
6:00pmDinner
7:00pmCultural/recreational group activity 
8:00amBreakfast
9:00amAcademic Workshop
Industrial and Systems Engineering
10:45amAcademic Workshop
Biomedical Engineering
12:00pmLunch
1:00pmFacility Workshop and Tour
School of Engineering
3:30pmEngineering Alumni talk
6:00pmDinner
7:00pmCultural/recreational group activity 
8:00amBreakfast
9:00amAcademic Workshop
Materials Science Engineering
10:45amAcademic Panel and Tour
Engineering Ambassador Talk
CAIT Asphalt Pavement Lab
12:00pmLunch
1:00pmAcademic Workshop
Chemical and Biochemistry Engineering
3:30pmGuest Speaker Talk
6:00pmDinner
7:00pmCultural/recreational group activity 
8:00amBreakfast
9:00amAcademic Workshop
Electrical and Computer Engineering
12:00pmLunch
1:00pmAcademic Workshop and Tour
Bridge Evaluation and Accelerated Structural Testing (BEAST) facility tour
3:30pmAcademic Workshop and Tour
Makerspace Tour
6:00pmDinner
7:00pmCultural/recreational group activity 
8:00amBreakfast
9:00amColgate-Palmolive Tour
12:30pmLunch
1:30pmEngineering Alumni Talk
5:00pmRest and recreation time
6:00pmClosing ceremony and dinner

Students will move out of their on-campus residential dorm.

Voted one of the country's best summer programs for pre-college students by College Consensus.

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