Summer Programs

Applications for the 2025 Summer Intensives are now open! Residential and commuter options are available for most programs. Please visit the program pages in the left-hand menu bar for more information.  

Welcome to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where summer programs and camps are intense, exhilarating and all about the students. Whether your passion is animation, dance, drama, filmmaking, music or visual arts, you’ll find all the hands-on experience, performance opportunities, and individual instruction from professional artists you’ve dared to dream of. Our summer programs are available for middle and high school students, as well as college-level and professional artists.  

If you are a current or former college student, check out our summer online academic classes. Summer liberal arts classes at UNCSA offer current college students a jump-start on required classes, and enable former students to complete outstanding graduation requirements in one five-week session that is 100 percent online.  

Summer Intensives are open to high school students. For younger students and adults, visit the page below to browse summer camp offerings from our community programs Acting Out, Community Music School, and Preparatory Dance. 

Community Program Summer Classes

Summer Intensives 2024 Photo Album