Best Math Summer Camps & Programs

Math summer camps allow kids to develop unique interests and skills in a fun, friendly, and engaging atmosphere that is often the total opposite of traditional classroom experiences. They allow children to do a deeper dive into the kinds of skills and mathematics courses they may not have had exposure to otherwise or not been exposed to until much later on in their educational path. Of course, finding the right math summer camp for your child is a little bit more challenging than merely jumping online and picking the first one that you come across. We highlight math summer camps for middle school and high school students that can help set them up for success in their studies and future career.

Top Math Summer Camps

  • Stanford, CA

SUMaC leads participants on a journey in advanced mathematics through lectures, guided research, and group problem solving. In an environment centered on mathematics, participants explore current lines of mathematical research, the historical development of important areas of mathematics, and applications...

  • Online

  • Ages 16-18

Summer Workshop in Math (SWiM) was a free week-long workshop at Duke University for rising high school seniors interested in mathematics. SWiM was especially interested in including students who are underrepresented in math.

SWiM participants took two math courses, afternoon...

  • Multiple locations

  • Ages 9-18

IDEA MATH provides in-depth enrichment in important mathematical areas, particularly in the fields from which contest problems are drawn: algebra, combinatorics, geometry, and number theory. We believe students learn best by discovering, rather than simply memorizing, essential theorems and techniques....

  • Various locations

  • Ages 13-18

Canada/USA Mathcamp is an intensive 5-week-long summer program for mathematically talented high school students, designed to expose these students to the beauty of advanced mathematical ideas and to new ways of thinking.

More than just a summer camp, Mathcamp is...

  • Various locations

Do you want to explore and create mathematics? Then read on, for that's what MathILy is all about! In MathILy classes, instructors provide the framework and you get to make (and prove!) the conjectures. You will encounter new ideas, improve...

  • Santa Clara, CA

AlphaStar Math Program trains students towards prestigious Math competitions such as MathCounts, American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) 8/10/12, American Invitational Math Exam (AIME), and USA Math Olympiads (USA(J)MO). Our curriculum is aligned with the curriculum of these competitions. Students are guided...