Camps and Events

Youth Camps

Child works on a robot during a camp

Get a head start on your engineering education! Mizzou Engineering offers a variety of experiences for third graders through high school students who are interested in exploring the field and want to experience life as a Mizzou Engineer.

Upcoming Camps

AI & Neuro-Robotics Camp
  • Dates: Dec. 22-23
  • Time: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Grades: 8-12
  • Price: $150 for in-person (includes robot), $100 for virtual (details on how to purchase $50 robot will be provided)

Learn to code different machine learning architectures and program your own robot to solve various engineering problems. Available both in-person and online. Learn more about the camp here.

Holiday Programmable Robotics Camp
  • Dates: Dec. 29-30
  • Time: Morning session 8 a.m.-12 p.m. | Afternoon session: 1-4 p.m.
  • Grades: 4-8
  • Price: $229

Receive a programmable “mBot Neo” robot to wrap and put under the tree. Children will then bring the robot to the camp to assemble and program it using an easy-to-learn computer language.


Past Camps

AI & Neuro-Robotics Camp

Experience a hands-on introduction to the basics of AI, machine learning and the functioning of our own brain. Available both in-person and online. Learn more about the camp here.

Build an Underwater Robot

Build an underwater robot that you will test in a pool on the last day of camp.

Experiencing Environmental Engineering

Learn how you can use environmental engineering to promote sustainability and prevent pollution.

Experiencing Electrical & Computer Engineering

Discover essential topics such as circuits, digital logic, microcontrollers, programming, and emerging technologies such as AI through hands-on activities, simple programming, lab tours and visits to the university library and student center.

Game Development

Learn software development skills and computer programming through video games. Gain knowledge about computer graphics and Object Oriented Programming in the Unity game environment.

Geospatial Science Summer Camp

Explore the exciting field of geospatial science and gain hands-on experience using various geospatial technologies.

Hacker Tracker Cyber Security Camp

Play detective and use coding and tools to detect cyber attacks. Students will need a personal computer with internet access and software installation privileges.

Machine Learning & AI

Experience a hands-on introduction to the basics of data science and machine learning. Available both in-person and online.

Programmable Robotics Overnight Camp

Create a custom robot using Computer Aided Design and 3D printing, then control it with Scratch or Python programming languages.

Neural Models & Machine Learning

Receive a hands-on introduction to neuroscience and neural engineering.

STEM Quest

Explore engineering with hands-on activities to strengthen skills in math, physics and chemistry.