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Women In Engineering Programs College of Engineering UIC

The Women in Engineering Summer Program (WIESP), sponsored by Knowles Corporation, is a free, 4-week, non-residential program that offers high school students an unparalleled opportunity to learn more about engineering through hands-on projects and field trips.

Participants will also have an opportunity to work with world-renowned professors, meet COE students, make new friends, and earn a stipend upon successful completion of the program!

WIESP is the only engineering summer program for high school students in Chicago we encourage students who have an affinity for math and/or science to apply! You must also satisfy the following requirements:

  • 11th or 12th grade by Fall 2016
  • Overall grade point average of 3.2 or higher
  • Grades of As and Bs in math and science classes

Program Application: go.uic.edu/WIESP2016

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