Columbus Campus

Ivy Tech Community College offers hands-on experiential summer camps for middle school and high school students in a variety of interest areas, including science, information technology, aviation, and more! 

All camps are free of charge.

Check out the list of offerings by subject area and click on the links below to learn more or to register.

Aviation

Drone Pilot Camp

• For: Rising high school juniors and seniors
• Featuring: An introduction to unmanned aerial vehicles and outdoor drone flying as well as drone setup, regulations, flying and more.
• When: June 25-26 from 9 a.m. to noon both days.
• Where: Ivy Tech Franklin, 2205 McClain Drive, Franklin
• Registration: link.ivytech.edu/dronecamp

Professional Flight Camp

• For: Rising high school juniors and seniors
• Featuring: Information about becoming a pilot, practicing flying in a professional flight simulator, hearing from professional pilots, a tour of the airport tower, and more.
• When: June 11-12 from 9 a.m. to noon each day 
• Where: Columbus Municipal Airport, 4770 Ray Boll Blvd., Columbus
• Registration: link.ivytech.edu/flightcamp

INformation technology

• For: Rising 6th graders and up.
• Featuring: This camp will teach students about cyber safety, cyber ethics, and critical network security skills and tools. Each AFA CyberCamp culminates in an exciting team-based competition that puts the campers in the role of IT administrators tasked with finding and addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities in simulated network environments.
• When: June 16-18 and June 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m. each day 
• Where: Moravec Hall room 220, 4475 Central Ave, Columbus
• Registration: https://forms.gle/fcNZf3m8QLXnq8yeA

• For: Rising 8th graders and up with some computing background and those who have completed the CyberPatriot Standard Camp.
• Featuring: Advanced camp will dig deeper into the topics visited in standard camp. Some topics that we will be covering include: Windows Graphical Utilities, Windows Command Line, Sysinternals Suite, Linux Init Systems, Advanced Command Line, Processes and Scheduled Tasks, Security Policies, and Networking. Each AFA CyberCamp culminates in an exciting team-based competition that puts the campers in the role of IT administrators tasked with finding and addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities in simulated network environments.
• When: July 14-18 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m. each day 
• Where: Moravec Hall room 220, 4475 Central Ave, Columbus
• Registration: https://forms.gle/N1Dz1XxfDwtuWiwD7

SCIENCE & MATH

STEM Camp

• For: Students ages 13-17
• Featuring: A taste of college through a FREE three-day STEM summer camp — explore natural phenomena with math and science; experiment and learn lab skills like DNA extraction at Ivy Tech's all-new cutting-edge laboratories; and discover nature in an outdoor field biology adventure!
• When: June 16-18 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Lunch included.
• Where: Ivy Tech Columbus Moravec Hall on June 16 & 17; Mill Race Park on June 18.
• Registration: By May 31 at http://bit.ly/4jeQXqX