BYU Chip Camp

There will be two sessions of Chip Camp in 2026. Session One will be June 30th–July 2nd. Session Two will be from July 7th–9th. Registration for 2026 camps will open December 3, 2025.

Get Excited About Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math! 

Do you like to solve problems and enjoy competitive challenges? Would you like to experience hands-on science activities, especially related to the semiconductor (computer chip) industry?

Experience what scientists and engineers do every day!

A three-day day camp for youth ages 12–14. An equal number of boys and girls will be allowed to participate.

Chip Camp is hosted by the BYU Electrical, and Computer Engineering Department with the help of professors: Hawkins, Mazzeo, Chiang, Wirthlin, and Harrison. Chip Camp counselors are students from the IMMERSE program.

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2026 Camp Dates

Session I:
June 30 - July 2, 2026
Tuesday - Thursday
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Lunch is provided.

Session II:
July 7 - 9, 2026
Tuesday - Thursday
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Lunch is provided.

Registration Cost

$219

Registration opens December 3, 2025.

Thanks to the generous donations of our sponsors limited scholarships are available. To apply for a scholarship fill out the application. The scholarship application will close May 10, 2026.

Registration closes at 9:00 AM on July 9, 2026
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What to Expect

  • Competitive challenges: 3… 2… 1… ROCKET LAUNCH!!
  • Problem solving: Build ping pong hurling catapults
  • Engineering solutions: Program a microcontroller
  • Electronics: Build an integrated circuit
  • Chemistry: Start a reaction
  • Innovation: Design your own flashing, flying disk

Schedule

8:30 a.m. Drop off
9:00 a.m. Welcome Presentation
9:15 a.m. Activities
around noon* Lunch
after lunch Activities
4:00 p.m.** Pick up

* Lunch is not at a set time and depends on which group the student is in, but is generally within an hour of noon (anytime between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.). Lunch for each group lasts 30 minutes.

**Students must be picked up at the roundabout in front of the Wilkinson Center at 4:00 pm each day. Parents/guardians must be there by 4:00 pm. Chip Camp staff are student volunteers there will be no personnel to sit with your student if you are late to pick up. There is no need to get out of your car at pickup; tell the staff your child’s name and they will walk them to your vehicle.

Tuesday

  • Fab Process
  • Circuits
  • Deposition
  • Programming

Wednesday

  • Cleanroom
  • Rockets
  • Catapults
  • ESD (Electrostatic Discharge)
  • Microcontrollers

Thursday

  • Bridge Building
  • Logic Maze
  • Electromagnetism
  • LED Frisbees
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Refunds

Refunds minus a $25 processing fee may be granted until the Friday before the camp. Refund requests must be submitted in writing. Refund requests can be emailed to ceprograms@byu.edu. NO REFUNDS will be granted after the Friday before the camp.

 

Contact Us

Customer Support
801-422-0877
cesupport@byu.edu