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Pre-College Summer Programs

Kean Skylands runs various pre-college summer programs focused on experiential and immersive learning for High School aged students (age 13-18). 

More information about the Kean Skylands 2025 Summer Programs will be posted in January 2025. Check back for more information! Questions may be directed to keanskylands@kean.edu.

Kean Scholar academy students pilot a drone at Skylands
The Cabin at Kean Skylands

SkyLAB

Check back soon for details about 2025 registration.

Do you enjoy exploring the great outdoors?
Want to examine environmental science principles in nature’s laboratory this summer?

Join us for a fun, informative and hands-on environmental science pre-college program that offers the opportunity to earn college credit or participate for personal enrichment.

Open to high school students entering freshman through senior years, Kean’s SkyLAB summer program is being held at Kean Skylands, located on over 40 acres of protected land in rural Jefferson Township, New Jersey.

HRI camp students collaborate on a project

Human Rights In Action

Check back soon for details about 2025 registration.

Historically, young people have been the agents of change. Do you want to create a more just and inclusive world? Join Kean University’s Human Rights Institute and the Diversity Council on Global Education and Citizenship this summer for Human Rights in Action, a summer program designed specifically for high school students looking to elevate their voices and build the tools needed to become a more effective advocate and ally.

Open to all high school aged students, 13-18, they are welcome to join one or both of the available sessions. This program will be run at three different Kean locations, our main campus in Union, Kean Ocean in Toms River and Kean Skylands in Jefferson Township.