Gear up for college with Tippie's Gateway Summer Program

Heading into your senior year in high school? Come live on a college campus for a week in the summer and get a sense of what you can do with a business degree. Meet Tippie students, professors, alumni, and business professionals. And most importantly, get a head-start on the transition to college.

Get a taste of life on campus

You can read all the college brochures in the world, but there is nothing like spending a week on a college campus to give you a sense of your future community. The Gateway Summer Program brings high school juniors to campus during the summer before their senior year to get a glimpse of life as a college student.

The program is free—including housing, meals, and activities—thanks to donations from our program sponsors. Your only expense will be travel costs to and from the program. You’ll learn about different aspects of business. Participants will receive three college credits.

You will engage with students who could become your mentor once you decide to come to the University of Iowa, meet with Tippie professors in a college classroom, act as a business consultant with local businesses, be supported by Tippie staff, and see your future with Tippie alumni.

Join us to explore Iowa City, the University of Iowa campus, and life as a business student.

Tippie Gateway Scholars

Tippie Gateway students who are admitted to Tippie receive scholarship support with the possibility of earning a competitive award that covers the full tuition cost.