*** Summer 2024 Application Opens in January 2024. Check for Updates: https://cosmos-ucop.ucdavis.edu/app/main/
Admitted high school students will participate in a pre-selected “cluster,” with each cluster addressing advanced topics in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, ranging from a variety of engineering disciplines, biomedical sciences, computer science, ecology, marine science, materials science, mathematics, physics and astronomy, robotics, game theory, & more.
2023 Cluster Choices:
- Cluster 1: Quantum Mechanics and Application to Nanotechnology
- Cluster 2: Physics & Engineering: From the scientific method to technological applications
- Cluster 3: Introduction to Engineering Mechanics
- Cluster 4: Introduction to Astrophysics
- Cluster 5: Computers in Biophysics & Robotics
- Cluster 6: Mathematics
- Cluster 7: Introduction to Plant Microbiology
- Cluster 8: The Internet of Things
- Cluster 9: Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems
- Cluster 10: Sustainable Transportation
- Cluster 11: Future Foods: Sustainable Aquaculture & Aquaponic Food Production
- Cluster 12: Introduction to Machine Learning (NEW 2023)
In addition to the cluster courses, COSMOS student attend a weekly Distinguished Lecture Series on Wednesdays from 1 PM to 2 PM, These weekly presentations feature prominent scientists who lecture on a topic relevant to STEM