Bio&ChemEXCEL

Bio&ChemEXCEL is an intensive five-week summer program for incoming students to the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.

About the Program

About the program: Bio&ChemEXCEL will be offered online for the summer of 2025 so you can have a Northwestern experience from the comfort of your home. You will take Biol Sci 100-0 (Introduction to Biological Sciences), which will explore scientific breakthroughs in genetics and synthetic biology, and you will work in small teams to develop a scientific research proposal to solve a major world problem. You will also engage with a team of undergraduate counselors, who are current NU students and former program participants. The counselors will offer academic support, lead community building events, and give you honest, meaningful advice on how to succeed as a science major and/or a pre-med student at Northwestern University. 

Students who complete the program will receive one academic credit (with a letter grade of their transcript), and will get preferred admission to NU Bioscientist, our first-year research preparatory program, and/or the Arch Scholars Peer Mentoring program, which pairs students with undergraduate mentors to help guide and support them through their transition to Northwestern. 

The program is free to attend. 

VISIT THE Bio&Chem EXCEL webpage

2025 Program Dates

June 23 – July 25, 2025