Deadline:
February 15, 2025
Program Starts: June 22, 2025
Program Ends: August 01, 2025
Location(s)
United States of America
Yale University
Overview
Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS) is one of the most globally diverse, two-week academic summer programs in the world. Serving over 2,000 students from 150+ countries and all 50 U.S. states, YYGS distributes over $3 Million USD in need-based financial aid to both domestic and international students.
Our curriculum is highly collaborative, exposing participants to innovative topics while facilitating student discussions shaped by international perspectives. Students have the opportunity to participate in a STEM, social sciences, humanities, or cross-disciplinary track.
Details
“Before the beginning of YYGS, I remember feeling nervous and questioned how the event would run. But, by day two, I realized that I didn’t need to worry. The YYGS Program questioned things I thought I knew, scratched beyond the surface level, and helped me effectively communicate my ideas and opinions. I’ve grown with a community of inspiring students, dedicated staff, and passionate professors. Words couldn’t even begin to describe this experience, but I am beyond grateful.” - Janine, YYGS Alumna, Ghana
Our Vision:
Yale Young Global Scholars is an unparalleled academic and leadership program at Yale University, founded on the tenets of liberal arts, renowned for its diverse and inclusive community, and committed to increasing education access.
Our Mission:
Yale Young Global Scholars empowers the next generation of leaders by building a global community and designing interdisciplinary programs that foster intellectual curiosity, deepen understanding and inspire creative action across all borders.
History
Origins
Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS) began in 2001 as a small, pre-collegiate summer program under the name “Ivy Scholars.” YYGS was founded by professors and administrators with the noble purpose of bringing together future leaders from around the world in order to gain perspective from one another and to use both empathy and innovation when addressing global challenges.
To faciliatate these endeavors and foster intellectual curiosity, the program gave students access to Yale’s world renowned resources, and introduced them to aspects of college life on its historic campus.
Today, YYGS is run out of the Office of International Affairs (OIA) at Yale and maintains its focus on bringing together and empowering young people from all over the world.
Notable Developments
In 2012, the program changed its name from “Ivy Scholars” to “Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS)” to better reflect its continuing mission to facilitate global conversations with young leaders from around the world.
In 2016, YYGS hosted overseas programs at Yale-NUS College in Singapore and Yale Center Beijing in China. YYGS has temporarily suspended international offerings to focus on its expansion at Yale University’s historic campus in New Haven, Connecticut.
Over the years, YYGS has expanded from two sessions with 300 students to twelve sessions with nearly 2,000 students. The program currently offers four academic tracks which focus on STEM, social science, interdisciplinary, and humanities subjects, respectively. While YYGS has grown in size, the program is still dedicated to facilitating small-scale conversations, with about 200 students per session and 12:1 student-to-teacher ratio.
Due to complications resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, YYGS shifted its Summer 2020, 2021, and 2022 programs to a virtual program called “YYGS Online.”
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Eligibility criteria for YYAS 2021:
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Age: Be between the ages of 16-18 years old by July 20, 2025 (first day of Session III).
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English: You must be able to participate in a rigorous academic curriculum conducted in English.
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Grade Level: Be a current high school sophomore or junior (or international equivalent).
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Graduation date: Be graduating in May/June 2026 or 2027 from the Northern Hemisphere, or in Nov./Dec. 2025 or 2026 from the Southern Hemisphere.
Dates
Deadline: February 15, 2025
Program starts:
June 22, 2025
Program ends:
August 01, 2025
Program Starts: June 22, 2025
Program Ends: August 01, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
Tuition Breakdown:For YYGS Residential students, the full program tuition for one, 2-week session is $6,500 USD. Please note that tuition covers all on-campus components of the program (housing, meals, curriculum materials, etc.), but travel is not covered due to our program size and the legal and logistical limitations of working with globally diverse families. YYGS offers Need-Based Financial Aid (covering up to the full cost of tuition) for all domestic and international students, and then all students coordinate and pay/fundraise to cover their transportation needs.
Please note that any/all YYGS tuition payments made are non-refundable, except in extreme circumstances such as visa denial or family medical emergency where documentation can be provided to YYGS (e.g., of good faith attempts to secure a visa, with an official doctor’s note from a non-relative).
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