K-12 Outreach
Inspire Future Generations
To help students interested in engineering, the Cockrell School of Engineering hosts events and educational programs for K-12 students and teachers. From the annual Girl Day, featuring hands-on STEM activities that provide thousands of elementary and middle school students with their first glimpse of engineering at work, to our summer programs for building engineering interest in middle and high school students, we ensure every aspiring engineer has an opportunity to pursue their path.
In addition to the programs below, Cockrell School hosts on-site visits from schools and classes, connects faculty and student ambassadors with teachers and classes and can provide information for K-12 teachers to share in their classrooms.
Programs and Events
Girl Day at UT Austin
Led by the Women in STEM program at UT, this one-day event is geared toward K-8 students and features over 150 free-flowing hands-on activities and demonstrations hosted by volunteers, student organizations, corporate partners and community organizations. Students get the chance to explore STEM topics at their own pace throughout the event.
K-5 Teacher Training
In a new pilot program developed by Texas Engineering professors, local kindergarten through fifth-grade teachers learn new tips and tricks for teaching STEM topics and inspire excitement among their students. The new Research Experiences for Teachers program invites K-5 educators to the Forty Acres for seven weeks to actively engage with cutting-edge engineering and science research.
Engineer Your World
Engineer Your World is an innovative one-year high school engineering curriculum developed by the Cockrell School. The program seeks to provide high-quality, low-cost engineering education and teacher training at the high school level.
Edison Lecture Series
The Edison Lecture Series is an interactive STEM learning experience that engages middle and high school students with the fun side of electrical and computer engineering. Edison attendees learn the fundamentals of an engineering topic through a university-style lecture while seeing these concepts come to life through hands-on demos.
My Introduction to Engineering
My Introduction to Engineering (MITE) is a five-day summer camp for current high school juniors to discover engineering through participation in an engineering team project, hands-on activities and interactions with engineering students, faculty, staff and alumni.
Future Engineers Day
Future Engineers Day is a daylong event for students in grades 7-11 to learn about engineering through hands-on activities led and taught by Cockrell students.
Longhorn Engineering Summer Camp
The Longhorn Engineering Summer Camp is a free, interactive learning experience that will engage rising 8th and 9th graders in activities that promote the wide impact of engineering. Campers will experience for themselves how engineering mixes with art, sports, medicine, sustainability and more.
World of Engineering
World of Engineering is a free, in-person outreach event for K-12 students and their families. Attendees can participate in engineering-based activities led by current UT Engineering students. Everyone is welcome to attend. Students who attend schools without engineering courses or extra-curricular activities are particularly encouraged to participate.