| Application deadline | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Last year's cycle (2026): $2,400–$5,200; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Catalog terms: Need-based financial aid: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Available through the application for accepted, qualified students; award and amount are not guaranteed.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | Catalog terms: Enrollment deposit after acceptance: $1,000. Ordinarily secures the seat after acceptance unless BlueStamp approves alternate payment or financial-aid arrangements; confirm refund and balance terms for the new cycle.; Need-based financial aid: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Available through the application for accepted, qualified students; award and amount are not guaranteed.; Meals during the in-person program: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Lunch is generally not provided except a published Friday pizza lunch.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): Optional Bocconi housing, July 5-17, 2026: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Single bedroom with shared bathroom; separate housing application.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): 2026 residential camp tuition, housing, and meals: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Varied by campus and week; 2026 residential pricing included six nights, program meals, activities, and supervision under the selected product.; Optional two-session virtual tutoring add-on: $149. Historical 2026 price for two one-hour sessions; not required and not confirmed for 2027.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Stipend or pay | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Eligibility | Grades 9–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Additional eligibility | Requirement: Be entering grade 9, 10, 11, or 12 in the applicable summer; Requirement: Choose a published in-person, remote, or approved custom schedule and be available for its required live blocks; Requirement: Show motivation, self-direction, and willingness to solve open-ended engineering problems independently; Requirement: Submit an accurate application with requested short responses and references; Requirement: Attend the admissions interview; a parent or guardian participates in part of it; Requirement: Select an approved project with BlueStamp before the program and follow its budget, parts, tool, safety, and documentation rules; Requirement: For remote participation, have a feasible delivery address, workspace, internet connection, live-session availability, adult support where required, and lawful/safe tool access; Requirement: For in-person participation, arrange daily transportation and meals and comply with site pickup, conduct, safety, and minor-protection rules; Exclusion: Using the middle-school tuition, dates, priority rules, or hours for a high-school application; Exclusion: Assuming a live application form means 2027 dates, tuition, seats, or aid are announced; Exclusion: Expecting BlueStamp-provided in-person housing or daily lunch; Exclusion: Treating the project as a guaranteed invention, patent, publication, recommendation, internship, academic credit, award, or admission advantage; Exclusion: Missing required live time or attempting unsafe, unapproved, unlawful, or infeasible projects; Exclusion: Assuming a custom schedule, financial-aid award, fee reduction, project choice, replacement parts, international shipping, or refund is automatic | Minimum age 15; Requirement: Be enrolled in the third-to-last or second-to-last year of high school in Italy or abroad; Requirement: Be at least 15 by the program start; Requirement: Be able to study and collaborate in English; Requirement: Provide the requested transcript and identity documents; Requirement: Arrange travel, meals, and any required immigration permission; Exclusion: Students outside the published two school-year stages; Exclusion: Students younger than 15 at the start; Exclusion: Participation is separate from and does not influence Bocconi bachelor admission; Exclusion: General 2026 capacity was sold out | Ages 9–18; Requirement: Choose a product whose age band matches the student's age at camp; Requirement: Choose the correct beginner, intermediate, advanced, or tournament track for current experience; Requirement: For online camp, have technology and availability for the live daily schedule; Requirement: For day or residential camp, meet travel, pickup, housing, supervision, health, consent, and conduct requirements; Requirement: Complete payment and registration before the selected cohort sells out; Exclusion: Treating every program as grades 7-12 or using one age range across tracks; Exclusion: Registering an 18-year-old for an in-person product that caps participation at 17; Exclusion: Assuming the same prerequisite, price, housing, meals, schedule, refund, certificate, or aid terms across products; Exclusion: Treating Georgetown, Columbia, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Boston University, Rutgers, or SMU venue use as university admission, enrollment, academic credit, endorsement, or guaranteed campus access; Exclusion: Assuming a certificate guarantees a conference award or college outcome |
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| Session dates or duration | Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 1–2 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 1 week; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Format | In person / Online | In person | In person / Online |
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| Housing and supervision | Non-residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Non-residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | San Jose, California, In-person at 3800 Blackford Avenue in San Jose; live remote option may accept students elsewhere subject to time-zone and parts-shipping feasibility | Milan, Lombardy | Washington, District of Columbia, New York, New York, Los Angeles, California, Berkeley, California, Boston, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dallas, Texas, Separate U.S. campus day and residential camps plus live online cohorts accessible by time zone |
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| Selection and application | Selection: Application and interview review occur in receipt order while seats remain. BlueStamp does not publish applicant counts, acceptance rates, aid rates, cohort size for the next cycle, or a guaranteed decision. Application materials: Admissions interview, including parent or guardian participation for the designated portion | Selection: Capacity is limited and the 2026 general program sold out. Bocconi does not publish an acceptance rate or selection formula. | Selection: Most camps are paid, capacity-limited enrollment products rather than merit-selected institutes. Sessions can sell out; exact class size, prerequisites, and advanced-track screening vary by product. |
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| Official sources | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-20Source 2 · checked 2026-08-20Source 3 · checked 2026-08-20Source 4 · checked 2026-08-20 | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-21Source 2 · checked 2026-08-21 | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-20Source 2 · checked 2026-08-20Source 3 · checked 2026-08-20Source 4 · checked 2026-08-20 |
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