Discover opportunities to learn, explore, and grow at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. From academic enrichment and athletics to arts, leadership, and hands-on experiences, UNO offers a variety of camps and programs designed to inspire curiosity, build confidence, and create lasting memories. Whether your child already has a favorite subject or is ready to try something completely new, UNO camps encourage curiosity, creativity, confidence, and learning through memorable hands-on experiences.
BUSINESS
CBA Prep Academy - Discover the world of business at UNO’s College of Business Administration. CBA Prep Academy camps give middle and high school students opportunities to explore business and career interests through hands-on activities, college preparation, problem-solving, and connections with professionals from the Omaha business community. Students can build new skills, explore possible career paths, and get an early look at what the college experience can offer.
CBA Prep Academy Camp Contact: unocbainfo@unomaha.edu
- Middle School Entrepreneurship Camp: Have an idea that could become the next big thing? This camp introduces middle school students to entrepreneurship and the creative thinking behind starting and growing a business. Campers explore how ideas become opportunities while developing skills in problem-solving, communication, teamwork, and business thinking. It is a great first step for curious students who enjoy creating, building, imagining, or asking, “What if?”
- Grades: 6-8
- Dates: TBA
- High School Digital and Social Media Marketing OVERNIGHT Camp: Explore how businesses and organizations connect with audiences in a digital world. Students discover the strategy and creativity behind digital and social media marketing while developing skills they can use in school, future careers, and their own creative projects. The overnight experience also gives campers an opportunity to spend time on UNO’s campus, meet other students with similar interests, and experience a taste of college life.
- Grades: 10-12
- Dates: TBA
- High School Exploring Economics Camp: Why do prices change? What influences the choices people and businesses make? How do decisions in one part of the economy affect another? Exploring Economics helps students discover how economics connects to everyday life through engaging activities and real-world examples. Campers build analytical and problem-solving skills while exploring a field that influences business, government, communities, and countless career paths.
- Grades: 10-12
- Dates: TBA
- High School Banking and Finance OVERNIGHT Camp: Go beyond dollars and cents to discover how banking and finance shape businesses, communities, and everyday decisions. Students explore financial concepts and career possibilities while connecting what they learn to the real world. Opportunities to interact with professionals help campers see the many directions an interest in finance can lead—from banking and financial planning to entrepreneurship and beyond. The overnight format also gives students a chance to experience campus life and connect with other future-focused students.
- Grades: 10-12
- Dates: tba
- High School Accounting Adventures™ OVERNIGHT Camp: Accounting is about much more than spreadsheets. Accounting Adventures™ introduces students to the many ways accountants help businesses solve problems, make decisions, use technology, and plan for the future. Through hands-on experiences in a college setting, campers explore the profession and its wide range of career possibilities while connecting with people who work and study in the field. The overnight experience adds another opportunity to discover UNO and experience campus life.
- Grades: 10-12
- Dates: tba
MATH AND SCIENCE
Aim for the Stars - Curiosity takes center stage at Aim for the Stars. UNO’s hands-on science and math camps invite young explorers to investigate, experiment, design, build, and discover. Camp offerings vary by age and may include robotics, paleontology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, earth science, physics, and much more. With activities that bring STEM concepts to life, campers can dive deeper into subjects they already love or discover an entirely new interest along the way.
Aim for the Stars Camp Contact: unoaimforthestars@unomaha.edu.
- Grades: 3-9 (as of school year 2027-2028)
- Dates: tba
MUSIC
Jazz Camp - Turn up the music and take your jazz skills to the next level. UNO Jazz Camp brings instrumental students together for five days of music-making, learning, and performance alongside professional musicians and experienced jazz educators. Campers participate in ensemble rehearsals, masterclasses, improvisation and theory instruction, sectionals, group listening, and music production while developing confidence as individual musicians and ensemble members.
The week culminates with students taking the stage to share what they have learned in a live concert experience. Jazz Camp is designed for students with at least one year of experience on saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, guitar, bass, or drum set.
Jazz Camp Camp Contact: petermadsen@unomaha.edu.
- Grades: 7-12 (as of school year 2027-2028)
- Dates: June 14 - 18, 2027
- Registration is Open
TECHNOLOGY
NextGen AI Studio - Go from using artificial intelligence to creating with it. NextGen AI Studio gives high school students an opportunity to explore AI through creative, hands-on projects and collaborative challenges. Students learn foundational AI concepts, computational thinking, responsible and ethical uses of technology, and ways to develop AI-powered applications and solutions to real-world problems.
No previous coding experience is required. The program is designed to support students who are completely new to AI while also challenging students who already have technology experience. With guidance from instructors and mentors, participants can build technical skills, strengthen creativity and teamwork, and turn their own ideas into projects they can share.
NextGen AI Studio Camp Contact: anitalee@unomaha.edu.
- Grades: 11-12 (as of Fall 2027)
- Dates: tba