Summer Program
The Duke TIP in India Program provides a unique learning environment designed to motivate and challenge academically talented Indian students. Within a supportive and nurturing campus setting, Duke TIP strives to stretch highly talented students beyond their self-perceived expectations and limits.
“Duke TIP is an amazing program which increases your knowledge, builds your character, gives you lots of friends and an experience out of this world.” –Parent of 2009 TIP in India participant
- Duke TIP in India is a three-week residential summer program, which last year was held on the campus of Infosys, Mysore.
- Instructional teams challenge students to examine one topic in-depth and a creative residential staff develops programming designed to foster friendship and teamwork.
- Classes will be composed of 16–18 students.
The Duke TIP in India program provides a unique learning environment designed to motivate and challenge academically talented Indian students. Within a supportive and nurturing campus setting, Duke TIP strives to stretch highly talented students beyond their self-perceived expectations and limits.
Duke TIP courses are dynamic, fast-paced, and intense. Duke TIP Instructors are selected for their expertise in their field of research and are committed to providing rigorous and high-energy educational experiences at the college level. Instructors employ a variety of instructional strategies including debates, simulations of real-world activities, peer teaching or presentations, lab experiences, individual or group research projects.
Selection for the Duke TIP in India Summer Studies Program is be based on a student’s exceptional performance in an above-level ASSET test. The test will be administered to 7th standard students as part of our Duke TIP in India Talent Search, and the process will mirror the objective selection process that Duke TIP has successfully used for over thirty years to identify academically gifted youth.
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