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Programs

The Princeton University Preparatory Program (PUPP) is a highly engaged, rigorous, and holistic college preparation initiative that fosters development of students who have been historically marginalized and who attend one of five local high schools.  Our multi-year, tuition-free program prepares participants for admission to and success within selective colleges and universities, and beyond.

The Princeton Summer Journalism Program (PSJP) is a year-long, national college preparation program for students from low-income backgrounds who are interested in journalism. We aim to diversify the fields that impact our democracy by getting high school students excited about the connection between journalism and social change.

FSI invites first-year students to experience Princeton’s intellectually stimulating and spirited social life. During the seven-week summer program, you’ll work side by side with faculty from different academic disciplines and engage fellow scholars in various co-curricular and community-building activities.

FSI Online is a six-week, fully virtual academic and co-curricular bridge program designed primarily for first-generation and/or low-income (FLi) students. FSI online gives students an early opportunity to enroll in one online, credit-bearing Princeton course titled Ways of Knowing; connect in structured exchanges with faculty, staff, and peers, gain familiarity with various academic and co-curricular campus resources.

The Transfer Scholars Initiative (TSI) is a pilot summer program for community college students. Transfer Scholars will take two for-credit Princeton courses at no cost to the student. After the summer program, students will benefit from transfer success programming to help them plan their four-year application process as they curate and revise their materials.

In 2018, Princeton University proudly relaunched its transfer program as an access and inclusion initiative. Each year, this expanding initiative admits a cohort of academically promising students who have excelled at other institutions of higher learning. We seek out transfer students who can bring a variety of perspectives and experiences to campus, and especially encourage applications from first-generation, low-income students, community college students, and U.S. military veterans. The TVN programs provide a community of support for all transfer students, as well as other Princeton students from military and non-traditional educational backgrounds.

The Scholars Institute Fellows Program (SIFP) offers mentorship, academic enrichment, and a welcoming scholarly community to students hailing from backgrounds historically underrepresented at Princeton. SIFP provides practical guidance to students for whom Princeton presents a new and different academic and social culture from their home communities, from navigating the University’s many and ever-expanding resources, to empowering Fellows to achieve their academic, personal, and professional goals.

The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) is an international initiative of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with programs at 48 member institutions and three institutional consortia in the U.S. and South Africa. Princeton’s MMUF is a two-year PhD preparedness program for undergraduates committed to diversity in academia. Through a cohort experience, faculty mentorship, regional networking, and additional support on their independent work, Fellows explore pathways to careers as professors in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.

Aspiring Scholars and Professionals (ASAP) is a cohort program designed to introduce undergraduates from other New Jersey colleges and universities to higher education careers in the humanities and qualitative social sciences. The program begins with a nine-week summer institute on the campus of Princeton University. During that time, students participate in professional development and research methods workshops, and are paired with a Princeton faculty or staff member for a research or professional internship.