North Dakota Governor's School

North Dakota Governor's School, a member of the National Conference of Governor's Schools, is a six-week tuition free program offered to North Dakota high school students. It is a residential honors program offered during the summer at North Dakota State University for motivated students . The program starts in June and continues through the early part of July.

Areas of study for the North Dakota Governor's School include architecture, engineering, mathematics, science, information technology, performing arts, English, and visual arts.

Students will learn the basics of the design process, including ordering skills, function, structure, context, sustainability, aesthetics, historical precedent, sketching and documenting a design solution. The students will then be engaged in the design and construction of a built object serving the needs of the Fargo-Moorhead community.

Students experience mechanical, electrical, civil, industrial, manufacturing and construction engineering during the first week of Governor’s Schools. They are then paired with a research engineer mentor and join a research group based on their interest and availability of projects. Students will conduct research to discover innovative solutions to real-world problems and present their findings in a poster session during the final week of Governor’s Schools.

Students involved with the mathematics program at North Dakota Governor's School working together as a group on college level math problems. In addition to working with math, they also work in the area of computer sciences. At the end of the program they are required to write a paper regarding a specific area inside of computer sciences.

Students involved with the science program at North Dakota Governor's School choose and work with a mentor at the university. Typical areas of interest for mentorship include biology, chemistry, physics, materials science, psychology, and pharmacy.

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