The goal of the Success Institute is to prepare students for an education in engineering at CU-Boulder and a career in engineering.

Participation in this program is limited to Colorado high school students who are educationally or econmically disadvantaged or are from populations typically underrepresented in engineering colleges and the profession.

Starting in the summer after 10th grade, success-oriented students attend the weeklong workshop which provide students with an introduction to engineering. The 5-day/4-night 11th and 12th Grade Residential Workshop is held at the ITL Laboratory on the CU-Boulder campus.

Parents attend the last day of the workshop to watch presentations made by their children and attend panel discussions. These same students may return the summer before their senior year of high high school, transitioning to college at CU-Boulder Engineering and subsequently graduating to join the engineering profession.

The program is a collaboration between the Integrated Teaching and Learning (ITL) Program , the Mulicultural Engineering Program (MEP) , and the Women in Engineering Program (WIEP).