EngAcademy
Design, build, and pitch an Arduino device with your team
A diverse community for high school students to make connections, build professional skills and explore diverse career pathways in technology.
Techccelerator
Design, build, and pitch a React app with your team
Volunteer
Volunteer with HighTechU to support the next generation of innovators
West
Solve real-world engineering problems with industry partners in an all-women cohort
About HighTechU
Based in the UVic Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), HighTechU is a diverse community for high school students to make connections, build professional skills and explore diverse career pathways in technology.
Since HighTechU began in 2018, we have welcomed students of all genders, abilities, and backgrounds into our technology programs. There’s 2 main drives behind our programs:
- Students aren’t learning all the skills they need for industry success at school
- Students don’t know what they can do with engineering or how to apply skills they’ve already learnt to the real world