Lindner Summer Institute (LSI) is an overnight program that introduces students to various business disciplines while also providing guidance and support for the college admissions processes. LSI is hosted by Lindner's undergraduate admissions and community engagement teams.
Students are housed in UC residence halls and experience life on a college campus via classroom sessions, interactions with Lindner faculty and staff, plus visits to UC's recreation center and its dining halls.
LSI 2026 will be held from June 7-10, 2026.
Students who are entering 11th or 12th grade are eligible to apply to participate. The application window runs from March 13, 2026 through April 17, 2026.
The following forms must be completed for LSI admittance:
Prohibited Items:
| Time | Activity | Location |
| 8 a.m. | Breakast | Center Court Dining Hall |
| 9:15 a.m. | Morning Welcome | Lindner Hall Kautz Attic |
| 9:45 a.m. | Campus Tour | UC Campus |
| 11 a.m. | Possibilities in Business - Professor Steven Jones | Kautz Attic |
| 12 p.m. | Lunch with Steven Jones | On the Green |
| 1:15 p.m. | Teling Your Story / Elevator Pitch - Kendra Byrd, Undergraduate Programs | Kautz Attic |
| 2:45 p.m. | Campus Scavenger Hunt | UC Campus |
| 4:15 p.m. | Choose Your Session: Asking for Help, Getting Involved, Time Management or Mental Health | Kautz Attic |
| 4:45 p.m. | Dinner in Dining Hall | Center Court |
| 5:30 p.m. | Depart for Rotolo on the Levee | Lindner Hall |
| 9:45 p.m. | Return to Residence Hall | Marian Spencer Hall |
| 11 p.m. | Lights Out | Marian Spencer Hall |
Lindner Summer Institute students sound off on what they got out of participating in the program.
June 14, 2023
The Lindner Summer Institute (LSI) recently gave 30 high school students from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana a sample of what attending the University of Cincinnati and the Carl H. Lindner College of Business would be like.
June 22, 2022
The Lindner Summer Institute (LSI) recently provided a glimpse of what the University of Cincinnati and the Carl H. Lindner College of Business offers its students to 30 rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
