The National Computer Science School brings together talented young people for an intensive week of computer programming, web design and related activities in the School of Information Technologies at The University of Sydney. The computer science school has been offered each summer holidays in various forms, since it was initiated by the university's Foundation for Information Technology in 1996.

NCSS 2009 will be the 14th year of the program and will run Saturday 3rd January to Sunday 12th January (inclusive).