What is NCSS?

The National Computer Science School (NCSS) is a week long summer school for students going into years 11 and 12. NCSS brings together talented young people from around Australia for an intensive course of computer programming and website development in the School of IT at the University of Sydney.

NCSS 2011 will run from Sunday 2nd to Tuesday 11th January, 2011 (inclusive).

NCSS has been offered in various formats since 1996, when it was initiated by the University's Foundation for Information Technology. This makes 2011 the 16th year of the program.

NCSS is organised by academic staff, alumni and students of the School of Information Technologies. The school is completely residential, with all students staying with NCSS staff in full-board accommodation provided by The Women's College, within the main Camperdown campus of The University of Sydney.

The cost of NCSS is heavily subsidised by our sponsors, allowing us to make the cost per student $360 in 2011.