Dining Services
If you live in on-campus housing, you receive a meal plan and enjoy a comprehensive dining program during your session. Your meal plan allows you to eat with peers in your designated dining hall and enjoy menus that reflect the international character of the Summer School.
Daily Menu
Every day in your dining hall, you will find a core set of menu offerings — cereals, condiments, yogurts, fruit, grill items, salad bar selections, and beverages — as well as rotating hot entree, soup, and pasta selections so that you have a delectable range of options. Every meal includes vegetarian and vegan selections, as well as a balance between healthy and indulgent choices.
Daily Schedule
Meals are served three times a day, seven days a week, during your session or program. See the “Summer Dining Calendar” below for specific mealtimes.
Monday to Saturday:
- Full breakfast: 7:30 to 10:30 a.m.
- Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Dinner: 5 to 8 p.m.
Sunday:
- Continental breakfast: 7:30 to 10:30 a.m.
- Brunch: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Dinner: 5 to 8 p.m.
Sunday to Thursday:
- Brain Break, a late-night snack program offered for residential students: 8:45 to 10:45 p.m. (Sunday to Thursday)
Summer Dining Calendar
All first and last meals are dinner unless otherwise noted.
| Session | First Meal | Last Meal |
|---|---|---|
| 7-Week Session | Saturday, June 20 | Friday, August 7 |
| 4-Week Session | Sunday, July 12 | Thursday, August 6 |
| 3-Week Session I | Saturday, June 20 | Thursday, July 9 |
| 3-Week Session II | Sunday, July 12 | Thursday, July 30 |
| Secondary School Program 7-Week Session | Saturday, June 20 | Friday, August 7 |
| Secondary School Program 4-Week Session | Sunday, July 12 | Friday, August 7 |
| Pre-College Program I | Sunday, June 21 | Thursday, July 2 |
| Pre-College Program II | Sunday, July 5 | Friday, July 17 |
| Pre-College Program III | Sunday, July 19 | Friday, July 31 |
If you are a student in consecutive 3-week sessions, consecutive 3-Week and 4-Week sessions, or Pre-College Program sessions, your meal plan remains active between sessions.
Special Diets
Harvard University Dining Services is committed to helping you with your dietary needs. Whether you have religious restrictions, a vegan or vegetarian diet, or simply need assistance with your food selections, your dining hall manager can provide the resources to help you make delicious choices, safely, and easily.
Food Allergies and Intolerances
If you have a dietary restriction, such as a food allergy or intolerance that requires an accommodation, please contact the Accessibility Services Office at (617) 998-9640 or email Accessibility@Extension.Harvard.edu.
Dining Services for Students Living Off Campus
If you live off campus, you may still purchase individual meals and dine with your peers this summer. You must present your Harvard ID card to purchase individual meals and may pay with a Mastercard or Visa credit card.
Adult and college students may dine in Currier Dining Hall, and SSP students may dine in Annenberg Dining Hall. Please note that adult and college student commuters will need to be accompanied by an adult or college student living in Harvard Summer School on-campus housing to be able to access Currier Dining Hall.
See below for individual meal rates for Summer 2025. Summer 2026 rates will be posted during spring 2026.
Individual meal rates are:
- Breakfast: $12.10
- Continental breakfast (Sunday only): $10.17
- Brunch: $16.23
- Lunch: $16.23
- Dinner: $20.00
