ACM Winter schools offer self-motivated students in-depth knowledge and exposure to research in advanced technology areas. Each school typically covers academic and applied research, and is taught by the best-in-class faculty from academia as well as industry. Each day typically comprises lectures as well as tutorial sessions with hands-on problem solving experience. Toward the end of the school, there will be a session focused on career options in the area covered by the school.

These schools are targeted at students in the pre-final year of Bachelor's program or higher, unless marked otherwise in the school’s website.