Summer schools

A free national widening access programme hosted by the University of Aberdeen that gives S4 to S6 pupils in the north of Scotland information, advice, mentoring and career insight days for Law and Medicine.

• S4–S6
• No fee

Free one-day campus experiences at Newcastle University for Year 12 students interested in medicine, dentistry or pharmacy.

• Year 12 / S5
• No fee

A free University of Sussex programme for college and sixth form students, with taster sessions, subject days, a UCAS-focused conference and priority access to a July 2027 summer school. Applications for the 2026 intake are open.

• Year 12–13 / S5–S6
• No fee

A statewide residential summer program on Georgia Tech's Atlanta campus for talented rising 11th graders nominated by rural Georgia school districts.

• Grade 10
• Cost not published

Choose a two-week Oxford course in business, entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence or global strategy.

• Grades not published
• Fee: £8,995

A widening access programme from the University of St Andrews and Fife College for eligible S5 and S6 pupils in Fife, with campus days, tutorials, lab sessions, online skills academies and UCAS support.

• S5–S6
• Cost not published

A Department of Science & Technology programme to encourage meritorious girls in Classes 9-12 to take up STEM through science camps, special lectures, role-model interactions, tinkering and visits to IITs, IISERs, NITs and CSIR/DST labs. Phase VII student registration opened on 28 July 2026.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Free activities including taster sessions, portfolio courses and application support at the Glasgow School of Art for eligible S4 to S6 pupils at West of Scotland state schools who want to study art, design or architecture.

• S4–S6
• No fee

A five-day experiential programme at Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai, for Grade 9 to 12 students, with three parallel tracks: AI and Design Thinking, Sports and Fitness, and Future Pathways. Registration is through the Somaiya Winter School page.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A week of creative writing and performance arts at Sarah Lawrence College for students entering grades 9–12, with one transferable college credit.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $2,050 USD

An online winter school run by MEF University in which high school students take university-level courses in enhanced mechanics, quantum mechanics and AI, taught by Prof. Nihat Berker (MEF and MIT) and the head of MEF's AI Engineering department.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: ₺12,000

A self-paced online course from the University of Essex for Year 12 and 13 students, covering study skills, applying to higher education, student finance and student life. A certificate is issued on completion.

• Year 12–13
• Cost not published