Summer schools

A free online programme of up to 18 months that helps you explore options after school and build strong university or apprenticeship applications.

• Year 12 / S5
• No fee

A multi-year Virginia Tech program for Virginia high-school students who would be the first in their family to earn a four-year degree, built around a residential summer engineering camp in Blacksburg.

• Grades 9–11
• Cost not published

A three-day residential camp at Boise State University where high-school students explore healthcare professions with College of Health Sciences faculty.

• Grades not published
• Fee: $395 USD

Write, direct and edit short films while rotating through classmates’ crews in a two- or three-week intensive.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

Selective 3- or 6-week engineering and computer-science courses taught at college level at The Cooper Union in Manhattan, for students who have completed grades 9–11.

• Grades 9–11
• Fee charged, amount not published

A University of Sheffield programme for Year 12 students who want to find the right healthcare profession, with tasters in nursing, orthoptics, speech and language therapy and pharmacy. Applications open each September.

• Year 12
• No fee

A free in-person physics taster day in Oxford for Year 10 girls and students from under-represented genders in physics, run by the British Physics Olympiad with Oxford Physics. The 2027 date is not yet announced.

• Year 10 / S3
• No fee

Free Saturday clubs for 13-16-year-olds across the UK, hosted by universities, colleges and cultural organisations, with expert tuition in subjects such as art and design, film and screen, performance and theatre, writing and science and engineering.

• Year 10–12 / S3–S5
• No fee

A free four-week summer program for Ontario high school students facing systemic barriers, earning a Grade 12 science credit and a $1,600 payment on completion while exploring health-science careers.

• Grades 11–12
• No fee

Free online summer sessions from Caius for students who have just finished Year 12 at a UK state school, with subject-specific material guided by an academic mentor to help build a competitive Cambridge application. The 2027 round is not yet announced.

• Year 12 / S5
• No fee

A DSO-run YDSP enrichment module introducing advanced physical sciences and infocomm technologies critical to Singapore's defence, through workshops, experiments and field trips.

• Sec 3, JC1, JC2
• Cost not published

IIT Hyderabad runs free guided campus visits every Saturday as part of its Open Day programme, and a full-day immersion visit for schools, with tours of research laboratories and innovation hubs for students from Class 8 upwards.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee