Programs

NHS Lothian's work experience pathway for S5 and S6 pupils in Edinburgh and the Lothians interested in becoming doctors, with a 3-day programme at the Chancellor's Building, Little France.

• S5–S6
• Cost not published

The Ministry of National Education's long-running national robotics competition, where school teams build robots in 16 categories from line followers and mini sumo to drones, underwater robots and cyber security.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

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

Access All Aber is Aberystwyth University's five-day summer residential for Year 12 pupils from widening participation backgrounds in Wales, with subject sessions in English or Welsh, student finance advice and a contextual offer for those who complete it.

• Year 12
• Cost not published

The second stage of India's Mathematical Olympiad: a three-hour, six-problem proof-writing exam for students who cleared the IOQM 2026 cut-off, leading to INMO 2027.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A free, week-long summer day program at UVA Engineering where high-school students pick an engineering track, solve a design challenge and present it at the closing Expo.

• Grades 9–11
• No fee

The Chhattisgarh round of the National Children's Science Congress: children aged 10-17 do a team science project on the national theme, and selected teams go from district to state level and on to the national congress.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Puducherry's government science council enrols school students (Class VI to XII) and college students as members of the Innovation Hub at the Dr. Abdul Kalam Science Centre and Planetarium, where student innovators work on projects; annual fee ₹500 for school students.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: ₹500

The first stage of India's Physics Olympiad pathway: a two-hour national exam organised by the Indian Association of Physics Teachers for Class 10-12 students, leading to INPhO and the OCSC selection camp.

• Grades 10–12
• Fee: ₹300

A summer internship in Denver where about 20 high schoolers do hands-on science alongside Museum scientists, with a stipend (2026: $1,803 per session).

• Grades 10–11
• No fee