Experience Christ's Summer School

Register your interest here to be emailed when applications open.

Experience Christ's provides the opportunity to experience the social and community aspects of college life at Cambridge, as well as a sense of the academic challenge that studying at Cambridge entails. The event is free, including all meals and accommodation, and will next take place in Cambridge in August 2025. 

We're also delighted to be expanding the programme. The two strands will take place from Monday 18 August to Wednesday 20 August, and from Wednesday 27 August to Friday 29 August. You will only attend one of these, depending on your subject area - TBC which strand is which set of dates. 

Students can make an individual application (to be accompanied by a teacher reference), and we will also accept direct nominations from teachers. 

Applications and nominations for 2025 will open in late spring 2025. If you have come across this event and think you may be interested in it for the summer, please register interest here and we'll email you when applications/nominations open. 

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Core eligibility criteria for Experience Christ's

Students applying or being nominated must meet all of the following criteria (a)-(e) to be eligible for this event:

(a) currently (academic year 2024-25) in Year 12 in England/Wales, Year 13 in Northern Ireland or S5 in Scotland 

(b) currently studying at a state-maintained school in the UK - this means schools that do not charge fees. Students attending independent schools on a bursary are not eligible for this event. 

(c) achieved at least 5 GCSEs at grade 8, 9 or A* (England, Wales, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland), or a majority of National 5s at grade A (Scotland)

(d) on track to achieve the necessary grades in suitable qualifications* to study their subject/course of interest and the subject areas of sessions they might be interested in attending at Christ's. 

(e) you are available for the full duration the event. You will not be able to join/leave the event early, and you are expected to attend all scheduled sessions during the event. This also means if you already have plans (a different event, a holiday, festival etc) on these dates - you won't be able to do both.

*Please note that Applied A-Levels, Level 3 Diplomas/Certificates (such as Criminology) and BTECs are generally not suitable qualifications for applying to Cambridge and therefore will not be accepted as suitable qualifications for this programme (if the student does not also study 3 A-Levels alongside these). You can find out more about entry requirements for Cambridge here. This programme is not suitable for students considering the Foundation Year.  

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