Residential Summer Courses in Cambridge University

Reach Cambridge - Academic Camps in UK & Online:
Reach Cambridge provides intensive, residential spring and summer academic courses for local and international high school / secondary school students ages 14-18 years old. We enable young people from around the world to experience British culture in the stimulating and distinguished surroundings of the university City of Cambridge, approximately 50 miles north-east of London in the East Anglia region in the east of England. Reach Cambridge combines classes, lectures and workshops – often led by Cambridge academics – with a varied programme of exciting activities and excursions across Britain. Students stay in one of Cambridge University’s colleges or in our central Cambridge headquarters; Reach Hall.

2 & 4-week Residential Summer Courses in Cambridge, England:
For high school students (ages 14-18 years old)
Summer course = 2 or 4 week camps in July / August 2024 

Our challenging and vibrant summer courses are designed to provide unique introductions to your favourite academic subjects at University level.

Taught by experts in the field through interactive lessons and workshops, they make the most of what Cambridge University has to offer. 

Academic Subjects include:

• Biotechnology:
Our Biotechnology programme will tackle both the academic study of biotechnology but also explore its practical applications in the real world.

This exciting and dynamic course will be a challenging but rewarding programme for all those students with a passionate interest in biotechnology.

• Computer Science:
This programme is designed to equip students with everything they need to develop their programming, coding and mathematical skills. 

Our expert teachers will work from students’ existing knowledge to build up their skills in and understanding of this increasingly important discipline.

• Economics & Business Management:
This course would suit both the budding entrepreneur and those students who hope to study business management at University. 

Drawing on the expertise of leading graduates in the field, this course will be structured around theoretical business models and analytical study of current issues in business and management studies.

• Engineering:
This course will give the students a theoretical overview of relevant Engineering concepts as well as hands-on experience.

Students develop a range of skills necessary for a future engineer and through relevant lectures and classes they will learn the basics necessary for the engineering in practice. 

• English Language (ESOL) & Leadership:
Our dedicated English as a Second Language (ESL) course offers tailored support to ambitious young people seeking to develop their English and equip themselves with skills for University and beyond.

Designed for non-native English speakers, students have four hours of structured teaching every weekday. The English tuition is offered in very small groups and is taught by experienced, qualified TEFL teachers using the latest methodology.

• Also - English Literature & Creative Writing course.

• Journalism & Media Studies:
This is a vibrant and challenging course for students who want to think critically about the nature and values of journalism while simultaneously getting invaluable hands-on experience of real-life journalistic practice. 

During the programme students will explore key issues such as sources and veracity, ethics in journalism and online reporting.

• Law:
This course offers a vibrant introduction to the study of law at University. Students will explore a range of modules including criminal law, international law, human rights law, and constitutional law.

• Life Science and Medicine:
This course introduces students to a range of subjects taught by scientists at the cutting edge of research and with an element of pre-clinical medicine included for aspiring doctors or nurses. 

Topics include Plant Science, Evolution, Genetics, Forensic Science, and Biodiversity as well as an introduction to pre-clinical medicine.

• Maths:
Our Mathematics course teaches students to challenge the boundaries of the subject, to explore the diverse forms of Mathematics and think about both theoretical approaches and practical applications. 

Topics include those from both Applied and Pure Mathematics streams and also incorporate some overlap with Physics.

• Physics & Astronomy:
In our dedicated Physics program, students are also taught the mathematical basis for many of these exciting topics to help familiarise them with the principles at work.

This course introduces students to a range of subjects taught by scientists at the cutting edge of Physics research.

• Physics and Engineering:
This exciting course introduces students to key concepts in both Physics and Engineering. It encourages students to think more about the relationship between the two disciplines, on practical and theoretical levels.

Students are introduced to many different aspects including Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing and Electrical Engineering.

• STEM (science, technology, engineering & maths)
Please contact us for more details of this summer STEM course.

• Politics and International Relations:
This pioneering course deals with issues at the cutting edge of political life. Students explore key issues through lectures and workshops led by experienced professionals.

• Psychology:
Our Psychology course is specially designed to familiarise students with some of the central topics in the exciting academic subject of Psychology, which focuses on the science of the mind, behaviour and experience.

The course gives students key transferable intellectual skills relevant to University studies in both Sciences and the Humanities.

• SAT Preparation: 
SAT is the most widely-used standardized test for student admissions for colleges and universities in the U.S. This dynamic and challenging course is for students interested in attending an American university or college, and will provide complete preparation for the SAT.  

The course covers all three topics that are tested on the SAT - Critical Reading, Writing, and Mathematics. 

Summer Course Taster Courses:
• Community Outreach
• Cybersecurity & AI
• Creative Writing
▪ History & Politics
• Introduction to Architecture
• Introduction to Economics ▪ Introduction to Psychology
• Introduction to Economics
▪ Introduction to Robotics
• Introduction to Psychology
▪ Introduction to Coding
▪ Music Composition
• Philosophy & Ethics
• Pre-Hospital and Emergency Medicine
• Study Skills
• Young Leaders Program

Online Pre-University Courses Year-Round using Zoom:
- Private tutoring for students globally via live Zoom video (for one-to-one learning and for groups).
- Courses available in 10, 20 or 40 hour bundles.

Online Subjects to study: Biotechnology, Business Management, Computer Science, Creative Writing, Economics, Engineering, Journalism & Media, English as a Second Language (ESL), English Literature, Law, Mathematics, Medicine & Life Sciences, Physics, Politics & International Relations, Philosophy, Psychology, Social & Political Sciences, SAT Preparation,
with Optional Enrichment Classes (Leadership Skills, Study Skills).


Student Reviews / Testimonials:
"Overall it was the best experience ever. The teachers were fun and amazing people, and I wouldn’t have first wanted to study Law anywhere else!"
- Reach Cambridge Law Student

"I had exceptionally high expectations for the Reach Cambridge Course, and I am happy to report they were all reached and surpassed. The University is absolutely beautiful, the staff is incredible, and the experience was perfectly unique."
- Reach Cambridge Student