Summer Schools
Wadham runs five-day residential summer schools each August for Year 12 pupils in UK state schools or sixth-form colleges. Applications for the 2025 Summer Schools will open in February.
“After the summer school I am much more confident that I would fit in at Oxford and feel like I am more ready to move away from home”
Summer School participant
The 2025 five-day Classics, Modern Languages and Biology & Human Sciences Summer Schools run by Wadham College at the University of Oxford will take place the week commencing 18 August. Applications will open in March 2025. You can email us with any questions.
Wadham Summer School 2024
Hear from the students and tutors about their experience.
Why attend a summer school?
These Summer Schools are designed to give UK pupils studying in Year 12 a taste of what it’s like to be an undergraduate studying at the University of Oxford. Pupils will take part in an academic programme, live in College, meet student ambassadors studying at Oxford, and receive information, advice and guidance on applying to university.
The Summer Schools are free. Accommodation and meals are provided by the College. We will provide financial support to pupils to cover their travel costs.
We’re delighted to be able to run these events in-person allowing participants the best experience of life at the university. The feedback from last year’s Summer Schools was hugely positive with over a third of participants subsequently securing offers to study at the university.
Summer School students in a class.
Summer School students in a lab.
Classics Summer School participants on a visit to the Ashmolean museum.
Classics Summer School: ‘Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World’
Summer School students at the Ashmolean museum
Pupils will engage in a seminar series led by the Faculty of Classics including language classes in Ancient Greek. This will also include a visit to the Ashmolean Museum and students will complete an assignment on the main topic with feedback from tutors. Pupils will also be able to receive support from current undergraduates and from the College on making successful applications to top universities.
Relevant Subjects: Classics, Ancient History, History, Classical Greek, Archaeology
Apply here from 19 February.
Biology & Human Sciences Summer School: Climate Change
Summer School students in a Science class.
Pupils will undertake seminar sessions led by academics from a range of disciplines, including Biology and Human Sciences, to develop their subject knowledge and relevant skills. They will engage in a seminar series focusing on climate change from a mixture of perspectives across the human and biological sciences. This will include both understanding the impacts of change, and potential approaches for mitigating and adapting to it.
Pupils will complete an assignment on the main topic with feedback from tutors. They will also be able to receive support from current undergraduates and from the College on making successful applications to top universities.
Relevant Subjects: Biology, Human Sciences, Biochemistry, Geography, Chemistry
Apply here from 19 February.
Modern Languages Summer School: French, German or Spanish
A Summer School French class.
Pupils will engage in a seminar series led by Wadham’s language tutors, including language classes in their selected language of study (French, German or Spanish) with opportunities to try other languages as beginners (including German, Portuguese and Russian). Students will complete an assignment on a main topic with feedback from tutors. Pupils will also be able to receive support from current undergraduates and from the College on making successful applications to top universities.
Relevant Subjects: Pupils studying French, German or Spanish at A-level or equivalent
Apply here from 19 February.
Modern Languages Taster Sessions
Resources
Applications for the 2025 Summer Schools will open in March. You can email us with any questions.