Applications for the 2025 Sciences Summer Residential will open in early May.

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If you have any questions about the event please email outreach@robinson.cam.ac.uk.

What is it?

The Sciences Summer Residential is an opportunity for students to gain an insight into university learning at Cambridge, through subject taster sessions and lectures led by the College's academic community. The event will cover a variety of topics from across the Biological and Physical Sciences. The summer event is designed for students who may be interested in exploring options across Science subjects, or connections between subjects and disciplines. 

This structure allows students to consider and compare multiple subjects - including those they may not have previously encountered - and gain an insight into the connections and skills that underpin degree courses within each discipline.

The 2025 Sciences Summer Residential will be held at Robinson College, one of the Colleges that form the University of Cambridge. There will be subject taster sessions, admissions information, and exploration of the College and the wider University. The event is free-of-charge, with accommodation and meals provided by the College. 

This year we are collaborating with the Computer Science Department to offer practical sessions at the department which coincide with the programme. 

When is it? 

Saturday 19th July 2025 - Sunday 20th July 2025

Who is it for?

The Sciences Subject Taster is open to all students currently in Year 11 (England & Wales), Year 12 (Northern Ireland) or S4 (Scotland).

If the programme is oversubscribed, we will prioritise applicants who:

• Have an academic profile (e.g. subjects studied, predicted grades) suitable for progression to their stream at Cambridge.
• Have at any time been under the care of a Local Authority.
• Are currently eligible for Free School Meals, or who have been eligible for Free School Meals in the last 6 years.
• Are currently attending a school with low progression rates to higher-tariff universities.
• Are the first in their immediate family to attend university.
• Have home postcodes in areas with low local participation in Higher Education (POLAR4 quintiles 1 and 2).
• Have home postcodes in areas of high socio-economic deprivation (IMD quintiles 1 and 2). 
• Are from an ethnic background currently under-represented at the University of Cambridge (Black African, Black Caribbean, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Arab, Roma, or Traveller).
• Live or attend a school in our link areas of Swindon, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire or the London Borough of Wandsworth.