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Medicine Summer Schools

Work experience and summer schools delivered by professional doctors and scientists. Learn more about medicine, develop outstanding skills, and improve your university application.

What’s special about our medicine summer schools?

  • Options for ages 13-17
  • 95% of attendees recommend us
  • Locations include Cambridge University, Oxford University and University College London
  • Programmes lasting 2-4 weeks
  • Improve your university and medical school applications

Our immersive summer schools are delivered by SBC and InvestIN, the UK’s leading multi-campus summer school and provider of career experiences.

Summer Schools

Medical Summer Experiences

Thinking of applying to medical school?

Our medicine summer schools are the perfect way to improve your skills, learn what studying medicine is like, and give your university application a boost.

Led by professional doctors and scientists, our summer schools are available in a range of disciplines. From veterinary studies and dentistry, to medicine and forensic science, we have a course for you.

Available for children aged 13-17, and hosted at elite universities like Oxford, Cambridge, and UCL, our UCAS-accredited programmes are ideal for budding doctors.

Discover why 95% of attendees recommend us. Book a medicine summer school today.

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What Do the Summer Schools Include?

Our courses are led by professional doctors and scientists with years of teaching expertise. They have personal experience of studying and practising medicine, dentistry, forensic science and veterinary medicine. On average, students rate their course leaders 4.8/5.

Need to sleep over? Not a problem. We offer both residential and non-residential options for our medical summer schools. The residential options include accommodation, meals, and (if needed) guardianship arrangements. We welcome many of our students from countries all over the world.

The core of our medicine summer schools is first-rate teaching. Whichever discipline you are focusing on, you will study it in depth, gaining the academic knowledge, technical abilities and professional skills needed to impress medical school admissions teams. Through a mixture of classroom lessons, hands-on training, and practical exercises, you will get a crash course in the fundamentals of medicine.

For our residential students, we offer a wide range of fun and stimulating activities in the evening. These include quiz nights, film clubs and a board game café. These are great chances to make friends and relax at the end of a long day’s study.

Our Students Love Us

Our Medicine application support is trusted by students all over the world. Since 2014, we’ve supported more than 50,000 Medicine applicants.

Medical Summer Experiences

Benefits of Our Medicine Summer Schools

Learn from the best. Our instructors are professional doctors and medical experts who will help you develop high-value technical skills. From first aid to pharmacology, our in-depth classroom lessons and practical exercises will equip you with impressive medical abilities.

If you’re not sure whether a career in medicine is right for you, our summer schools can help you make up your mind. Our instructors are medical school graduates and professional doctors who have firsthand experience of what it is like to study medicine and then to practise it – from hospitals to GP surgeries.

You will learn more about the culture in medical school, the demands of the work, and what career opportunities are open to you. You will finish the course with a better understanding of whether medicine is a good fit for you.

Medical schools don’t just look for the brightest academics. They also want to know that you have the skills needed to make a successful doctor, including teamwork, empathy and situational judgement. Through our hands-on practical exercises and projects, you will develop these skills which will impress the admissions teams and set you up for success in your professional career.

Our medicine summer schools provide an invaluable opportunity to gain experience, improve your skills, and learn more about a career in medicine. All of this will help you write an outstanding personal statement and give you plenty of impressive material to discuss at interview. It also demonstrates a deep commitment to studying medicine, which is exactly what medical schools are looking for.

Testimonials

“My daughter really loved her experience. She has always wanted to be a doctor when she grows up and InvestIN helped her with her next steps to her future. She made some amazing friends and cannot wait to attend again next year.”

Lena

Parent

Not sure where to start?

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Start the conversation with a free 15 minute discovery call. In this meeting one of our admissions experts will be able to discuss your circumstances and tailor your application journey to your requirements.

FAQs

Our summer experiences are open to students from age 13-17. Each experience has a different age range, so make sure to check the specific summer school you are interested in.

Our summer schools offer excellent value for money. Depending on the length of the programme and whether you require meals and accommodation, our summer schools typically cost £2,000 to £7,000.

We offer our medicine summer schools in a range of outstanding locations, including the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, and University College London.

Our experienced instructors are professional doctors and scientists with years of teaching experience. On average, students rate their course leaders 4.8/5.

Absolutely! We welcome both UK and international students on our medical summer schools. We offer residential options including guardianship, accommodation and meals for those students who need them.

Yes! Many of our summer schools are UCAS-accredited, meaning you can gain UCAS points by attending. They also make for valuable experience to discuss in your personal statement and at interview.


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Why Dukes Plus?

Dukes Plus is a provider of university application support, life-changing career and university experiences, day camps, tuition, and summer schools.

By selecting Dukes Plus as your chosen provider, you are guaranteeing that you’ll multiply your chances of application success. We have a huge network of over 2,000 vetted admissions tutors who are experts when it comes to consultancy, mock testing & interviewing, industry-leading resources, and more.

We specialise in applications to Oxbridge and top UK universities, Ivy League and top US universities, and Medicine and Law applications.

Whether you are looking to test-drive your dream career working with industry leading professionals, or wanting to study at Eton or an Oxford college for the summer, we provide innovative and life-changing experiences that will enable you to make better life choices.

We have an extensive database of tutors which can deliver personalised fully-managed tutoring services to students at any level. We provide online tutoring, SEN tutoring, tutoring for those that are gifted and talented, and tuition for those preparing for any exam from 4+, up to the 13+.

We run the UK’s number one multi-campus summer school where students can learn languages and subjects at some of the UKs top educational institutions. We also provide holiday activity camps such as Ultimate Activity, Ultimate Tech, and Ultimate Sports camps.

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