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UCL’s Access Team works with academic departments to provide a range of subject-specific activities, events and programmes.
UCL’s Access Team works with academic departments to provide a range of subject-specific activities, events and programmes. These all vary in size and subject, but you can see the most up-to-date list of Access Initiative projects and registration links on this web page.
Sign ups for the 2024–25 Access Initiatives are now closed. Sign ups for 2025–26 will open in 2026.
Non Residential Summer Schools
- Redefining Health: Create, Test, Pitch (Global Business School for Health Non-Residential Summer School, 27–31 July 2026)
Monday 27 July – Friday 31 July 2026
Year 12
Join UCL’s Global Business School for Health (GBSH) - the world’s first business school dedicated to health - for a five-day summer school exploring how business and innovation can transform healthcare. Work in a team to design a digital health start-up and pitch your idea to a Dragons’ Den panel of business and health experts. Learn customer discovery, and business models, meet UCL academics, and visit a health innovation hub in London.
Applications for Redefining Health are now closed.
- UnlockSTEM 2026 (29th June - 1st July 2026)
The UCL Division of Medicine invites Year 12 and Year 13 students from UK state schools to take part in UnlockSTEM, a three-day, hands-on Summer School exploring the world of Biomedical Research.
This exciting programme offers a unique opportunity to work alongside leading scientists, gain practical experience in UCL laboratories, and discover how real-world scientific research is conducted. Students will also explore the wide range of career pathways available within STEM and experience university life at one of the world’s leading centres for medical research.
Whether you are considering a future in medicine, biomedical sciences, or research, UnlockSTEM will provide valuable insight into studying and working in these fields, as well as the chance to meet like-minded students and academic staff.
Applications for UnlockSTEM are now closed.
- Science and Engineering for Social Change Non-Residential Summer School (21 July - 23 July 2026)
Tuesday 21 July - Thursday 23 July 2026
Join us this summer at UCL’s innovative East campus for an exciting non-residential summer school, designed especially for Year 12 students from East London. This hands-on programme will give you a behind-the-scenes look at higher education while exploring the challenges and opportunities facing local communities.
Working in small teams, you’ll investigate real-world challenges and develop ideas for solutions. You might be studying psychology, politics, sociology, economics, maths, computing, biology, or a mixture – and that’s the point . Tackling complex problems requires many different perspectives. While science, engineering and technology can offer powerful tools and innovations, the success of these solutions is often shaped by social, economic and cultural factors. Understanding people, communities and systems is therefore just as important as developing new technologies.
Through workshops, discussions, and project-based activities, you’ll explore how change happens around us. You’ll learn about different ways people create impact, from research and innovation to community collaboration and policy. Along the way, you’ll build valuable skills including collaboration, critical thinking, research, and communication, while getting a feel for what it’s like to study at a world-leading university and exploring new degree pathways you may not have considered.
Applications for this programme are now closed.
- Self balancing robotic car: an introductory engineering summer school (6 July - 10 July 2026)
Build your own robotic car this summer!
Monday 6 July to Friday 10 July 2026Ready to create something amazing? Join our Engineering for All summer program, where you’ll design, build, and program a self-balancing, self-driving robotic car! Discover how science and technology come to life in real-world engineering as you gain hands-on experience with electronics, coding, and 3D design.
Work in teams, solve exciting challenges, and see your ideas in action—no prior experience needed, just bring your curiosity and creativity! This program is your chance to develop skills, confidence, and inspiration while exploring the world of STEM. Don’t miss out—apply now and build something extraordinary!
Please note you must be studying Mathematics at A-level or equivalent to be eligible for this programme.
Applications for this programme are now closed.
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Taster Days/Short term programmes
Coming soon! The 2026 editions of our Taster Days and Short term programmes can be found on this page as and when they are released. If you want to stay up to date with the latest events and programmes from UCL Access and Widening Participation, consider following us on our Instagram, @ucloutreach.