Middle & High School Program

The Cambridge Experience

DATES
Two-week sessions
Session one: July 12 - July 25
Session two: July 26 - August 8
Combined session | July 12 - August 8
Paris Connection | August 8 - August 12

GRADES
8-9

Peterhouse, University of Cambridge

Peterhouse, which welcomes the Cambridge Experience every summer, is the university's oldest college, founded in 1284. The Cambridge Experience offers students in grades 8 and 9 an opportunity to delve into subjects that fascinate them guided by university teachers and creative professionals.

Students may attend one or two sessions and choose one course per session from options that include Medical Science, Business, Psychology, Espionage, and Law. The classes are designed to use Cambridge as a teaching tool, so that the students discover the city and the university as they discover the topic.

Dates and Tuition

Two-week sessions

Session one: July 12 - July 25
Session two: July 26 - August 8

Before Jan. 1

$7,125

After Jan. 1

$7,395

Combined sessions

July 12 - August 8

$12,225

$12,595

Paris Connection

August 8 - August 12

$2,015

$2,075

At the end of the program, students can choose to add on the Paris Connection and spend 4 days exploring one of the world's great cities.

Tuition Information: Fees include accommodation, classroom instruction, workshops, field trips, two daily meals, and all program-organized activities. We also offer a select number of scholarships based on financial need. For full details, see our Tuition page.

A Day in the Life

  • Breakfast in Hall
  • Major classes on topics ranging from Robotics to Espionage meet in classrooms, labs, studios, or out in Cambridge
  • Students can choose to have lunch at any of a plethora of local restaurants or sandwich shops in town
  • Three afternoons a week, students attend class.  When there is no class, they are free to join in organized activities or trips and tours in and around Cambridge
  • Dinner in Hall
  • Evening activities, events, or shows

What’s Included

Transport to and from the airport

Accommodation

Breakfast and supper

All scheduled extra-curricular activities

All course supplies

Full Course List

Cultural Enrichment

Every class is designed to use Cambridge as a teaching tool. When not in class, students have access to a full range of activities designed to help them discover local and national culture. They have the option to take tours of sights like King's and Trinity, take part in a variety of sports (including Quidditch!), attend local Shakespeare productions, participate in talent shows, or take field trips to the Duxford Air Show and London.

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Residence Info

Accommodations and Rooms

In Cambridge, students live in rooms that are occupied by undergraduates during the year. Students are housed in singles or doubles. Students can request a private bathroom (for a fee), on a first-come, first-served basis.

Facilities

Students have access to common areas within the residences as well as a variety of sporting and educational facilities (gyms, basketball courts, tennis courts, pitches). Oxbridge provides every program with computers, so students have daily access to email and social media. The program staff maintains message boards and distributes mail every day.

Meals

Students enjoy breakfast and dinner in their residence's dining hall. Breakfast is primarily continental style with choices such as cereal, yogurt, fruit, toast, coffee, and tea. Several options are available at dinner, including a vegetarian dish and a salad bar. Special dinners are regularly held, and each program ends with a formal banquet. Students are responsible for their own lunch, which can be purchased from a college snack bar or one of the many sandwich shops, small restaurants, patisseries, or bodegas near each residence.

After the Program

Shortly after the program, all students and their parents receive a comprehensive set of grade reports, presenting their course syllabus and highlighting their specific contributions and achievements within their course(s). Most of our alumni later ask for additional copies to include in their college applications.

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What People Are Saying About Oxbridge Academic Programs

It was a big decision and undertaking to send our 16-year-old daughter from New Zealand to Oxford, she could not have travelled further! However, the experience that she had far exceeded all of our expectations, both in terms of the exposure she had to learning and the academic staff as well as the experiences and friendships made.

Oxford Tradition Parent

Thanks to the Cambridge Tradition experience, my daughter is much more mature, has a better knowledge of how to live abroad without her family, and she's better prepared for university! Her time at Oxbridge reaffirmed that she wants to study architecture and now she has all the skills to reach her goals.

Ana Maria

Cambridge Tradition Parent

Our daughter had a wonderful experience, and she found the Psychology and Genetics courses engaging and useful. She learned new things, made friends, and had 4 amazing weeks! Many thanks to your entire team for making this possible!

Oxbridge Parent

Our daughter loved the Oxford Experience program. She enjoyed her Major, made nice friends, and really began to feel more independent and confident while exploring beautiful Oxford. A great experience through and through and just what we all were hoping for! In fact, she is already talking about participating in the Cambridge program next year.

Daniel

Oxford Experience Parent

Just wanted to reach out to thank you for helping to make my daughter's summer spectacular! She returned on Saturday and has clearly grown from the summer experience.

Sanjeev

Oxbridge in Paris Parent

Thank you for making my son's experience at Cambridge so memorable! Usually reserved, he talked the whole way home from the airport about what he learned in class, the friends he made, and the museums he visited. My son was initially a bit reluctant to attend a two-week course, but at the end of the second week - he was sad it was ending so quickly!

Cambridge Experience Parent