The summer schools application is competitive and open to all undergraduate students. For some programmes, priority will be given to students from the relevant school as confirmed in the summer school details. Students will be assessed on the following criteria:

• suitability for the programme
• current academic year
• personal statement
• A minimum academic average of 45%
• where relevant academic achievement to date

Priority will be given to students who have not previously studied abroad, or who are not due to study abroad within their degree programme at Nottingham; students who are not in their final year and who do not have resit examinations unless otherwise stated. However students not in these categories are still eligible to apply and their applications will be considered.

Students applying for a summer school hosted in a country, in which the applicant holds citizenship and permanent residence, will be de-prioritised.

The minimum academic mark required to be considered for a summer school is 45%, however some of our summer school destinations do have higher minimum academic mark requirements. Students must be in good academic standing at the time of their application, students who have completed modules which show a fail mark for the current academic year at the time of application without approved extenuating circumstances or are currently in resit will not be considered.

Some partner universities require students to have subject-specific knowledge in order to participate in a summer school course, please read the course requirements thoroughly on the partner university summer school webpages.

As our summer schools and short-term programmes take place during holiday periods, any credits you gain from a summer school programme do not count towards your Nottingham degree programme. This gives you the freedom to study subjects that are not normally available to you.

A variety of subjects can be studied at our partner university summer schools including business, economics and languages.

The process:

• You can choose up to three summer schools to be considered in order of preference
• You will be required to write a personal statement as part of your application
• If accepted to the programme you will be nominated to the partner university and requested to complete their application form
• Once you receive an offer letter from your summer school, you will be able to register for your online summer school or make your travel arrangements and apply for a visa, if appropriate, for your in-person summer school
• The International Summer Schools application is closed for summer 2024.
• International summer schools offered in summer 2025, will be available to view on the webpage in late January 2025.

Summer Schools FAQs

Successful applicants who are nominated to either an online or in-person summer school at one of our partner universities do not pay tuition fees to the partner university unless otherwise stated. Tuition fees are payable for summer schools outside of the University of Nottingham's scheme and for students who apply independently.

Some in-person summer school tuition fees includes additional items such as accommodation, it will state on the summer school profile page for each university what is included in tuition and which fees are waived.

Unless otherwise stated, students are responsible for paying accommodation, flights, visa (if required), travel and health insurance and spending money.

Financial travel support is available for in-person summer schools, please visit the partner university profiles and the Summer Schools FAQs webpage and individual partner university profiles for further information. Please be aware that Turing funding is not guaranteed.

For full details of the anticipated costs associated with studying at a summer school please see the individual partner university profiles.