Academic summer

Key facts

• A strong academic choice of programmes, including preparation for medicine — one of the most competitive degrees
• Two intensive weeks: classes, themed visits, practical workshops and a leadership course
• Two CPD certificates at the end — useful for a CV and personal statement
• A central London location next to Waterloo
• Classes of up to 12 students; minimum English level B2

Facilities

Classes take place in DLD College's modern glass-and-steel building by Waterloo station, with views of Parliament, The Shard and St Paul's. It has 55 classrooms with interactive screens and rooms for one-to-one teaching.

There is a theatre with professional lighting and sound, music rooms with iMacs and a recording studio, three art studios, a photography studio and separate biology, chemistry and physics labs.

Medicine programme

Get Ready for Medicine is for students seriously considering a career as a doctor: 40 hours of specialist teaching over two weeks, going well beyond the school syllabus to show how medicine is really studied and practised.

• Anatomy, physiology and pathology across the main body systems and specialties
• Biology and chemistry practicals, including heart and lung dissection
• Medical ethics: consent, allocation of resources and other real dilemmas
• A one-day first-aid course with certificate
• Admissions preparation: an introduction to UCAT, the personal statement and a mock MMI interview
• An individual research project with an essay and a presentation to a panel
• A clinical skills day with a practising doctor and a visit to a UK university

Future Skills programme

Get Ready for Future Gen Study is for 14–17-year-olds preparing for A-levels, the IB, AP, a foundation year or an English-taught degree — including those who have not yet chosen a subject. 40 hours in Westminster covering academic English, critical thinking, artificial intelligence and data, projects and practical workshops.

Be a Leader course

Part of both programmes: meetings with professionals from medicine, business and law, psychometric and career tests with a personal careers report, and practice in communication, negotiation and presenting.

Accommodation

Single en-suite rooms (a few twin rooms) with common rooms on every floor. Staff live in the residence, there is 24-hour security and Wi-Fi throughout.

Activities and excursions

Evenings include a Big Bus tour, the Tower of London, the London Eye, Notting Hill and a West End show; medicine students also take science-themed visits. Weekend trips go to Windsor, Oxford and Cambridge.

Activities include archery, fencing, ice-skating, climbing, paintball, drama workshops, cookery, photography, talent shows and barbecues.

Daily schedule

• 7:30 wake-up, 8:00 breakfast, 8:30 Be a Leader morning meeting
• 9:00–13:30 lessons in the chosen programme, with breaks and lunch
• 14:40 projects, themed visits and workshops
• 18:00 dinner, 19:00 evening programme and excursions, 23:00 lights out

Fees, 2027

• Medicine: £5,250 for 2 weeks residential, £3,150 non-residential
• Future Skills: £4,725 for 2 weeks residential, £2,625 non-residential
• Included: tuition, accommodation and meals, insurance, all activities and excursions, airport transfers
• Not included: flights and visa