Schedule and delivery

Before your courses start

To ensure that you are able to participate fully and get the maximum enjoyment out of your courses, please ensure you have familiarised yourself with the course materials. These can be accessed on our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), along with required reading and all other course resources. You should also carry out any required reading and review any literary texts, primary resources, supplementary reading and web links provided by your course director before your courses start.  

From February, if your application has been accepted, you will receive an email from our Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team confirming your VLE login details. Once you have logged into the VLE, you will be able to:

• access and review your course materials, carry out any required reading and review any texts, primary resources, supplementary reading and web links provided by your course director
• access, download and read the student handbook
• access and read the College notes
• access the student area and review any sections of interest    

Course delivery and study time

See below details about the International Summer Programme: 

• teaching takes place in a number of University Faculty and Department classrooms on the Sidgwick Site in central Cambridge  
• morning courses (Am) run from 9.00am to 10.30am and afternoon courses (Pm) run from 1.30pm to 3.00pm Monday to Friday
• 10-session and 5-session courses are available
• 1 or 2 plenary lectures are offered each day Monday to Friday  
• a number of evening talks and events take place each week
• each course has a maximum of 25 students 

Typical week: Monday to Friday

Courses run from Monday to Friday. For each week of study, you select a morning (Am) course and an afternoon (Pm) course. We offer a range of 5- and 10-session courses. Some 10-session courses run over one week and others run over two weeks. If you sign up for a 10-session course running over two weeks, you need to attend both weeks. Our 5-session courses run over one week. The maximum class size is 25 students.    

Your courses are complemented by a series of daily plenary lectures, exploring new ideas in a wide range of disciplines. To add to the learning experience, we are also planning additional evening talks and events. 

At the end of your courses

After completion of the programme, you’ll get a digital credential to demonstrate your participation and commitment to learning. You can share this online to show details of your achievement.