International Summer Programme courses

Looking for enriching summer courses in Cambridge? You’re in the right place. Our International Summer Programme offers over 140 courses, with morning and afternoon sessions, over four weeks.
Apply to the programme

Ready to create your personalised summer learning programme? To explore, search for topics, or use the filters to refine by week, number of sessions or subject. Once you click ‘Apply to the programme’, you’ll go through to our student portal. And from there you can start building your own programme of summer courses at Cambridge. 

You need to commit to at least one week, and attend courses in the morning and in the afternoon. The dates for this year's programme are:
Week 1: 13 – 19 July
Week 2: 20 – 26 July
Week 3: 27 July – 2 August
Week 4: 3 – 9 August

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Earth's climate history

Climate change is in the news, discussed on the radio and in television programmes and is an important part of national ...
Week 1
5 sessions
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Iris Murdoch: philosophy and fiction

We will explore the central themes in the moral thought of Iris Murdoch (1919-99) through a close reading of her fiction...
Week 1
5 sessions
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The Northumbrian Renaissance

We tend to think of the Renaissance as that triggered the Italian humanists in the 14th and 15th centuries, but there ha...
Week 1
5 sessions
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Robin Hood in history and legend

Robin Hood is the quintessential medieval outlaw, but who was he? Is there any historical evidence for Robin Hood, or is...
Week 1
10 sessions
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Contemporary marketing fundamentals

This course shuns some of the 20th century's tired marketing mantras by introducing new thinking and providing practical...
Week 2