Robinson College Arts and Humanities Summer Residential
Robinson College
Applications for this cycle have closed
This programme usually runs again each year — keep an eye out for the next round, or explore what's live now.
Curious about studying arts and humanities at university? Join Robinson College’s free three-day residential to explore subject taster sessions, get admissions guidance and experience Cambridge college life—build clarity on choices, boost your uni readiness and connect with academics and peers.
Robinson College’s Arts and Humanities Summer Residential is a free three-day outreach programme for school students who are thinking about studying arts and humanities subjects at university. The residential combines subject taster sessions with admissions information, and it also gives participants the chance to explore the College and the wider University of Cambridge environment.
The programme is designed to help students compare different arts and humanities disciplines and think about the connections between them. Sessions may include Theology, Languages, English, Anthropology, Classics, and Art and Culture, giving students an insight into both subject content and the skills that support degree study in these areas.
Alongside the academic sessions, students experience student life in a Cambridge college setting. Accommodation and meals are provided, and travel expenses may be covered for eligible students under the College’s travel policy.
The opportunity is aimed at widening participation students who meet the College’s eligibility criteria and is intended to support informed university choices.
01 May 2027
Dates from the previous cycle — new dates are announced when applications reopen.
01 Jul 2027 – 03 Jul 2027
July 2027
Location
- Currently in Year 11 or Year 12 at the time of the programme (England & Wales), Year 12 or Year 13 (Northern Ireland), or S4 or S5 (Scotland).
- Applicants must identify with at least one of the listed widening participation criteria.
- Currently in or previously in local authority care and/or estranged students.
- Forced migrants.
- Eligible or previously eligible to receive Free School Meals or Pupil Premium.
- Currently or previously a young carer.
- From an ethnic minority group currently underrepresented at the University of Cambridge (Black African, Black Caribbean, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Arab, Roma, British Romani, Traveller (Irish or Other), or mixed heritage including any of these).
- Have had their education significantly disrupted.
- Have a disability and/or long-term health condition.
- Live in an area of high socio-economic deprivation (IMD 1 or 2).
- Have an academic profile suitable for progression to Cambridge or other high-tariff universities.
- Attend a school with low progression rates to Cambridge or other higher-tariff higher education institutions.
- Are first in their immediate family to attend university.
- Attend a state-maintained school in the UK.
- Live in or attend a school in Swindon, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, or the London Borough of Wandsworth.
Free-of-charge. Accommodation and meals are provided by the College, and travel expenses may be covered if students meet the Travel Costs policy.
Free-of-charge. Accommodation and meals are provided by the College. Travel expenses may be covered for students who meet the College's Travel Costs policy.
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