The Cambridge Experience at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge

Each student takes one course and keeps it for the whole session. The fourteen choices are Advertising, Aerospace Engineering, Banking and Markets, Scientific Innovation, Creative Writing, Criminology, Engineering, English Literature, Global Business, Medical Science, Politics, Psychology, Security and Intelligence Studies and The World Wars. Classes are small, meet every morning and on three afternoons a week, and are taught by university teachers and professionals working in the field.

The fee covers accommodation at Peterhouse, classroom instruction, workshops, field trips, breakfast and supper, airport transfer and every activity the programme organises. Lunch, airfare and personal spending are not included. The fee rises for enrolments made later in the booking year, and the two sessions can be combined into one longer stay at a combined rate.

Students live at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, in rooms that are occupied by undergraduates during the university year. They are housed in singles or doubles, and a private bathroom can be requested for a fee on a first-come, first-served basis.

Breakfast and dinner are served in the residence dining hall and are part of the fee. Breakfast is primarily continental — cereal, yogurt, fruit, toast, coffee and tea; dinner offers several options including a vegetarian dish and a salad bar. Special dinners are held regularly and the programme ends with a formal banquet. Lunch is the student's own responsibility and can be bought from a college snack bar or the shops near the residence.

Every class is built to use Cambridge itself as a teaching tool, and outside class the Cultural Enrichment programme offers tours of sights like King's and Trinity, a variety of sports, local Shakespeare productions, talent shows and field trips to the Duxford Air Show and to London.

Students have access to common areas within the residences and to a range of sporting and educational facilities — gyms, basketball courts, tennis courts and pitches. Computers are provided for every programme, so students have daily access to email, and programme staff maintain message boards and distribute mail each day.

A first taste of university study for younger secondary-school students: a room in a Cambridge college, one subject taken in depth with university teachers, and a structured cultural programme in the afternoons and evenings alongside students from many countries.