UK Short Courses summer programme at St Paul's School, London

Three courses run on the London campus. International Banking & Finance is offered only here: morning tuition covers the fundamentals of banking and financial markets, investment banking and corporate finance, economics and monetary policy, equities, bonds and commodities, foreign exchange, portfolio management, risk and regulation, FinTech and trading strategy. Pre-Medic is for students aiming at medical school and covers human anatomy, first aid and critical care, medical terminology, healthcare ethics, clinical communication, public health and medical English. The English (EAL) course, London Immersion, is an enquiry-based programme that asks students to notice, describe, compare and communicate rather than drill grammar, and is built for learners from beginner to intermediate level.

Every course is residential and full board: tuition of more than thirty hours in the chosen specialism, on-campus accommodation, three meals a day on programme days, the on-site activity programme, all excursions of the chosen stream with entry tickets, administration and registration, and uniform elements — a school tie and polo shirts — in a welcome pack with a student guidebook. Career Stream students also receive tailored university application support, a certificate and, for the strongest students, a letter of recommendation. Airport transfers are not included; the provider can arrange them separately.

Students live on the St Paul's School campus in single or multi-bed dormitory bedrooms. Welfare staff are on site around the clock, and two formal dinners with after-dinner speakers are part of the stay.

Three meals a day are served on campus on programme days. Two formal dinners with after-dinner speakers are included; students are asked to bring a white or blue formal shirt to wear with the school tie for those dinners and for assemblies.

Afternoons and evenings carry a daily programme of activities and sports. Career Stream afternoons are profession-related: a visit to the London banking district, an investment or commercial bank, a professional trading floor with trader insights, a FinTech or digital banking company, a live trading simulation in equities, foreign exchange and commodities, a financial markets data workshop, a corporate finance and company valuation workshop and an international finance project. Students of all streams come together in the evenings and for excursions.

Teaching, accommodation and meals all take place on the St Paul's School campus on Lonsdale Road in London, so students stay within the grounds of a working British boarding school for the whole course.

Classes are capped at fifteen students, and places are allocated to keep each cohort mixed by nationality. Students are expected to apply themselves, make friends across countries and read the student code of conduct before arrival; those travelling alone should be confident enough to manage the journey themselves, with parental consent forms signed in advance.