| Application deadline | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): $635–$15,987; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): 2026 residential media scholarship: $15,987. One Session C award covered tuition and room and board in exchange for documenting the experience; the 2026 scholarship is closed and 2027 availability is unknown.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | Catalog terms: Booking deposit: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Required to secure the booking, amount shown during enrolment, generally nonrefundable outside applicable cooling-off rights. Read the actual invoice and law-specific terms.; Residential college accommodation: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Cambridge residential model includes 13 nights; nonresidential pricing excludes accommodation, and Oxford or upgraded arrangements must be confirmed.; Residential meal plan: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Cambridge list includes breakfast and dinner; lunch is additionally included for ages 13-15. Older-student lunch, travel-day meals, snacks, and Oxford terms must be checked.; Academic sessions, materials, mentoring, project, excursions, graduation, certificate, and tutor evaluation: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Included in the described Cambridge residential package; exact subject and tier deliverables can change.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): 2026 commuter or virtual application fee: $25. Residential pages refer to an application fee in refund terms but do not state its amount on the official page.; 2026 commuter or virtual registration and document fees: $658. $585 registration plus $73 document-management fee.; 2026 international visitor service fee: $500. Applies to international visitors under the published fee table; track and immigration restrictions still control eligibility.; 2026 residential media scholarship: $15,987. One Session C award covered tuition and room and board in exchange for documenting the experience; the 2026 scholarship is closed and 2027 availability is unknown.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Stipend or pay | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Eligibility | Unconfirmed — check official site | Grades 10–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Additional eligibility | Ages 13–18; Requirement: Meet the exact selected course age band, commonly 13-15 or 16-18, at the program's measurement date; Requirement: Choose a currently available subject, city, dates, and residential or nonresidential tier; Requirement: Have sufficient English for a challenging academic syllabus; Immerse strongly recommends at least B2; Requirement: No prior academic study of the selected specialist subject is generally required; Requirement: For students under 18, have a parent or legal guardian complete enrolment and accept contractual and financial responsibility; Requirement: Provide accurate identity, age, nationality, contact, education, health, support, dietary, emergency, guardian, travel, and visa information; Requirement: Pay the deposit and balance under the invoice and understand nonrefundability and cancellation exposure; Requirement: Obtain any required passport, UK visa or travel authorization, consent, insurance, medication documents, and travel arrangements; Requirement: Attend the full two weeks, approximately 40 academic hours, personal-project work, mentoring, excursions, residential or check-in rules, and graduation; Requirement: Follow safeguarding, behavior, housing, free-time, technology, academic-integrity, health, and emergency rules; Exclusion: Being outside the selected course's age band; Exclusion: Assuming all Cambridge and Oxford subjects are available for both age bands or every date; Exclusion: Treating absence of academic prerequisites as absence of English, workload, conduct, payment, health, visa, or travel requirements; Exclusion: A minor attempting to contract and enroll without a parent or legal guardian; Exclusion: Missing payment, forms, travel documents, visa, arrival, or applicant-specific deadlines; Exclusion: Needs that cannot be safely supported after individualized discussion; families should disclose early rather than assume or conceal; Exclusion: Assuming the program is operated, endorsed, accredited, or awarded by Oxford University, Cambridge University, or a constituent college; Exclusion: Assuming college accommodation makes the student a university enrollee or grants university credit; Exclusion: Assuming a scholarship application, deposit, early enrolment, or waitlist guarantees funding or a preferred place | Ages 16–18; Residency: Residential and virtual tracks accepted qualifying domestic and international students in 2026; Residency: Commuter applicants generally had to reside in California, commute locally, and stay with an adult relative in the Bay Area; Residency: International applicants had track-specific English-language, insurance, and visa requirements; Requirement: Have completed grade 10 or 11 by the start of summer classes under 2026 rules; Requirement: Hold at least a B average or 3.0 GPA; Requirement: Be age 16 by the applicable 2026 start date; Requirement: Meet course prerequisites and select courses available to high-school students; Requirement: Meet English-language requirements when applicable; Requirement: Meet housing, health-insurance, immigration, and track-specific location rules; Exclusion: Students under 16 by the applicable start date were not eligible in 2026; Exclusion: Students over 18 before summer classes were directed to the visiting-student application rather than Pre-College Scholars; Exclusion: Residential students could not take online courses and had to live in assigned housing; Exclusion: Commuter students could not use non-family homestays, co-ops, Airbnb, or program housing; Exclusion: Course availability and prerequisites are controlled by academic departments |
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| Session dates or duration | Catalog terms: 2 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 6–8 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Format | In person | In person / Online |
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| Housing and supervision | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | Cambridge, England, Oxford, England, Private Immerse Education teaching and residential sites using contracted college facilities; residential and nonresidential options vary | Berkeley, California |
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| Selection and application | Selection: Direct paid enrolment is first-come, first-served while space remains, rather than holistically admission-selective. Courses can fill and use waitlists. Separate scholarships and bursaries are competitive or criteria-based and do not guarantee program inventory. Application materials: Scholarship, bursary, essay competition, partner award, or discount documentation only through its separate current process | Selection: Complete applications were reviewed on a rolling basis, with course enrollment subject to capacity, prerequisites, and academic-department discretion. The program does not publish a current acceptance rate. |
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