Preserve life on planet earth as you collaborate in small groups to generate solutions to some of the most challenging issues facing humanity. This course exposes you to how the fields of climate science, politics, law, and leadership can work together to beat extinction.

Curing the Future exposes you to the fascinating world of medicine and disease, extending your prior knowledge and understanding of medical research and practice. You will gain insight into what it takes to work in the medical profession in the 21st Century.

Designing Tomorrow provides you with an introduction to the emerging technology that is shaping the future. Providing a broad foundation into engineering principles and fields, it will inspire you to take on the future's grand challenges from alternative energy to advanced robotics and beyond.

“Inventing the Future” will equip you with the skills, tools, and mindset to innovate and create the future. This comprehensive immersion into business principles, innovation methods, and entrepreneurial thinking will enable you to incubate your idea and accelerate it into a value creating business.

Examine the interconnection of law and politics and take the first step to pursuing your legal career. Focused on emerging issues in these fields, the programme fosters discussion and debate through legal case studies and their ethical implications on issues ranging from human rights to globalization, terrorism, trade, protectionism, and access to resources.

Bring your design ideas to life at one of the richest artistic and architectural locations in the world. You'll apply the core principles of architecture, including planning, design and spatial mapping as you fast track your future to becoming a world-class architect.

Delve into the minds of history's greatest thinkers and explore some of the most famous literary works of all time as you debate and analyze questions about existence, truth, beauty and ethics.

Dig deep into the workings of the mind, and explore everything from psychological disorders, to how childhood attachments affect someone's future. Design your own investigations, network with experts, and explore the ethics of human psychology experiments.

Shoot, edit and screen your own short film on location at the University of Oxford. With Oxford University as your set—filming site of several scenes in the Harry Potter films, you will gain insights to film production and digital editing as you experience first-hand what it is like to produce a film.

Refine your mathematical abilities and numerical curiosity through an introduction to several different facets of modern mathematics. You will encounter important and interesting ideas in arithmetic, geometry, graph theory, logic, computer science and game theory.

Practice challenging writing techniques and find your own 'voice' through which to express yourself and truly inspire your readers as you explore varied creative writing techniques to plan, draft, and edit your own short story.

Preserve life on planet earth as you collaborate in small groups to generate solutions to some of the most challenging issues facing humanity. This course exposes you to how the fields of climate science, politics, law and leadership can work together to beat extinction.

You will explore the skills and knowledge you need to become a successful doctor or nurse through a focus on human anatomy and physiology. Explore the basics of human anatomy as you identify different career trajectories in the exciting fields of medicine and healthcare. Expand your understanding of medicine through practical, hands-on medical simulations like cannulation, conducting a physical exam, applying splints and slings, and controlling external hemorrhaging. Investigate both the practice of medicine and biomedical research through speakers and visits to a university biomedical lab or research facility.

The course provides you with a comprehensive introduction to the exciting career opportunities in engineering and technology. You will explore the fields of Civil, Mechanical, Biomedical, and Aerospace engineering as you survey emerging technical applications, from self-driving vehicles to space travel. Gain a practical foundation in the science of engineering through fun design simulations that provide a grounding in mathematics and physics. Learn to think like an engineer and strengthen your critical thinking, collaboration, problem solving, and creativity skills. Apply your skills in the ‘Mission to Mars Design Challenge’, where you will collaborate with your peers to propose engineering and technology solutions that will support the establishment of a colony on Mars.

The course provides you with a broad introduction to business, finance, and marketing. It equips you with the skills to innovate and successfully launch and manage your own business. Most importantly, you will develop the mindset to become a groundbreaking entrepreneur. Immerse yourself in the exciting world of innovation through compelling case studies on companies like Tesla and Tik Tok and profiles of leading innovators like Elon Musk and Steve Jobs. Take centre stage and apply your skills in the “Explore Business Shark Tank Challenge”, where you will collaborate with your peers to pitch a new business idea. Engage with real entrepreneurs who are leading new business ideas to success.

Practice challenging writing techniques and find your own ‘voice’ through which to express yourself and truly inspire your readers as you explore varied creative writing techniques to plan, draft, and edit your own short story. Seek inspiration from your stunning surroundings on the campus of the University of Oxford, the city that inspired great writers including J R R Tolkien and Lewis Carroll. Experience an interactive and varied classroom environment that combines teacher-led experimental activities with interactive group work and workshopping, as well as giving time for individuals to work on their own writing.