Oxbridge Accelerate Programme

The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, known collectively as Oxbridge, date back over 800 years and are the most famous centres of learning in the world. In 2022, around 46,000 applicants chasing 8,000 places at the two universities: Cambridge offered places to 4,238 out of their 22,470 applicants, whereas Oxford offered places to 3,645 out of 23,819 applicants, with an acceptance rate of only 15.3%.

The application process to Oxford and Cambridge is highly challenging, not only requiring candidates to have the highest exam grades but also to excel in admissions tests and tackle multiple interviews with leading professors, which are an essential part of these two universites' selection processes to examine aptitude rather than knowledge and help top universities distinguish excellent candidates from merely good ones.

ASDAN China has partnered with experienced Oxbridge application experts to offer the Oxbridge Accelerate Programme. It aims to help students identify and overcome their academic weaknesses and maximize their chances of winning a place at Oxford or Cambridge.

Pinpointing majors and colleges

Students have the opportunity to gain a deeper insight into what living and studying at Oxford and Cambridge is like, an understanding of how colleges differ and the admission statistics for each, allowing them to target their application and decide on which will suit them best.

Entrance exams and Oxbridge thinking training

The program uses past admissions test questions and Physics Olympiad questions. Students will be immersed in the Oxbridge tutorial/supervision environment, and taught how to think and solve problems in an Oxbridge manner. Students will also be taught the correct strategy to approach and perform well in the admissions test (PAT/NSAA/ENGAA/MAT/STEP) and will be coached through problems.

Analysis of the main points of PS

The personal statement is a chance to show student’s potential to excel within the tutorial or supervision system. Students will have a completed and refined personal statement through individualised and expert support and written feedback.

Stage 2: Oxbridge Interview（October-December）

Oxbridge hopes to select students with high-level critical thinking and academic ability through rigorous interviews, and more importantly, select elite students who can better adapt to Oxbridge's unique teaching methods (tutorial system and debate-style) in the future.

Many Chinese applicants with strong academic strength fail to get the offer due to their lack of academic experience in the interview process. As a matter of fact, for Chinese students with a good academic foundation, as long as they go through targeted professional training, they will greatly improve the probability of winning the application. In the case of a similar standard performance level, excellent performance in the interview will be the key to get the offer!

Dr. Anson Cheung

10-year interviewer at the University of Cambridge, National British Physics Olympiad coach, Oxbridge Accelerate Program academic director

Dr. Cheung graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, majoring in Natural Sciences. During his Ph.D. in the Cavendish Laboratory, he studied the quantum behavior of matter at low temperatures, during which he was awarded the prestigious Trinity College Cambridge Fellowship. After 12 years at Cambridge, he dedicated himself to carry forward what he had learned to more capable and ambitious young people. Anson has organized the entrance exams and interviews of the University of Cambridge, managed the Natural Sciences admissions process, and interviewed more than 600 Cambridge applicants. Anson has taught Science for over 20 years and trained hundreds of students to attend the University of Oxford and Cambridge. In addition, Anson also served as the coach of the British Physics Olympiad national team and positively participated in the teaching of the British Physics Olympiad training camp in China.

Dr. Stuart Hindle

10-year mentor of Eton Group talents training program, British Physics Olympiad coach

Dr. Hindle graduated in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford. His research focuses on numerical methods for calculating the settling loads of engineering structures and other power systems, with applications in aerospace, civil and mechanical engineering. As a structural engineering expert and acoustic consultant, he has worked on a variety of exciting civil engineering projects around the world, including the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, and the Tottenham Hotspur football stadium. At present, he teaches at Eton Group in the UK, focusing on the cultivation of Oxbridge top seeds. In the past seven years, he has tutored nearly 50 students to Oxford and Cambridge universities. He also has provided mock interviews, detailed feedback, and written recommendation letters for hundreds of applicants, as well as academic training and lectures for other mock interviews/admission tutors who graduated from Oxbridge.

Physics and Engineering and Natural Science

A wide range of studies, including mechanics, electromagnetism, optics and waves

Stage 1

China time	Day 1	Day 2	Day 4（Reading day)	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7
10:00-14:00	Independent work		Submit personal statement	Independent work
15:00-15:40	Orientation Welcomes and an introduction to Oxbridge	1V4 Tutorial sessions	Independent work Personal statement feedback session	1V4 Tutorial sessions
15:50-16:30	Choosing a course in the Oxbridge	1V4 Tutorial sessions		1V4 Tutorial sessions
16:40-17:20	Personal statement feedback session	Guest lecture		Personal statement feedback session	Guest lecture	Mock interview demonstration
15:30-18:10	Entry requirements, tests and strategy	1V4 Tutorial sessions		1V4 Tutorial sessions		Guest lecture
18:20-19:00	Teaching session			Teaching session	1V4 Tutorial sessions	Closing remarks

Stage 2 (Sample Schedule)

Arrangement	Date	Time
Session 1	October 15th	15:30-16:00 Openning 16:00-17:30 or 17:40-19:10
Session 2	October 16th	16:00-17:30 or 17:40-19:10
Session 3	October 23rd	16:00-17:30 or 17:40-19:10
Session 4	November 5th	17:00-18:30 or 18:40-20:10
Session 5	November 13th	17:00-18:30 or 18:40-20:10
Session 6	November 20th	17:00-18:30 or 18:40-20:10
Session 7	November 26th	17:00-18:30 or 18:40-20:10
1V1Mock Interview	November 27th or December 3rd or December 4th	Any hour from 16:00-20:00 is available