UCL
18 August 2025
- 22 August 2025
25 programme places
Entry requirements
A-Levels: Mathematics and at least one of Biology, Chemistry and Physics required. Biology, Chemistry or Physics preferred as third subject.
GCSEs: English Language and Mathematics at grade C or 4.
IB: For Mathematics, the programme will accept either ‘Analysis and Approaches’ or ‘Applications and Interpretation’ at higher level. Biology, Chemistry and Physics preferred as third subject.
Scottish Advanced Highers: To include Mathematics and at least one of Physics, Chemistry and Biology at Advanced Higher. Physics, Chemistry and Biology preferred as third subject.
Welsh Baccalaureate: To include Mathematics and at least one of Physics, Chemistry or Biology.
Access to HE Diploma: Mathematics and at least one of Biology, Chemistry and Physics required.
Cambridge Pre-U Principal Subjects: To include Mathematics and at least one of Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Physics, Chemistry and Biology preferred as third subject.
*Please note that these requirements are based on the contextual subject and qualification requirements for relevant undergraduate programmes for 2025 entry.
For information specifically about UCL’s undergraduate programmes (including the grade requirements) please see the UCL Undergraduate Courses webpage (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/undergraduate/).
Please note the Summer School will provide a taste of studying at UCL and we therefore advise you check the UCL Admissions grade requirements and speak to your teacher about your academic suitability.
At the UCL Natural Sciences Summer School, you’ll discover aspects of life as an undergraduate student enjoying lectures, participating in labs, meeting current students and exploring many parts of UCL.
You might learn about the visualisation of proteins in the Life Sciences, coding to solve Physics problems and maybe the range of spectroscopic techniques used in Chemistry. You will get to try out several of our most popular subjects which may include ones you have not thought of studying.
You may be working in small groups or independently, researching a topic you find exciting, to create a presentation to share what you find interesting. Or you may be creating something entirely different! We have Student Leaders on board who will help to guide your research and refine your presentation and communication skills.
Our current UCL students will talk about the Natural Sciences degree programmes and life at UCL, and you’ll hear about the range of careers a degree in Natural Sciences can lead to after university. We will also discuss applying to this degree programme, including what we look for in applicants and their personal statements.
The UCL Natural Sciences BSc and MSci degrees enable students who want to maintain a breadth of science subjects to shape a unique degree suited to their personal interests. They also allow science subjects to be combined in a structured and coherent programme.
The Natural Sciences programmes are flexible degrees drawing together two elements of physics, astrophysics, mathematics and statistics, chemistry, earth sciences, life sciences, and science and technology studies, equipping the next generation of scientists with skills to move comfortably between different environments.
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