Why attend?

Guaranteed Alternative Offer

Guaranteed Alternative Offer

Students who successfully complete the summer school will be eligible for a Guaranteed Alternative Offer, with reduced grade requirements, when they apply to Durham University.

Experience Durham’s Colleges

Experience Durham’s Colleges

Spend the week living alongside current Durham students (our Ambassadors) in one of our colleges and find out first-hand what it’s like to be a student here at Durham University.

Explore Academic Subjects

Explore Academic Subjects

You can take part in one of our twenty-four captivating subject strands, working alongside academics to explore some of Durham’s exciting research.

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Courses

Accounting
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2024

On this course, students will gain an insight into what it is like to study accounting and finance at Durham University. Areas of study may include...

Anthropology
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

On this course, students typically study humans and their societies both past and present while exploring the connections between the sister discip...

Archaeology
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

On this course, students typically study humans and their societies both past and present while exploring the connections between the sister discip...

Biosciences
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

The summer school will provide students with a unique insight into life as a student of Biosciences, giving students experience in addressing some ...

Business (Marketing and Management)
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

Studying Business (Marketing and Management) at the Sutton Trust Summer School gives students an insight into what it is like to be a study in the ...

Chemistry
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

Durham Chemistry is a thriving center for teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and for world-leading research in the chemical sci...

Classics & Ancient History
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

The Durham Department of Classics and Ancient History is one of the largest in the UK, and enjoys a high reputation in this country and internation...

Computer Science
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

Durham University's Computer Science degrees have been designed to be demanding, intellectually challenging and are scientifically, technologically...

Earth Sciences
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

As a leading Earth Science Department with researchers and teachers of the highest international calibre, Earth Sciences introduces summer school p...

Economics and Finance
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

Studying Economics at the summer school provides students with a detailed understanding of the variety within the discipline. Students gain an insi...

Education Studies/Primary Ed
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

The School of Education’s aim is to foster internationally excellent research and teaching, working on the most important and critical issues in ...

Engineering
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

Engineers are needed now more than ever. At Durham, we produce world class engineers who are continually in high demand. The School is one of a sma...

English Literature
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

At this Summer School, students will spend a week exploring a classic English literary text (previous examples have included, for instance, The Hou...

Geography
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2024

During the summer school, participants will be introduced to a variety of research-led teaching via taster-lectures from academic staff, followed b...

History
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

The summer school will give participants a taste of a number of strands of research-led teaching. In the past, topics have included popular culture...

Law
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

During the summer school we will explore the fundamentals of the English legal system, with particular reference to contract law, human rights and ...

Mathematics
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

The Summer School will give participants a taste of how it feels to be a mathematician, and an opportunity to visit the exciting world of creating ...

Modern Languages & Cultures
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

During the summer school, students will be given a taste of what learning a language and its culture means at University level. Students carry out ...

Music
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

As one of the leading centres for the study of music in Britain Durham's Music Department have an international reputation for the quality of their...

Philosophy/Theology & Religion
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

During the summer school students will explore a range of topics across both Philosophy and Theology and Religion, showing where common ground lead...

Physics
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

An introduction to the study of Physics at University. This will include chance to undertake problem-solving, using your physics and mathematics kn...

Politics
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

Studying Politics at university is all about asking questions regarding the political and social world around us and uncovering answers through ind...

Psychology
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

Studying Psychology at the Summer School will give you the opportunity to learn what it is really like to study as a student at Durham! Not only wi...

Sociology & Criminology
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

Durham University’s Department of Sociology is where academics, postgraduate researchers, and students are collectively developing and applying t...

Sport & Exercise Sciences
Location:
Durham University
Start Date:
04 August 2025
End Date:
08 August 2025

Studying Sport and Exercise Sciences involves engaging with contemporary issues and subjects ranging from the development of elite athletes to enco...

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Contact

Durham Sutton Trust Team

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