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Who it's for

A wide variety of summer research internships are offered across our STEM faculties, suiting international students from a range of disciplines. This is a unique and exciting opportunity if you have ambitious postgraduate or career aspirations.

What you'll learn

This is an international summer school with a difference: you'll build your own research pathway under the supportive supervision of our world-class researchers while gaining academic credit. You'll develop your teamwork, clinical and scientific inquiry, scientific referencing, and presentation skills.

Key information

Programme dates: Sunday 6 July to Saturday 16 August 2025

Programme fee: £6,495 - See what's included in the fee

Qualify for a 10% discount: We offer a single 10% discount for either:

• early-bird applicants who apply by 1 March 2025;
• students from International Partner Universities and Study Abroad student mobility partners;
• students who apply for two consecutive programmes; or
• groups of 10 or more students from the same university.

Students who apply through an agent will not be eligible for a fee discount.

Credits: upon successful completion of the programme, students will receive 20 academic credits, suggested as equivalent to 10 ECTS or 6 US semester credits.

Early bird applications end: 1 March 2025

Closing date for all applications: Sunday, 25 May 2025. Places are limited and offers for programmes are made on a first-come, first-served basis.

2025 Projects

Dental project

Physics project 

1. "Mu3e: Looking for Lepton Flavour Violation" with Professor Joel Goldstein

Psychology project 

1. "The neurogastric physiology of disgust" with Dr Edwin Dalmaijer and Dr Anca Dobrescu

1. "Rational microbial-based interventions against enteric disease in young livestock" with Dr. Benedetta Amato

For more detail and links to related academic journals and references on the above projects, please email bristol-summer@bristol.ac.uk.

Entry requirements

Age: 18 or over

Study level: international undergraduates currently studying a subject aligned to the chosen primary research project with at least two years of their degree completed by the start of the summer 

Academic: GPA equivalent to 60–63% on the UK scale, C on the ECTS scale, or 3.0 on a 4.0 GPA scale

English language: you meet our requirements if:

• you are a native speaker; or
• your degree is taught in English; or
• you meet our Profile E language requirements. Visit the page and select the 'English Language Proficiency Tests' tab for more information.

For this programme, we also accept CET-4 scores of at least 550 and CET-6 scores of at least 520.

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