Our Pre-University applications are now closed as of the 31st March. We would welcome an application in the next academic cycle.
✔ Read the Pre-University Summer School information on the King’s Summer Programmes website including the entry requirements
✔ Select the course(s) you wish to attend, the start date and duration (one, two or three weeks)
✔ Decide if you would like to book accommodation with your course (please note that you will not be able to add this on later)
✔ Check that you meet the programme Entry Requirements. You will be asked to upload evidence of this once your place on the programme is confirmed
✔ Review and familiarise yourself with our Terms and Conditions and Summer Programmes policies. You can find links to all documents in the Policies tab of this page
Important:Please note that all students must be 16 years old at the start of the course in order to apply.
✔ If you are applying for a two- or three-week course, during the application process, on the Course/Module page, please select the start date for your programme from the menu (for example to apply for a 2-week residential programme between 8 and 19 July, please select 2wks Residential and tick 8 – 12 July
Once you submit your application and make a payment, you will receive a confirmation email with details on next steps. The email will include a summary of your selection. Please check all details carefully (including dates and course) and let us know immediately if you notice any discrepancies by emailing summer@kcl.ac.uk.
Prospective students and their parents/ guardians, can access the full Pre-University Summer School 2024 Guidance here
King’s agents applying on behalf of students, can access the guidance for agents here
NOTE: £60.00 application processing fee is automatically added to the Programme Fee at the time your application is submitted and included in the price from 15 February 2024. Early applicants who submit their application by 14 February 2024, can take advantage of our £0.00 processing fee offer. Please note that in the event of a cancellation, the processing fee will be deducted from your refund along with any cancellation charges you may incur in line with our terms and conditions.”
Before You Start Your Application:
✔ Read the Undergraduate Summer School information on the King’s Summer programmes website including the entry requirements
✔ Select the course(s) you wish to attend, the start date and duration (two or four weeks)
✔ Decide if you wish to book accommodation with your course (please note that you will not be able to add this on later)
✔ Check that you meet the programme Entry Requirements. You will be asked to upload evidence of this once your place on the programme is confirmed
✔ Review and familiarise yourself with the course Terms and Conditions and Summer Programmes policies. You can find links to all documents in the Policies tab of this page
✔ Check if your institution has a partnership agreement with King’s College London. Students of King’s Partner institutions need to apply via the link here.
Once you submit your application and make a payment, you will receive a confirmation email with details on next steps. The email will include a summary of your selection. Please check all details carefully and let us know immediately if you notice any discrepancies by emailing summer@kcl.ac.uk.
Students can access the full Undergraduate Summer School 2024 Guidance here.
Partner Institutions’ students and King’s alumni, can access their specific guidance here.
King’s agents applying on behalf of students, can access the guidance for agents here.
NOTE: £60.00 application processing fee is automatically added to the Programme Fee at the time your application is submitted and included in the price from 15 February 2024. Please note that in the event of a cancellation, the processing fee will be deducted from your refund along with any cancellation charges you may incur in line with our terms and conditions."
Before You Start Your Application:
✔ Read the Research Programme information on the King’s Summer Programmes website including the entry requirements
✔ Select the course(s) you wish to attend, the start date and duration (two or four weeks)
✔ Decide if you wish to book accommodation with your course (please note that you will not be able to add this on later)
✔ Check that you meet the programme Entry Requirements. You will be asked to upload evidence of this once your place in the programme is confirmed
✔ Review and familiarise yourself with the course Terms and Conditions and Summer Programmes policies. You can find links to all documents in the Policies tab of this page.
Once you submit your application and make a payment, you will receive a confirmation email with details on next steps. The email will include a summary of your selection. Please check all details carefully and let us know immediately if you notice any discrepancies by emailing summer@kcl.ac.uk.
Students can access the full 6 Week Biomedical Research Summer School 2024 Guidance here.
King’s agents applying on behalf of students, can access the guidance for agents here.
NOTE: £60.00 application processing fee is automatically added to the Programme Fee at the time your application is submitted and included in the price from 15 February 2024. Please note that in the event of a cancellation, the processing fee will be deducted from your refund along with any cancellation charges you may incur in line with our terms and conditions.
Overseas students who will be studying in the UK for 6 months or less, can do so on a Standard Visitor visa.
Please click here for information
Following payment of programme fees via the Estore, and confirmation of their place on King’s Apply, applicants will receive a digital confirmation/visa support letter showing they have secured a place to study at King’s College London. The letter can be used as part of the application for a Standard Visitor visa.
We recommend that all students coming from overseas (including those not requiring a visa) show their confirmation/visa support letter along with their passport at UK immigration to ensure they enter the country correctly.
If you have any concerns or need advice, please get in contact with the visa advice team.
Please find below links to the Terms and Conditions and other relevant policies and documents.
Here is a list of useful websites and apps to plan your journey in London:
For specific information to help you plan your journey to London, please see below.
You can take Elizabeth Line of the London Underground from Heathrow Airport all the way into central London. It is the cheapest mode of transport from the airport.
If you don’t fancy taking a tube you may also book a ticket for the Heathrow Express. It takes only 15 minutes and arrives into Paddington Station. Once here you can take public transport to your accommodation. Another cheap option would be to take a coach from the airport. National Express take you straight from Heathrow to Victoria Coach Station, which is in central London.
You can find additional journey options and details on the Transport for London website by clicking here for alternative routes and information.
Stamford Street Apartments (for Pre-University Residential students)
Step-By Step Route:
• Take Elizabeth line to Tottenham Court Road Underground Station
• Change for Northern line till Waterloo Underground Station
• Walk 10 minutes to Stamford Street Apartments, SE1 9NQ
Estimated travel time: 58 min
You can find additional journey options and details on the Transport for London website by clicking here for alternative routes and information.
Great Dover Street Apartments (for Undergraduate Residential students)
Step-By Step Route:
• Take Elizabeth line to Liverpool Street Station
• Walk 7 minutes to Moorgate Station
• Take Northern line to Borough Station
• Walk 10 minutes to Great Dover Street Apartments, SE1 4XA
Estimated time: 1h 5min
You can find additional journey options and details on the Transport for London website by clicking here for alternative routes and information.
King’s Strand Campus, WC2R 4BG
Step-By Step Route
• Take Piccadilly line to Hammersmith
• Change for District line to Temple
• Walk 5 minutes to King's Strand Campus, WC2R 4BG
Estimated time: 1h 5min
You can find additional journey options and details on the Transport for London website by clicking here for alternative routes and information.
There are plenty of different options to choose from when arriving into London from Gatwick airport. If you want a train that takes you directly to Victoria Station, then the Gatwick Express is the option for you. You are also able to take a normal train (Southern or First Capital Connect) to either Victoria, London Bridge or St Pancras. You can also take a coach from this airport and it is one of the cheapest options.
Stamford Street Apartments, SE1 9NQ (for Pre-University Residential students)
Estimated time: 44 min
• Take Thameslink train to London Bridge
• Change for Jubilee line to Waterloo
• Walk 5 minutes to Stamford Street Apartments, SE1 9NQ
You can find additional journey options and details on the Transport for London website by clicking here for alternative routes and information.
Great Dover Street Apartments, SE1 4XA (for Undergraduate Residential students)
Estimated time: 41 min
• Take Thameslink train to London Bridge
• Walk 12 minutes to Stamford Street Apartments, SE1 9NQ
You can find additional journey options and details on the Transport for London website by clicking here for alternative routes and information.
King's Strand Campus, WC2R 4BG
Estimated time: 46 min
• Take Thameslink train to Blackfriars
• Change for District line to Temple
• Walk 5 minutes to King's Strand Campus, WC2R 4BG
You can find additional journey options and details on the Transport for London website by clicking here for alternative routes and information.
London Stansted is a little bit out of London, so is a little trickier to get to and from. From here you can take the Stansted Express straight to Liverpool Street Station, which roughly takes about 45 minutes. You are also able to take coaches from this airport. There are a number of different coach companies that you can book a ticket with, but please be aware that travel times will be longer than a train.
Stamford Street Apartments, SE1 9NQ (for Pre-University Residential students)
Estimated time: 1h 30 min
• Take National Express bus to Stratford
• Change for Jubilee line to Waterloo
• Walk 5minutes to Stamford Street Apartments, SE1 9NQ
Please visit Transport for London website for alternative routes and information.
Great Dover Street Apartments, SE1 4XA (for Undergraduate Residential students)
Estimated time: 1h 27min
• Take National Express bus to Mile End station
• Change for Central line to Bank Station
• Change for Northern line to Borough Station
• Walk 6 minutes to Stamford Street Apartments, SE1 9NQ
Please visit Transport for London website for alternative routes and information.
King's Strand Campus, WC2R 4BG
Estimated time: 1h 25min
• Take National Express bus to Mile End station
• Change for District line to Temple Station
• Walk 5 minutes to King's Strand Campus, WC2R 4BG
National Express runs frequent coach services between Central London and London Luton Airport 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with 4 departures an hour during the daytime. There are two routes which both pick up at major rail and Underground stations.
Alternatively, travel by train from London St Pancras International to London Luton Airport in as little as 32 minutes, every 30 minutes with the Luton Airport Express.
Departing from London St Pancras International (connected by six London Underground lines), the Luton Airport Express takes you direct to Luton Airport Parkway station in just 22 minutes where you will then jump onboard the Luton DART for the short 4 minute connection directly to the Terminal.
Luton Airport Express services run seven days a week with half hourly services Monday – Saturday and regular services on Sunday.
Stamford Street Apartments, SE1 9NQ (for Pre-University Residential students)
Estimated time: 1h 20 min
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• Take National Express bus to Finchley Road station
• Change for Jubilee line to Waterloo Station
• Walk 5 minutes to Stamford Street Apartments, SE1 9NQ
Please visit Transport for London website for alternative routes and information.
Great Dover Street Apartments, SE1 4XA (for Undergraduate Residential students)
Estimated time: 1h 30 min
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• Take National Express bus to Golders Green station
• Change for Northern line to Borough Station
• Walk 6 minutes to Great Dover Street Apartments, SE1 4XA
Please visit Transport for London routes and information.
King's Strand Campus ,WC2R 4BG
Estimated time: 1h 30 min
• Take National Express bus to Golders Green station
• Change for Northern line to Embankment Station
• Walk 10 minutes to King's Strand Campus ,WC2R 4BG
Please visit Transport for London website for alternative routes and information.
London City Airport is actually within London, which makes it very easy to get to King’s from here. You will need to take the DLR (Dockland Light Railway) from this airport into central London. To get to Waterloo from City Airport you will have to take the DLR to Canning Town. At this station swap to the Jubilee Line (Grey) and you will be able to take a tube straight to Waterloo station.
Stamford Street Apartments , SE1 9NQ (for Pre-University Residential students)
Estimated time: 41min
• Take bus 474 to Canning Town Bus Station (Stop E)
• Walk 2 minutes to Canning Town Station
• Take Jubilee line to Waterloo Station
• Walk 5 minutes to Stamford Street Apartments, SE1 9NQ
Please visit Transport for London website for alternative routes and information.
Great Dover Street Apartments, SE1 4XA (for Undergraduate Residential students)
Estimated time: 34 min
• Take DLR to Bank Station
• Change for Northern line to Borough Station
• Walk 6 minutes to Great Dover Street Apartments, SE1 4XA
Please visit Transport for London website for alternative routes and information.
King's Strand Campus, WC2R 4BG
Estimated time: 38 min
Step-By Step Route
• Take DLR to Bank Station
• Walk 4 minutes to Monument station and take District line to Temple Station
• Walk 5 minutes to King’s Strand Campus, WC2R 4BG
Please visit Transport for London website for alternative routes and information.
Please check Eurostar website for more details.
Stamford Street Apartments, SE1 9NQ (for Pre-University Residential students)
Estimated time: 30min
• Walk 5 min to St Pancras International (Stop S) bus stop
• Take bus number 1 to Waterloo Station Waterloo Road
• Walk 5 minutes to Stamford Street Apartments, SE1 9NQ
Please visit the Transport for London website for alternative routes and information.
Great Dover Street Apartments, SE1 4XA (for Undergraduate Residential students)
Estimated time: 21 min
• Take Northern line to Borough station
• Walk 6 minutes to Great Dover Street Apartments, SE1 4XA
Please visit Transport for London website for alternative routes and information.
King's Strand Campus, WC2R 4BG
Estimated time: 26 min
• Take Circle line to Temple station
• Walk 5 minutes to King's Strand Campus, WC2R 4BG
Please visit the Transport for London website for alternative routes and information.
Taxis can be arranged on the day from all major London airports.
Black cabs can be taken from outside the terminal -look for signs for ‘Taxi Rank’. Alternatively, you can book a car service from the airport to the accommodation in advance or use application like Uber, Bolt etc.