Summer 2027 & Winter 2026/27 — Applications Open

Explore careers & lifestyles across London, Singapore, Milan or Madrid.

Hands-on, project-based residential summer & winter academies on the campuses of world-leading universities — for ambitious students aged 12 to 18, drawn from 70+ nationalities.

Built for this generation

Not just another school — a place to build what's next.

Most summer programmes hand teenagers a syllabus. We hand them a studio, a mentor and a deadline — and watch them surprise themselves.

Hands-on from hour one

No passive lectures, no slides to copy. Students prototype, dissect, code and pitch from the first morning — theory arrives exactly when it's needed to build the real thing.

Passion projects, mentored 1:1

Each student shapes a project around what genuinely lights them up, guided by a mentor who actually does this work — a clinician, a founder, an engineer, a designer.

Leave with a real outcome

Everyone walks away with something tangible they built — a working prototype, a research study, a venture, a portfolio, a pitch — and the proof that they can do it again.

See how we teach & what students build
Two decades of results
20,000+

students mentored worldwide

70

nationalities in recent cohorts

94%

go on to a top-100 university

20 yrs

of mentoring by our founding team

Our alumni go on to the world's leading universities — from the Ivy League in the US, to Oxbridge in the UK, to top universities across Europe, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Beyond London — now global

Singapore, Milan & Madrid.

New for Summer 2027 — flagship one-week academies on three of the world's great campuses (NUS, Bocconi and IE University), for ambitious students aged 14–18, priced in euros.

Why we exist

For teenagers who are already curious.

Real faculty.

Every track is led by working professors and operators. Never by retired consultants reading slides.

Real cities.

The Strand. Bloomsbury. South Kensington. King's Cross. The city of London itself becomes part of the syllabus.

Real work.

Every student finishes with something — a paper, a product, a pitch — that proves what they did.

Real cohorts.

Small groups, deliberately diverse, deliberately ambitious. The friendships often outlast the programme.

Choose your campus

Five London campuses.

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Seven academies. One unforgettable season.

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The Journal

Notes from the founders, mentors and alumni.

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What you take home

Every graduate earns a Certificate of Achievement.

A keepsake that proves the work — and strengthens a university application. Seniors may also request a personalised Letter of Recommendation.

A World Academy
London · Established for the curious
Certificate of Achievement
This is proudly presented to
[ Student Name ]

for the successful completion of the [ Programme ] residential academy at [ Campus ], demonstrating outstanding curiosity, collaboration and a completed capstone project — [ Dates ].

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