Are you a Year 10 student and interested in STEM? Then apply to take part in our work experience week, running from Monday 6 to Friday 10 July 2026! In this summer-school style programme, you'll spend a week in the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences (NMES), exploring different STEM topics and meeting a wide range of scientists and engineers.

Applications for this programme are now open, and close on Friday 13 March 2026. We will notify successful applicants by Friday 17 April 2026.

Programme detail

The STEM Work Experience Week runs from Monday 6 to Friday 10 July 2026, based on the  Strand Campus. The week starts with a general introduction to King's, before spending the first half of the week with each of the five departments in our Faculty: Chemistry, Engineering, Informatics, Mathematics and Physics. You will get the chance to visit laboratories, talk to scientists and engineers, and get stuck into interactive STEM workshops. 

You will then work on a team research project, using different aspects of what you have discovered so far to come up with a creative solution to a real-world problem. The week ends with all groups presenting their work as a research poster in an informal session together with staff from King's College London, your teachers, parents/carers and more.

This isn’t a traditional work experience placement. The STEM work experience week is more like a summer-school programme, filled with lectures, hands-on workshops and group project work. The week is designed to give you a broad view of the range of STEM careers available, and the diversity of people who work in a university like King's. We will also highlight the skills needed to study a STEM degree at university, and what this experience could be like for you. 

Please note this programme will not cover biology or life sciences (e.g. medicine and dentistry). If you are particularly interested in a career in these areas, then this programme might not be a good fit for you.  

 

Important information

Lunch and refreshments will be provided every day free of charge, but participants are responsible for arranging and covering the cost of transport to and from King's. In total, 32 students will be selected to take part in the programme together. 

You must be able to attend all five days of the programme, from Monday 6 to Friday 10 July, 09.45 – 16.00. This is not a residential programme - participants need to travel to and from the King's College London Strand Campus every day.

How to apply

You can apply for a place on the STEM work experience week by filling out the application form linked below. This will ask you a few questions about you, as well as giving you space to tell us why you would like to take part in the programme. You will need to fill out this form with a parent/guardian.

Applications for this programme are now open, and close on Friday 13 March 2026. We will notify successful applicants by Friday 17 April 2026.

Fill out this application form to apply for your place now!

Who can apply

To be eligible to apply for this programme, you must meet all of these criteria:

• You are currently in Year 10.
• You attend a state-funded school.
• Either your school or your home postcode is in an  Inner London Borough  (City of London, Camden, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, and Westminster).

As we anticipate this week to be popular and oversubscribed, we will prioritise giving places based on the following criteria:

• You show interest in a career in STEM, and/or a desire to study STEM subjects post-GCSE. (You can highlight this to us when you apply – the application form will ask you three short questions exploring this).
• Your school or home is in a Borough King’s is based in (Lambeth, Southwark & Westminster)
• Your school is identified by King’s Social Mobility & Widening Participation as high priority
• Your home postcode identifies you as socio-economically disadvantaged by the ACORN measure, or you are/have been eligible for Free School Meals.

If you have any questions about these eligibility criteria, or for more information please contact: nmes-outreach@kcl.ac.uk