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STEM Work Experience Week

Programme detail

In July, the Faculty of Natural Mathematical & Engineering Sciences runs a work experience week for 32 Year 10 students. In this summer-school style programme, participants spend the week together, exploring the different STEM topics being researched in our Faculty, meeting a wide range of scientists and engineers.

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.

This is not a residential programme - participants will need to travel to and from the King's College London Strand Campus every day. Lunch and snacks will be provided.

How to apply

This programme is next running from Monday 6 to Friday 10 July 2026. Bookings are now live and will close on Friday 13 March 2026! Please check out the event page listed below.

Applications open in January and close in March. Successful applicants will be notified in April. Application is done via an online form, which will ask a few questions about you, and why you want to take part. You will need to fill out this form with a parent/guardian.

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

Student testimonials

It was great fun, as well as being very informative, and I feel I learned a huge amount.
I really enjoyed meeting everyone and found all the staff really friendly and helpful. I found it really interesting to experience how it would be like to work in laboratories and attend lectures. I believe it really helped me decide what to pursue and also know what to expect in the future.
It was a great experience and provided an insight into STEM at university.
I learned a lot and set my career pathway. I enjoyed the week a lot.