Coming Soon: New Courses for 2025. Register Your Interest
Coming Soon: New Courses for 2025. Register Your Interest
At our Sustainability & the Environment Summer School, students will strive to preserve life on planet Earth, collaborating in small groups to generate solutions to some of humanity’s most challenging issues. Students will learn, and experience, how the fields of climate science, politics, and leadership can work together to beat extinction through thought-provoking case studies. Our young learners will collaborate with peers to develop a list of ideas and innovations to solve these challenges.
Be inspired by extraordinary global thought leaders and diverse faculty working on the front lines of climate change, water resources, food instability, and wildlife conservation.
| Location | San Francisco |
| For Ages | 15-18 years |
| Duration | 2 weeks |
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Many students may be contemplating a career in a variety of high impact sectors. We endeavour to provide them with a solid foundation in both theoretical and practical skills, instilling in them the confidence to pursue their life’s ambitions. Students will explore roles within high impact sectors, such as climate science, government, diplomacy, or sustainable enterprise.
Develop public speaking skills through regular debates, both in academic sessions and as part of our extracurricular debating society. Practice negotiation and compromise through collaboration with students from a wide variety of international backgrounds, and master project management skills like time management, whether working alone or alongside peers.
Students will critically analyse the aims and methods of different strategies and climate change campaigns, including the Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN. They will also confront popular myths about climate change, and address points of global contention through diplomatic debate and dialogue among peers.
Engage in a mock United Nations summit on climate change, and draft their own charter of a list of ideas and innovations to tackle climate change globally. Students will combine knowledge of climate science with the actions of governments and industries to inform their learning.
Learn about the world of climate entrepreneurs, and how they are championing the innovative technology solutions being used to meet the needs of climate challenges across the globe.
Students will gain the skills, knowledge and confidence to begin thinking about how they can tackle challenges like sustainability & the environment on a global scale. Through interaction with case studies, practical assignments and debates with peers, students depart this course ready to take on the next challenge.
Hannah
I had an absolutely incredible time doing Summer school with Oxford Royale Academy! I learnt new things about myself and the world around me, and would definitely recommend to others!
Clara
I loved the Oxford Royal program, I met many people with bright personalities and unique minds, and I also learned a lot from the teachers, campus staff etc. You will enjoy it!
Francesca
Oxford Royals Academy made my summer amazing! I learned many new things and I met people from all over the world that I know I can call true friends. I definitely recommend ORA to anyone who wants to make unforgettable memories!
Minquan
The twelve days I spent in Oxford Summer School were very happy, the teachers were very kind and professional, and the curriculum was very reasonable, which expanded my knowledge. All the courses mean a lot to me and I hope I can come back next summer.
Jade
The oxford royale academy was definitely the highlight of my summer. I have not only learnt more about the course I have chosen, but I've also met a lot of new friends, friendly staff and helpful teachers from different cultures all in the same campus and had a lot of unforgettable memories.
Katherine
Oxford Royale was a great expreince. It was amazing to get to know people all over the globe and form life long relationships.
Once you have decided which programme you would like to attend, and where you would like to study, you can book online using our secure booking system. You will need the details of the student and of the person paying the bill, the name of the programme or programmes you would like to study, and a credit or debit card to pay the relevant enrolment fee.
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Once your application has been submitted, your enrolment fee has been received by us and your booking processed by our system or our team, you will be sent an email confirming your place. You will also receive a login to the Oxford Royale Portal, which you will use to provide us with important additional information about you as your time with us approaches.
A Welcome Pack is available to download from the Oxford Royale Portal.
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All enrolments require an enrolment fee to secure the booking. For Summer 2025, enrolment fee payments are structured as follows:
You may either pay the full programme fee when you book your place, or pay the enrolment fee amount and then the balance at a later date.
The balance clearance is required no later than 90 days before the start date of the programme. Where the student is booking less than 90 days before the start date, the course fees must be covered in full. We appreciate that, with the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, people may require additional flexibility to these terms, and we are doing our best to accommodate that – please contact us if you have concerns regarding making the balance payment in line with the 90-day deadline.
Enrolments received via our online application form will require a debit or credit card payment of at least the enrolment fee amount. If you would like to enrol and make your enrolment fee payment via Bank Transfer or another method, we are happy to facilitate this. Please contact our Admissions team to arrange this.
Balance payments for existing enrolments can be made via a number of methods, including domestic and international bank transfer, credit or debit card, as well as local payment options; please log in to the Oxford Royale Portal and click on the ‘Pay Now’ button on your booking details.
All programme fees include the following:
Absolutely! If you wish to change your programme or study options (including dates), please do not hesitate to contact us. However, changes to programmes are always subject to availability. For this reason, it may be more difficult for us to accommodate any changes requested less than 60 days before the programme start date.
Oxford Royale’s terms and conditions for refunds are as follows:
Any cancellation must be received in writing and can only be made on the following terms:
| Period Before Start Date | Total Refunded |
|---|---|
| 120+ days | 100% |
| 90-119 days | 50% |
| 45-89 days | 10% |
| 0-44 days | 0% |
Cancellations made after the commencement date of the programme will not receive any refund.
Our English language requirements are as follows:
Students who have studied at an English speaking school for two or more years are exempt from English requirements.
Yes, all students will be awarded an Oxford Royale Graduation Certificate in their chosen course upon satisfactory completion of the course. This will be presented in a graduation ceremony on the final evening of the course.
