2026/27 COURSES
With the exception of Hong Kong and Singapore, applications for our 2026 Summer schools are now closed.
Our summer schools introduce students aged 12–19 to university-level courses in philosophy, politics, economics, history, law, and related subjects. Designed to reflect the rigour of leading undergraduate programmes, they offer an exceptional opportunity to experience university life abroad and to connect with students who share your academic interests.
A city shaped by common law, free exchange, and a long tradition of intellectual and commercial openness.
A rule-of-law city-state combining intellectual ambition, administrative competence, and global outlook.
Home of two of the world’s greatest universities,
Harvard and M.I.T.
SUMMER 2027
Home of the University of Cambridge, second-oldest university in the English-speaking world.
SUMMER 2027
A modern commercial republic of ideas linking continents, prized for stability, openness, and global exchange.
SUMMER 2027
A historic seat of law, diplomacy, and political philosophy at the edge of American government.
SUMMER 2027
A deliberately small university town associated with seriousness of thought and theoretical depth.
SUMMER 2027
Home of John Locke and a collegiate tradition that has shaped philosophy, politics, and reasoned inquiry for centuries.
SUMMER 2027
The institutional centre of American constitutional government and public policy.
SUMMER 2027
THINK. RETHINK.
We bring together the very best students from all over the world and invite inspiring professors to challenge them to listen generously, to think critically, and to develop and deliver robust responses with clarity, precision and persuasive force.
Skills, HABITS & CHARACTER
Our courses are not chiefly concerned with communicating facts; instead we seek to nurture intellectual skills and help our students cultivate habits of mind to make you a better philosopher, political scientist, economist, legal scholar, or historian, and a better thinker, writer, and speaker.
CULTIVATING THE INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES
After attending one of our John Locke Institute courses we expect that you will be a more subtle and sophisticated thinker, more flexible and open-minded, and - in what might appear to be paradoxical (but isn't) - we hope you will acquire not only more intellectual confidence but also more intellectual humility.
ADMISSIONS
We welcome applications from motivated, high-ability students who would benefit from a demanding curriculum, rigorous intellectual engagement with other bright students, and close attention from leading academics. We particularly encourage applications from those who would make a meaningful contribution to the experience of other participants, both inside and outside the classroom.
Admission is competitive. Candidates are selected following careful consideration of a written application and an online interview. We typically receive six applications for each available place. Last year, applications were submitted from 130 countries.
"It made a huge difference to my confidence as well as my interest in the subject. I am a lot more confident in exploring political and economic ideas in my essays."
– Ffion Gladwin, 2020
