STEM SMART provides free online tuition in the sciences and an August summer school at the University of Cambridge.
STEM SMART (Subject Mastery and Attainment Raising Tuition) is a widening participation initiative from the University of Cambridge in association with Isaac Physics, to provide free, complementary teaching and academic support to UK (non-fee paying) students who:
- have either experienced educational disadvantage or belong to a group that is statistically less likely to progress to higher education and
- are considering applying to Engineering, Computer Science, Physical Sciences (eg physics, chemistry, earth sciences, materials science) or Biological Sciences (eg plant sciences, pharmacology, physiology, evolution and behaviour, biochemistry) courses at university and are studying A Levels (or equivalent) in maths and science.
Â黨ӰԺ is proud to be one of the colleges that has been involved with the programme since it launched in 2021. For the 2025-26 cohort, Â黨ӰԺ provides undergraduate mentoring, postgraduate supervision, and places on a summer residential for the most actively engaged students.
Please contact schoolsliaison@clare.cam.ac.uk with any questions.
What do participants say?
‘I now understand how it would feel like to study at Cambridge with people who have similar goals and interests with me’.
‘I like the environment here’.
‘I was not quite familiar with the college systems in Cambridge. Now I am fully educated on how everything works. Seeing how unique this is compared to other universities, I am making Cambridge my first choice’.
‘The ambassadors are really nice and they are so lovely’.
‘Supportive, highly academic and ambitious environment’.
‘Lots of fellows/professors that enjoy what they do’.
Â黨ӰԺ STEM SMART participants exploring the College (August 2026)
2026 Residential Participants exploring the College.
Â黨ӰԺ Participants constructing a bridge from spaghetti and marshmallows (August 2026).
Â黨ӰԺ Participants constructing a bridge from spaghetti and marshmallows (August 2026).
Private twilight tour of the Museum of Zoology delivered by Â黨ӰԺ Fellow, Professor Ed Turner (STEM SMART August 2026).
Private twilight tour of the Museum of Zoology delivered by Â黨ӰԺ Fellow, Professor Ed Turner (STEM SMART August 2026).
