Our faculty come from
Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, MIT, Columbia, Yale, Brown, UC Berkeley, UPenn, Princeton, and Stanford.
Our students publish in
- IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference
- Columbia Undergraduate Research Journal
- Microbiology Society Annual Conference…
For more publications and interviews, see Student Research Spotlight
Our alumni go on to
Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard, UPenn, Columbia, Cornell, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, NYU, MIT, UC Berkeley, Emory, Pomona, Cornell, LSE, Yale, Duke, Stanford, and more.
the CCIR Academy
Highly-selective online research programmes designed and taught by top Oxbridge and Ivy League faculty
Cambridge Future Scholar Programme
Join one of our small-group research courses.
Summer Admission is OPEN
Early Admissions Deadline: 1 May, 2024
Regular Admissions Deadline: 15 May, 2024
Programme Start Date (rolling admissions and opening): June 2024
1-on-1 Research Mentorship
Embark on a bespoke research mentorship experience.
Admission Open All Year
CCIR Academy provides rigorous online research programmes for talented high school students around the world, working with leading researchers and professors from top US and UK universities, to each produce an independent research paper that showcases academic passion and commitment.
Programmes [like CCIR Academy] to inspire the next generation of researchers can have a huge impact.
Backed by a Think Tank
Our non-profit work at the CCIR Think Tank enables the Academy to be uniquely connected to the broader academic world.
Rigorous Standards
Our rigorous academic standards aim to find the best students and push the bounds of their intellectual horizon.
Programmes Highlights
Oxbridge & Ivy League Faculty
We only partner with current teaching faculty members at the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, or Ivy League Universities.
A Network of Knowledge
Our students develop close and lasting friendships with their peers and mentors as a part of the CCIR network.
Admitted Student Profile
Median SAT score
1500
Countries and regions
40+
Average GPA (4.0 scale)
3.90
Programmes' Overall Acceptance Rate
<20%
CCIR Academy Featured by Nature, The World’s Most Prestigious Academic Publication
Student Researcher Rachel sharing her research experience at CCIR on the world’s most prestigious academic publication.
Our Exceptional Alumni: College Admission Results 2020-2023
CCIR has always prided itself on the students we admit, and the work they are able to do with us—their stellar academic backgrounds, their curiosity,
High School Student Researcher Sailahari’s Paper on Machine Learning Approach in Predicting Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in E. coli Accepted at the MIT URTC 2023
Sailahari Mullapudi, a student at Eastlake High School in the USA, has demonstrated a keen interest in the field of medicine and research. She has
High School Student Researcher Hyojin on Understanding Psychopathy through Structural and Functional MRI
Hyojin Lee, a high school student at Chadwick International School in South Korea, has a keen interest in science and a great passion for learning.
High School Student Researcher Abigail’s Paper on Quantifying Exam Stress Progressions Presented at the IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE) and Published in the IEEE Xplore Journal
Abigail Hsu, a high school student at Newark Academy in New Jersey, has shown her passion for computer science, business, economics, and mathematics through various