Groups of school students practising  CPR on medical dummies

Subject Taster Days

Bring your school, college, or Sixth Form to an immersive taster day at one of ARU’s campuses to explore career paths and spark a passion for further and higher education. Book now!

Book your taster day for 25/26
Students working on computer graphics of balls and heads in a computer room

What happens at a subject taster day?

Enjoy interactive campus tours and hands-on subject taster sessions, meet our students and academics and discover our support services and extracurricular activities.

Discovery Days offer an introduction to Higher Education for KS4 students, whilst Exploration Days delve a little deeper into Higher Education for those in KS5. We also offer Taster Days specifically for KS4 students to discover their study options with Writtle College. Some of our science-based subjects are running their taster events in British Science Week and you’ll see this mentioned specifically on the booking form.

You can also bring student groups to view our Graduate Showcase, which is an inspiring exhibition collated by ARU students graduating from our art, design, film and performing arts courses in Cambridge.

Find out more about our subject taster days
Book a subject taster day for 2025/26
Book for 2024/25
Two students using ophthalmoscopes to examine manikins' eyes

Other events

Find out about other on-campus events for school and college groups.

See our events listings

Contact us

Get in touch for information, advice, guidance on higher education - and a range of talks, activities and subject tasters for students.