UCL-Japan Youth Challenge

27/06/2025

✨ Exciting volunteering opportunities available!

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers who can join our on campus summer school programme at the end of July 2025.

You may support us as a volunteer from one day to the whole programme between Saturday 26th July and Saturday 2nd August 2025.

Our summer school programme is uniquely held in three locations in England:

1. Saturday 26th July
📍 Rikkyo School in England (West Sussex RH12 3BE)

2. Sunday 27th & Monday 28th July
📍 The University of Cambridge (Cambridge CB2 1TN)

3. Tuesday 29th July–Saturday 2nd August
📍 UCL (London WC1E 6BT)

Please email us at [email protected] if you can volunteer!

More information is on the flyer ⬇️
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].

28/03/2025

📣🇬🇧📣 Exciting summer school programme for UK-based sixth form college students 📣🇬🇧📣

Applications for the UCL-Japan Youth Challenge 2025 are now open!

You can apply through our online application form (link below in the comment).

The UCL-Japan Youth Challenge is an annual summer school programme since 2015.
Every year, pre-university students from UK sixth form colleges and Japanese high schools enjoy cultural interaction through various educational activities and events held at UCL (University College London) and the University of Cambridge.
Since 2015, we have welcomed hundreds of participants from the UK and Japan. We are celebrating our 10th anniversary in 2025.

The UCL-Japan Youth Challenge 2025 is going to be held on campus in the UK between Saturday 26th July and Sunday 3rd August 2025.

For more information, please visit our programme website.

04/02/2025

We are now recruiting Japanese high schools for the UCL-Japan Youth Challenge 2025!
The application closes on 28th February 2025.

UCL-Japan Youth Challenge 2025への参加申し込みを学校単位で受け付けています。
詳細はウェブサイトをご確認ください。
応募締め切り：2025年2月28日

毎年、UCL-Japan Youth Challengeへの日本からの参加申し込みは学校単位で受け付けております。引率者1名を人選いただくことが必須となります。個人からの参加申し込みは受け付けておりません。募集要項に記載のスケジュール....

14/08/2024

The UCL-Japan Youth Challenge 2024 was our 10th programme, held on campus between Saturday 27th July and Sunday 4th August 2024.

We welcomed 84 participants this summer; 46 from 16 Japanese high schools, 38 from the UK—one of the largest UK cohorts to make our summer school programme truly international.

Participants enjoyed academic and cultural interaction throughout the programme.
They challenged themselves by taking UK-university style lectures delivered by UCL and University of Cambridge academics.

UCL Grand Challenge Workshop on Day 4: Tuesday 30th July focused on our programme theme ‘Space and Us’, exploring various aspects of the outer space and our society. Group discussion was illustrated by Scriberia.
Groups of participants presented their ideas and findings at the public Space and Us Symposium on Day 7: Friday 2nd August.

We celebrated our achievement at the Reception, and concluded the summer school programme successfully.

The UCL-Japan Youth Challenge Committee are most grateful for our partners, collaborators, sponsors and supporters.
We would be unable to hold the UCL-Japan Youth Challenge 2024 without their generous commitment.

30/06/2024

We will have this year's UJYC from the 27th of July!

On 2 August there will be a public symposium, 'Space and Us', at the Christopher Ingold Building, UCL.

Please come along and interact with our students - your experience will help them open the door to the future!

Join our Symposium & Reception as we journey into the depths of Space and Us. Expand your horizons and ignite your intellectual curiosity.

03/06/2024

We have a dedicated Alumni Network on LinkedIn to stay connected, build your network and get involved with the UCL-Japan Youth Challenge’s diverse international alumni community.

Our alumni network is open to participants, schools, teachers, organising committee members, volunteers, sponsors, supporters, partners and collaborators—regardless of current or past affiliation with us, no matter how long ago you got involved with the programme, you are always part of the UCL-Japan Youth Challenge.

We have a dedicated Alumni Network to stay connected, build your network and get involved with the diverse international alumni community.

26/07/2019

UJYC Day 6 at UCL:
Morning:
・語学レッスン: 日本語（英国人向け）
英語（日本人向け）
・講義: 北川透 博士
Afternoon:
・UCL East 見学
・Lecture:
・ヴィジャイ・パワール博士 (UCL ロボット工学)
・角田貴大 博士 (Oxford, AI 量子コンピューター)
・UCL 学生による留学座談会

朝のプログラムは語学レッスンで、生徒たちはグループに分けられ各クラスに参加しました（日本人：英語、英国人：日本語）。北川博士による経済学講義を聴きました（マルコス・ヴェラ・エルナンデス教授は不測の事態によりご欠席されました）。 昼食をとり、新設のUCL at Here Eastキャンパスへと移動。 ヴィジャイ・パワール博士("3Dマシンビジョン") および 角田貴大博士 ("AI、量子コンピューター、科学の未来"). 交通システムのエラーによる時間の遅れにより、UCLロボット工学研究所の見学はキャンセルとなりました。夜は主に日本の生徒に向けて、UCLをはじめとするイギリスのトップカレッジにて学ぶ学生による座談会が行われ、留学情報やイギリス生活などに関する経験をお話しいただきました。

運営委員会は本日のプログラムに生じた混乱に関して心よりお詫び申し上げます。