University Destinations

“As educators, it is one of our fundamental priorities to help our students to follow their dreams and take the important step to the next stage of their education. They work very hard indeed to achieve their ambitions and it is such a great pleasure to see them rewarded with this fantastic and well-deserved success in gaining places at top universities.”

—Principal of Concord College, Dr Michael Truss

As an international school with students from many nations around the world, it is perhaps not surprising that Concord students favour continuing their education after Concord at institutions with global reputations.

Many of our students attend Concord with a view going on to a UK university. They are however excited about all of the possibilities on offer and every year a number go on to study at top universities in other countries. In recent years, US universities have become more popular as have those in Australia and Hong Kong.

Students taking up a place since 2019 (updated 2024/25)

Highly selective universities

The ”Big 5” universities including Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, UCL and LSE remain very popular with Concordians, though other prestigious UK universities and courses outside of London are also frequently represented in their choices. Concordians make careful and informed decisions when choosing university and course options. Last year these included Warwick, Manchester, Durham, Edinburgh, and Bristol. Students also go on to attend medical schools outside of London.

In 2024, 10 students went on to study at Oxford or Cambridge, 118 went on to study at UK Russell Group Universities and 29 went on to study medicine, dentistry or veterinary courses.

Non-UK Destinations

Last year (2024) non UK university destinations included: University of Pennsylvania, John’s Hopkins, Berkeley, USC, UCLA, University of Wisconsin at Maddison, HKU and HKUST, with 10 students going to study in the USA and 7 in Hong Kong.

University Courses

With exceptional results and wide-ranging portfolios, a broad range of degree subjects are open to our students. Popular subjects over recent years have included Medicine, Engineering, Economics/ Management, Law, Natural Sciences/ Biochemistry, Mathematics/ Statistics, Pharmacology, Architecture and many others.

Among out students who went on to study at Oxford or Cambridge, recent course choices have included: Medicine, Vet Medicine, Engineering, Mathematics, Architecture, History, Natural Sciences, German, Linguistics and Computer Science.