The vast majority of St. Clare’s graduates go to university as the next step in their career. Institutions all over the world welcome our students, and during their two years at St. Clare’s they are well prepared for and guided through decisions and applications.
Most students start university immediately, while a number choose to develop their personal skills and interests by taking a ‘gap year’ in which to travel, work or volunteer and thus improve their career prospects prior to continuing in education.
Students applied far and wide and have been successful in taking places at prestigious universities around the world. This year’s excellent results have ensured success for our students, particularly at a time when competition is strong. Many students have had offers from universities in different countries and been able to take up their first choice university.
| Summary of destinations for 2016 graduates |
No. of students |
| UK universities |
72 |
| US universities and Liberal Arts colleges (see below) |
10 |
| European universities and colleges including Bergen (Norway), Bocconi (Italy), EH Lausanne (Switzerland), Erasmus Rotterdam x2 (Netherlands), Frankfurt (Germany), Francisco de Vitoria (Spain), IE x2 (Spain), IUBH (Germany) Medical University of Warsaw (Poland), Sciences Po x2 (France) Sciences Po and UBC dual degree (France/Canada) and Utrecht (Netherlands). |
14 |
| Canadian Universities: McGill (x2), Toronto (x2) and UBC |
5 |
| Gap year: this year the students' gap year plans include: volunteering as an English teacher in a rural commuity in Nepal, working as an auxiliary nurse at the gynecology department at the JR hospital in Oxford and applying for medicine, undertaking a medical gap year research project before travelling, working in the family business for a year and undertaking technical art courses in both the USA and Spain before applying to art schools. |
13 |
US and UK university league tables
For 2016, 38 St. Clare’s graduates have been placed in the top 20 UK universities (as ranked by The Independent Complete University Guide) with 16 in the top 10.
Five students are taking up places in Top 100 US universities, 3 of them at Top 50 institutions and a further 3 have gone on to a Top 20 Liberal Arts College according to the standard ranking list by the US News and World Report. Rankings represent an average of each university’s provision, for example, in teaching, research, entry standards, staff-student ratio, degrees awarded, job prospects, resources, retention rates and spending per student.
| Students placed in the top US universities and colleges |
No. of students |
| Haverford (Liberal Arts College) |
2 |
| Wesleyan (Liberal Arts College) |
1 |
| Boston College |
1 |
| New York University |
2 |
| The George Washington University |
1 |
| University of Pittsburg |
1 |
| Students placed in the top 10 UK universities |
No. of students |
| University of Oxford |
3 |
| London School of Economics |
2 |
| Imperial College London |
1 |
| University of St. Andrew's |
2 |
| University of Durham |
1 |
| University of Warwick |
2 |
| University of Surrey |
2 |
| University of Exeter |
2 |
| University of Lancaster |
1 |
Students have chosen to study a range of subjects including: Aerosace Engineering, Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedical Science, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Classics, Computer Science, Criminology, Drama, Economics, English Literature, Fashion Marketing, Fine Art, Film Directing, Genetics, Geology and Nutrition, Global Sustainability Science, History, Information Management for Business, International Aviation Management, International Development with Economics, Law, Liberal Arts, Management, Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Philosophy, PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics), Physics, Psychology and Social Anthropology.
St. Clare’s is an international school and as such, our students view universities from a global perspective. This year 71 (70%) of our current students are progressing on to a university in the top 1% in the world as measured by the Times Higher Education World Rankings and the QS World Rankings.
Classed in the other category are also specialist institutions who are top in their field. This Includes:
One to Ecole Hoteliere Lausanne # 1 World Industry Rankings for Hospitality (TNS)
Two to IE # 3 European Business School (Financial Times Rankings).
Two to Sciences Po #4 for Politics and International Studies in the world (QS World Subject Rankings)
One to Bocconi #10 in the world for Business and #17 for Economics (QS World Subject Rankings).
We pride ourselves on helping students to make well-informed choices and applications for their future. Our careers and higher education programme provides a strong foundation for future study, work and life. Students comment on its value many years after they have left St. Clare's.
Nabila - British Nigerian - 38 points - International Development with Economics - University of Bath
St. Clare’s is a place where I’ve been able to explore my academic and non-academic interests by having discussions with people from all over. It’s helped me prepare for what comes my way in the future and has been a phenomenal experience.
We pride ourselves on helping students to make well-informed choices and applications for their future. Our careers and higher education programme provides a strong foundation for future study, work and life. Students comment on its value many years after they have left St. Clare’s.
Quotes from student feedback forms:
| I was made to question why I want to study that subject. I think it really made me think if it is right for me or not. |
| It was easy to find useful information on the Careers website. In leading up to university application, there was always support available to help with UCAS and personal statements. Throughout the first year, we were encouraged to do career research, so everything was not left to do at the start of the second year, which would have been impossible! |
| You could pop in to see Melanie whenever you had a question; you never felt that you had to make decisions on your own. |
| Everything was well organised and we were helped to manage our time effectively, which really helped. |
| With the UK - helped me to choose universities based on the factors that were most important to me. With the US - helped me to navigate the college admissions process as a St. Clare's student. Also helped me to come up with a really good list of college to apply to. |
Melanie Moorhouse, Careers and Higher Education Adviser
Paul Sinclair, United States Universities Adviser