Join a global community of early career scientists and gain the perspective, network, and direction to support your academic and professional development.
LIYSF is designed for undergraduates who want to develop beyond their degree. LIYSF provides insights from academics, early career researchers and industry, all together in one event. It offers a space to reflect, explore, and make more informed decisions about your academic and professional future.
LIYSF provides you with an opportunity to assess your academic direction more broadly.
Clarify your academic interests and potential specialisation
Explore subjects beyond your current curriculum
Develop cross-disciplinary thinking
Understand how your field connects to global challenges
Move from studying a subject to understanding your place within it.
Lectures from world-leading scientists, including Nobel Laureates
Meet with early career researchers and those in industry
Exposure to frontier research and emerging scientific fields
Interactive sessions such as the Research Poster Presentations
Visits to renowned laboratories and institutions including from Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Imperial College London, UCL and King’s.
Opportunities to collaborate, discuss ideas, and build global scientific networks
Challenge your current knowledge and broaden your academic perspective.
Explore research pathways
Gain insight into summer placements, postgraduate study, including PhD routes
Have meaningful conversations about internships and careers
Build experiences that support your future development
Focus on developing direction alongside academic experience.
Meet scientists and professionals who have developed careers from similar degrees
Understand how your field is applied across research and industry
Consider whether you wish to continue in your current field or explore others
Explore and experience institutions and meet research teams
Confirm your direction or discover new possibilities.
Connect with like-minded students from around the world at the same career stage as you every step of the way
Become part of a lifelong global network of scientists, innovators, and changemakers
Access collaborations, academic pathways, and career-building prospects
Consider opportunities to return as LIYSF staff or gain work experience
For many, this becomes their primary international academic network.
Development of new ideas in my field of interest
LIYSF impacted their potential in STEM
LIYSF contributed to application of knowledge for making a change in the world