About Us
Founded in 2005 by CEO Jen Munro, ISSOS has been providing award-winning summer school programmes for nearly 20 years.
Each student creates their own personal experience, choosing academic and elective classes to suit their needs and interests, all within an environment focused on personal development, academic excellence and creative enrichment.
Every summer, our well- balanced programmes bring students together from over 80 nationalities to form a truly international community.
The ISSOS Story
Jen founded ISSOS in 2005 after working at a summer camp in the USA. She realised that she wanted to take the best elements of a summer camp and combine them with an academic programme, to provide students from all over the world with a truly balanced summer experience.
We have grown significantly since our first session in 2006, when we hosted 51 students in St Andrews - and now welcome over 600 students each summer across four sessions at three different campuses.
Our international summer school locations - St Andrews, Cambridge and Yale - were carefully selected for their inspiring and safe surroundings. Each of these historic universities offer our students a unique opportunity to experience life at their world-renowned campuses and explore new horizons while feeling safe and supported by our incredible team.
Each session of ISSOS has no more than 150 students, meaning that we can maintain a genuine family atmosphere on our campuses where each student is known by name and everyone socialises together throughout the summer school programme.
ISSOS is more than just a summer school, it’s a world-wide community of staff and students who year after year, build lifelong friendships and a true sense of belonging in our incredible international family.
What is ISSOS?
In business for nearly 20 years
We welcome over 80 different nationalities every summer
We limit places to 10% of one nationality
Highly experienced teachers with real life working knowledge of their subjects
All of our staff live on campus, creating a close knit community where everyone feels part of the family
A well balanced programme focussing on educating heart and head
Native and non-native English speakers are mixed at all times
Beautiful, safe and world-renowned locations
45% of students return year after year
Well supervised, cultural experience
All-inclusive programme fees
People and ISSOS
At ISSOS, our amazing team is one of the things that truly makes us stand out from other summer schools.
We take pride in the fact that we are a relatively small head office team. It means that when you call or email us, you will only ever speak to one of eight people and we can build meaningful relationships with our ISSOS families around the world.
Our summer school teams are individually selected for their unique experience. Academic and Elective teachers are carefully chosen not just for their qualifications, but for their expertise and experience in their subjects, and many of our Counselors and Senior Management teams are teachers in their full-time roles too.
Everyone in our summer programme team shares the same passion for working with young people and making sure that ISSOS is The Experience of a Lifetime for all of our students.
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