Our Award Winning Careers Programme
We support our students through a gradual, Career Education. This is an ongoing process throughout a student’s time at Fettes. We aim to inspire and inform, to give real world experience and to tailor our advice on an individual basis.
Higher Education
The Higher Education department is dedicated to guiding students through each stage of their exciting journey to university and beyond. Our expert guidance and support help students smoothly transition from school to university and eventually into their careers. We strive to motivate students to achieve their goals and to step into adulthood with self-assurance.
University Destinations
Amid the rapidly evolving landscape of UK and global university admissions, more students are favouring international institutions or UK degree programmes that include work placements, study abroad opportunities, or a more vocational approach. Each year our students secure a diverse array of prestigious university placements worldwide demonstrating exceptional ambition and determination to secure offers that suit them the best. Our students have gained places at some of the most elite universities:
UK Destinations
In the past three years, some of the UK destinations include:
- Imperial College London
- King’s College London
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- Newcastle University
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- The University of Manchester
- University of Bath
- University of Bristol
- University of Cambridge
- University College London
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Exeter
- University of Glasgow
- University of Oxford
- University of St Andrews
- University of Warwick
International Destinations
Over the past three year, some of the international destinations include:
- Boston Conservatory at Berklee
- Brown University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Duke University
- Harvard University
- Maastricht University
- McGill University
- New York University
- The University of British Columbia
- The University of Hong Kong
- University of Amsterdam
- University of Michigan
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Toronto
- Yale University
"Gaining admissions to top-tier US institutions continues to be very competitive, and we understand and engage with the landscape of worldwide admissions enabling us to maximise the opportunities available to our students."
Richard SmithHead of International University Liaison at Fettes College
