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Subject tasters 

Other ways to visit the University

Subject tasters

Attend a subject taster session either virtually or in person on campus and discover what it would be like to study your chosen subject at undergraduate degree level.

We offer them in a wide range of subjects throughout the year. If there is not an session in your subject area, please do register your interest and we will let you know when any new ones have been added related to your areas of interest.


Experience a day in the life of a student at the University of Reading.

Get a feel for our courses, explore campus and test out our facilities, and connect with current students.

Past events

Agriculture 

3 April 2025, 9:30

This event is closed for applications.

Architecture 

19 August 2025, 10:00–16:00

This event is closed for applications.

test tubes

Chemistry, food and nutritional sciences

10 July 2025, 10:00–16:00

This event is closed for applications.

Students laughing at an outreach event

Education Studies

30 June 2025, 09:30-15:00

This event is closed for applications.

Stacks of colourful, worn, classic books, featuring authors such as D.H. Lawrence, Jane Austen and Henry James.

English literature and English language

25 June 2025, 10:30–16:00

This event is closed for applications.

An actor sits pensively on a stage dressed to look like littered scrubland

Film & Theatre and Acting

Tuesday 22 July 2025, 10:15–14:45

This event is closed for applications.

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Graphic communication

30 July 2025, 10:00 - 15:00

This event is closed for applications.

A pile of old documents, including an marriage certificate, a sepia photo of a man sitting, and black and white photos of old cars.

History

16 July 2025, 10:00 - 16:00

This event is closed for applications.

A close up globe against a dark background.

Languages and cultures

15 July 2025, 10:30–16:00

This event is closed for applications.

A gavel, a tool used in law, lying on a table.

Law

22 July 2025, 10:00 - 16:00

This event is closed for applications.

Meteorology

8 July 2025 – 10:00-16:00

This event is closed for applications.

Students working together in a laboratory

Pharmacy and pharmacology

9 July 2025, 10:00–16:00

This event is closed for applications.

A row of five black and white brain scans.

Psychology

25 July 2025 10:00 -16:00

This event is closed for applications.

Three skyscrapers in ascending height order, in front of a blue sky.

Real estate

17 June 2025, 10:00–16:00

This event is closed for applications.

graffiti tunnel

Sociology

29 July 2025 10:00 -16:00

This event is closed for applications.

Get in touch

Want to be the first to know about events and activities in your subject area of interest? 

Please email us at outreach@reading.ac.uk

For teachers and advisors

Please visit our Activities for Schools page for more information about our upcoming sessions and resources for schools.

 Travel bursaries 

The University of Reading is committed to ensuring that its outreach programmes are accessible for all. We offer a Travel Bursary that prospective students may apply for when attending on-campus taster events, and if successful, the bursary would cover the full cost of travel. Certain eligibility criteria applies*. There is an option to apply for the bursary on each event booking form.

To be eligible, students must meet at least one of the following criteria:

  • The student has no parental experience of university.
  • The student lives in an identified postcode area which has low progression into HE (POLAR quintiles 1 or 2).
  • The student lives in a postcode area which is identified as being an area of social deprivation (IMD Quintile 1 or 2).
  • The student has a disability.
  • The student is care-experienced or estranged (read our Care experienced & estranged students support page for definitions).
  • The student is from a military family.
Eligibility criteria for the travel bursary
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Subjects A-B

  • Accounting
  • Acting and Drama
  • Agriculture
  • Ancient History
  • Anthropology
  • Archaeology
  • Architectural Engineering
  • Architecture
  • Art
  • Biochemistry
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biomedical Sciences
  • Bioveterinary Sciences
  • Building and Surveying
  • Business and Management

Subjects C-E

  • Chemistry
  • Classics and Classical Studies
  • Climate Science
  • Computer Science
  • Construction Management
  • Consumer Behaviour and Marketing
  • Creative Writing
  • Criminology
  • Ecology
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • English Language and Applied Linguistics
  • English Literature
  • Environment

Subjects F-G

  • Film & Television
  • Finance
  • Food
  • Foundation programmes
  • French
  • Geography
  • German
  • Graphic Communication and Design

Subjects H-M

  • Healthcare
  • History
  • International Development
  • International Foundation Programme (IFP)
  • International Relations
  • Italian
  • Languages and Cultures
  • Law
  • Linguistics
  • Marketing
  • Mathematics
  • Medical Sciences
  • Meteorology and Climate
  • Microbiology
  • Museum Studies

Subjects N-T

  • Nutrition
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacy
  • Philosophy
  • Physician Associate Studies
  • Politics and International Relations
  • Psychology
  • Real Estate and Planning
  • Sociology
  • Spanish
  • Speech and Language Therapy
  • Surveying and Construction Management
  • Teaching
  • Theatre & Performance

Subjects U-Z

  • Wildlife Conservation
  • Zoology

Subjects A-C

  • Accounting
  • Agriculture
  • Ancient History
  • Archaeology
  • Architecture
  • Art
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biomedical Sciences
  • Business (Post-Experience)
  • Business and Management (Pre-Experience)
  • Classics
  • Climate Science
  • Computer Science
  • Construction Management and Engineering
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Creative Enterprise

Subjects D-G

  • Data Science
  • Dietetics
  • Digital Business
  • Ecology
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Energy and Environmental Engineering
  • Engineering
  • English Language and Applied Linguistics
  • English Literature
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Film, Theatre and Television
  • Finance
  • Food and Nutritional Sciences
  • Geography and Environmental Science
  • Graphic Design

Subjects H-P

  • Healthcare
  • History
  • Information Technology
  • International Development and Applied Economics
  • Law
  • Linguistics
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Meteorology and Climate
  • Microbiology
  • Nutrition
  • Pharmacy
  • Philosophy
  • Physician Associate
  • Politics and International Relations
  • Project Management
  • Psychology
  • Public Policy

Subjects Q-Z

  • Real Estate and Planning
  • Social Policy
  • Speech and Language Therapy
  • Strategic Studies
  • Teacher training
  • Theatre
  • Typography and Graphic Communication
  • War and Peace Studies
  • Zoology

Subjects A-B

  • Accounting
  • Acting and Drama
  • Agriculture
  • Ancient History
  • Anthropology
  • Archaeology
  • Architectural Engineering
  • Architecture
  • Art
  • Biochemistry
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biomedical Sciences
  • Bioveterinary Sciences
  • Building and Surveying
  • Business and Management

Subjects C-E

  • Chemistry
  • Classics and Classical Studies
  • Climate Science
  • Computer Science
  • Construction Management
  • Consumer Behaviour and Marketing
  • Creative Writing
  • Criminology
  • Ecology
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • English Language and Applied Linguistics
  • English Literature
  • Environment

Subjects F-G

  • Film & Television
  • Finance
  • Food
  • Foundation programmes
  • French
  • Geography
  • German
  • Graphic Communication and Design

Subjects H-M

  • Healthcare
  • History
  • International Development
  • International Foundation Programme (IFP)
  • International Relations
  • Italian
  • Languages and Cultures
  • Law
  • Linguistics
  • Marketing
  • Mathematics
  • Medical Sciences
  • Meteorology and Climate
  • Microbiology
  • Museum Studies

Subjects N-T

  • Nutrition
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacy
  • Philosophy
  • Physician Associate Studies
  • Politics and International Relations
  • Psychology
  • Real Estate and Planning
  • Sociology
  • Spanish
  • Speech and Language Therapy
  • Surveying and Construction Management
  • Teaching
  • Theatre & Performance

Subjects U-Z

  • Wildlife Conservation
  • Zoology

Subjects A-C

  • Accounting
  • Agriculture
  • Ancient History
  • Archaeology
  • Architecture
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Art
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biomedical Sciences
  • Business (Post-Experience)
  • Business and Management (Pre-Experience)
  • Classics
  • Climate Science
  • Computer Science
  • Construction Management and Engineering
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Creative Enterprise

Subjects D-G

  • Data Science
  • Dietetics
  • Digital Business
  • Ecology
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Energy and Environmental Engineering
  • Engineering
  • English Language and Applied Linguistics
  • English Literature
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Film, Theatre and Television
  • Finance
  • Food and Nutritional Sciences
  • Geography and Environmental Science
  • Graphic Design

Subjects H-P

  • Healthcare
  • History
  • Information Technology
  • International Development and Applied Economics
  • Law
  • Linguistics
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Meteorology and Climate
  • Microbiology
  • Nutrition
  • Pharmacy
  • Philosophy
  • Physician Associate
  • Politics and International Relations
  • Project Management
  • Psychology
  • Public Policy

Subjects Q-Z

  • Real Estate and Planning
  • Social Policy
  • Speech and Language Therapy
  • Strategic Studies
  • Teacher training
  • Theatre
  • Typography and Graphic Communication
  • War and Peace Studies
  • Zoology

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