Why We Moved from Our Previous Programme to UniPrep

Three years of experience taught us what our students really need.

WHAT WE LEARNT

  • 3-year overlapped significantly with students’ Year 12 commitments.
  • The timing of the Year 12 created unnecessary pressure at a critical stage.
  • Student performance and feedback from students showed where it could be more focused.
  • Academic preparation must support student well-being.

OUR RESPONSE

A More Focused 2-year UniPrep Programme designed around the realities of our students’ final school years.

Less overlap.  Greater focus.  Better preparation for university.

Science Lesson in our Global Assessment Certificate Class

The Transition to University is Bigger then an Examination

Your child needs to

  • have a strong English and academic foundations — important only the beginning.
  • think independently, manage their time, communicate confidently and work with others.
  • have digital fluency and the judgement to use AI responsibly.
  • have resilience, initiative and the confidence to navigate a new university environment.

SHINE UniPrep is designed around the student your child needs to become.

Students thinking hard in Global Assessment Certificate Class

A Serious Academic Pathway

2 YEARS = 88 academic weeks       3,209 = contact hours

BAND 7+ IELTS target                     25 points ACT

  • Academic English and intensive ACT and IELTS preparation
  • Mathematics, statistics, calculus, physics and chemistry
  • Research, academic writing and communication
  • Business, project management, computing, AI and digital literacy
Chinese Lesson in Global Assessment Certificate Class

What Makes SHINE UniPrep Different?

LEARN: Build the academic knowledge, language, research and digital skills needed for university.

SERVE: Apply learning to real situations, strengthening teamwork, responsibility, empathy and initiative.

SHINE: Develop confidence, self-awareness, leadership and the ability to turn experience into growth.

++ Not three separate subjects – one integrated preparation for university and life.

“Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know.” – Daniel J. Boorstin

Students hard at work in Global Assessment Certificate Class

The Outcomes in Your Child

  • CONFIDENCE: Communicates ideas clearly and participates rather than sitting quietly at the edge.
  • INDEPENDENCE: Plans work, manages deadlines and takes greater ownership of learning.
  • CRITICAL THINKING: Questions, researches, evaluates evidence and forms reasoned conclusions.
  • COLLABORATION: Works effectively with different people and learns to lead as well as contribute.
  • RESPONSIBILITY: Understands that knowledge and ability carry responsibility towards others
  • ADAPTABILITY: Approaches unfamiliar problems with initiative rather than waiting to be told what to do.

The SHINE UniPrep Graduate

Academically ready.  Digitally capable.  Critically curious.
Independent.  Socially responsible.  Ready to contribute.

  • Ready to learn in English in an international university environment
  • Ready to research, analyse, present and defend ideas
  • Ready to use technology and AI intelligently and responsibly
  • Ready to manage greater freedom and personal responsibility
  • Ready not simply to enter university — but to make the most of it

Why this matters for your child’s future

  • University admission is one milestone. University success is the bigger goal.
  • A high IELTS score can open a door; confidence, independence and judgement help a student walk through it.
  • Technical knowledge changes quickly. The ability to learn, adapt and think critically lasts much longer.
  • UniPrep therefore prepares the whole student — academically, personally and socially.

We are preparing young people for the university they will enter — and the world they will inherit.

Admission Requirements

  • Must have completed or is currently enrolled in a Khmer Grade 9 programme or higher.
  • Must successfully pass the Cambridge Level B2, with an IELTS score of 6.0 to 6.5 and sufficient math abilities.

Please contact us to setup an appointment with our Director of Studies to complete the SHINE UniPrep entry test.

GAC Student putting safety first during a science experiment.

Two Years of Deliberate Growth

YEAR 1 – BUILD

Strong study habits

Academic English & IELTS foundation

Core STEM and digital capability

Communication, teamwork and responsibility

Increasing confidence and independence

YEAR 2 – BECOME

Advanced English & IELTS preparation

Higher-level STEM and research

Greater self-directed learning

Leadership, judgement and application

Confident transition towards university

The goal is progression in both academic capability and personal maturity.