Summer School Energy & Sustainability

About

The Summer School Energy & Sustainability for international students will be held from 28 June until 4 July 2015 at the Faculty of Science. The weeklong course will be an exciting opportunity for undergraduate students to familiarise themselves with the burgeoning field of Energy & Sustainability.

The summer school will cover topics ranging from electrochemistry and molecular water-oxidation catalysts to biosolar fuel cells inspired by design principles of natural photosynthesis.
The power of fundamental physical-chemical research for solar energy and sustainability will be exemplified through a series of lectures by expert speakers, followed by a short practical course at the institute state-of-the-art laboratories.

Course leader

The Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC) comprises ten internationally renowned research teams. Besides research, which often shows a multidisciplinary character, the institute provides high-level education programmes. Students become true members of the r

Target group

The summer school is open to 2nd and 3rd year Bachelor students in the fields chemistry, (chemical) physics and molecular science & technology