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Mathematics Education
top courseThe focus of the Mathematics Education course is: bringing participants up to date in curriculum development and research in the field of mathematics education, and refreshing and...
Data-Driven Prevention Policy in Public Health
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Ready for the public health challenges of the future? Do you want to learn the value of observational...
Marketing and Consumer Behaviour - An Applied Learning Experience
top courseFundamental and Applied Knowledge This course immerses you in innovative marketing applications where you experience first-hand how consumer preferences, needs and behaviors affec...
Highlights of Law and Economics - Track
top courseThis track deals with the highlights of Law & Economics and Europe. In the first part, the effects of European Competition Law on the economy are discussed. In the second part of t...
Reproductive & Maternal Health: A Global Perspective
top courseThis summer course will provide a comprehensive overview about women’s reproductive and maternal health around the world. Topics discussed in this course represent critical health...
The 20th Century: Europe in Three Wars
top courseWhen asked about the 20th century in Europe, most people's first associations are either Adolf Hitler or the Second World War. However, during the 20th century, Europe not just exp...
Stress & Cognition - From Basic Mechanisms to Psychopathology
top courseStress research: an interdisciplinary approach Stress has a major impact on brain function. This effect is mediated by a host of neurochemical changes that act at time-scales rang...
Duke-Leiden Institute in Global and Transnational Law
-- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this Institute might be organised online -- Organised by Leiden Law School and Duke Law School, the Duke-Leiden Institute in Global and Transnatio...
Cambridge English First (B1 → B2) - Track
top courseDo you want to communicate in English easily in a social or professional environment? Our Cambridge English First course will help you train all the necessary language skills, and...
Introduction to Sexuality Studies
top courseSexuality and gender define what it is to be human: they are at the core of our existence. But how does society define and reinforce these concepts? In this summer school, we will...
Bone, Joint & Tendon Care
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. The goal of this third edition of our summer school in Bone, Joint & Tendon Care (BJTC) is to teach a...
Introduction to Semantics in L1 and L2 Acquisition - UiL OTS
top courseThis course introduces the basics of (formal) semantics and first and second language (L1/L2) acquisition as well as the interface between them. Days 1 and 2 are devoted to the int...
Pre-University Honours Programme: Journalism
top course2020: the threshold of a new decade. The 2020’s are poised to be challenging years that will grapple with massive topics that touch the lives of people across the globe. The role o...
Clinical Skills in the Treatment of Anxiety and Depression: Hands-on Practice and Heads-on Theory
top courseThis unique Radboud Summer School course will provide you with hands-on knowledge and experience with evidence-based techniques as well as experimental innovative interventions for...
Urban Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
The world around us is asking for innovative and entrepreneurial action. This two week summer course will challenge you to find entrepreneurial opportunities that contribute to the...
Sustainable Business and Economy for Smart Cities
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. This summer school will focus on building capabilities and business strategies for Smart Cities. In...
European Politics and Economy
top courseThe European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 democratic European member states. With almost 500 million citizens, it has become a major player in global politics...
Analyzing Neural Time Series Data (August edition)
top courseRhythmic activity such as oscillations and synchronization are widespread in neural time series data, and are thought to have important roles in brain function, including providing...
European Cultures and Identities
top courseHave you ever wondered what makes Europeans ‘European’? During this course you will uncover the answers while staying in the beautiful medieval city of Utrecht. You will uncover Eu...
Hands-on GIS for Earth Scientists
top courseThis course is a hands-on course on GIS: 2 weeks of practicals in the GIS Lab of the faculty of Geosciences. The following topics will be covered: Working with ArcGIS Pro and Spati...
Dutch Language for Beginners (A0 → A2) - Track
top courseAre you just starting to learn Dutch and would you like to make big steps in a short timespan? Are you looking for a Dutch course that combines the grammar, vocabulary and language...
Old Catholic Theology: The Early Church as Charism and Challenge - Track
top course online courseThis track consists of two connected courses which offer the posibility to get to know and deepen your understanding of Old Catholic Theology by thematic and in-depth, case-driven...
Challenges in Global Health: Non-Communicable Diseases
top courseThis one-week course aims to enhance the participant's knowledge and understanding of major global health challenges with a focus on chronic non-communicable diseases. The topics d...
Multidisciplinary Game Research: Between Theory and Practice
top course online courseThis summer course provides a multidisciplinary perspective on games and play in contemporary culture, combining perspectives from various disciplines within the humanities, social...
Cambridge English Advanced (B2 → C1) August - Track
top courseWould you like to take your English to an advanced level in just one month? Our 4-week Advanced Cambridge English course is just what you need. You will significantly improve your...
International Criminal Law: From Theory to Practice
online courseThis summer school enables students and professionals from all over the world to engage in discussions on the prospects and challenges of international criminal justice. Students w...
Process Mining Research
top courseProcess mining is a rapidly growing field of research. This is testified by an established research community, numerous publications and thousands of organisations applying process...
Citizenship and Migration: Europe's 21st century Challenges
top courseIn this course we will explore the interconnected fields of citizenship and migration in the European Union with a view to understand relevant policies and laws affecting migrants...
Introduction to Generative Syntax - UiL OTS
top courseIn this course, students will be introduced to the basics of generative linguistics, the theoretical framework evolved from and based on Noam Chomsky’s work. The formal tools of ge...
Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine (CaVaReM)
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. The Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine Summer school is a one-week interactive school for advanced u...
A New View on Vessels: State-of-the-art Tools for Comprehensive Insight into Vascular Function
top courseThis unique course, building on the world-leading expertise within the Radboudumc, aims to expand knowledge and skills on state-of-the-art (imaging) technology and developments in...
3D Printing and Biofabrication
top courseAdditive manufacturing (3D printing) uses a layer-by-layer principle for manufacturing. This one-week course will provide insight in the opportunities of additive manufacturing tec...
Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and their Applications
top courseIntroduction to state of the art developments in the theory of Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and their Applications with emphasis on harmonic and numerical analysis, nu...
Conflict Resolution and Mediation Skills
top courseThis course provides you with a challenging introduction to conflict resolution and mediation skills. The focus of the course is to familiarize you with the backgrounds of human co...
Sometimes Crime IS the Rational Choice
top courseThis course offers an advanced introduction to the various theoretical explanations that criminological and criminal justice researchers use to explain deviant, criminal, and/or cr...
Cambridge English First (B1 → B1+)
top courseAre you able to communicate in English, but would like to become more fluent and accurate in your interaction with co-workers, clients or at the university? This Cambridge English...
Old Frisian and its Neighbours
top course blended courseThe central theme of this summer school concerns medieval language shifts along the North Sea coast: Old Frisian, Old/Middle Dutch and Old Saxon/Middle Low German. Old Frisian is a...
Innovation in European Business: Business Models, Leadership and Design - Track
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, this program has been cancelled for 2020. Innovation is key for companies to adapt to a rapidly changing business environment and is arguably the m...
Oncology: A Course on Clinical and Experimental Oncology
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. The goal of the Summer Schools is to teach a multidisciplinary approach to oncology to medical student...
Cambridge English Advanced (B2+ → C1)
top courseAre you looking for an international English language qualification for work or an academic course? Or would you simply like to communicate in English at a higher level and be more...
Private International Law within the European Union - Contractual and Non-Contractual Obligations
top courseNowadays it is more and more common that legal relationships have cross-border character. We sign contracts with people who reside in another country, we work in international comp...
Virtual Fashion Design: the new real
Developed for experienced fashion students (bachelor or master level) and professionals. This course introduces participants to develop new skills to conceptualize a new fashion vi...
Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Growth
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Enrol in this unique summer school on financial inclusion, developed by three renowned professors from...
Rehabilitation in Physiotherapy and Allied Health Care in the Netherlands
top course online courseThis online introduction course is intended for students and recent graduates in physiotherapy and related fields interested in pain management, mental health and rehabilitation of...
Paediatric Sport and Exercise Medicine
top courseExercise is medicine for healthy children as well as for children with chronic disease. This course will give a thorough introduction in paediatric sport and exercise medicine. Dur...
Pre-University Honours Programme: Business Innovation & Entrepreneurship
top courseHow do entrepreneurs identify valuable opportunities? How do they develop strategies and plans, and acquire the necessary resources to implement their ideas? Innovation is a creati...
Global Transformations
top courseHow can systemic drivers of global challenges be identified? What are transformations and how do they come about? How can different forms of experimentation and adaptive learning b...
Advanced Life Cycle Impact Assessment Modelling
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, this course has been postponed to 2021. Focused on understanding the strengths and limitations of determining environmental impacts of a product wi...
Sense making of GPS Data in a GIS environment
top courseThis course focuses on analysis of outdoor movements in space and transport network-based distances. The objective is to provide students with insight in the principles of sense ma...
Understanding and Managing Mergers and Acquisitions
top courseMany executives say they use M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) as a means to consolidate or expand the market position or increase its production efficiency. Most mergers and acquisitio...
EU International Succession Law
top courseThe course EU International Succession Law consists of the detailed overview of the EU Succession Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law and recognition and enforcement of fore...
The Rise of Modern Europe - Track
top courseSeize the opportunity to stay in two of the most exciting cities of Europe: Utrecht and Berlin, and travel back in time! The two parts of this programme will provide you with an ex...
Smart Sustainable Cities
top courseWhat does the city of the future look like? Since the beginning of the 21st Century the majority of the world population lives in an urban area. The Summer School Smart Sustainable...
Data Science and Beyond: Data Assimilation with Elements of Machine Learning
top courseHow do meteorologists forecast the weather and climate? Is there a way to predict the profit from a wind farm? These are some of the questions modern science addresses by using dat...
Cambridge English Advanced (B2 → B2+)
top courseWould you like to show you have the level of English that employers and universities are looking for? Our Cambridge English Advanced B2+ course will help you develop the necessary...
Social Media Theory and Research
top courseUnderstanding social media in everyday life in political communication on social media, the news on social media to entertainment of social media. Social media (such as Twitter...
New Financing Models for a Changing World
top courseSince the credit crisis in 2008, banks are focused on improving their image and balance sheets. The standards for providing loans have been raised so far that SMEs can hardly fund...
History of Art: Highlights in Germany and the Netherlands - Track
top courseThis four-week course takes place two weeks each in Utrecht and Berlin. By combining studies in Utrecht and Berlin, you will be able to get a glimpse of several centuries of art hi...
Sustainable Landscapes
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. How to steer towards sustainability at the landscape level? In the Northern part of the Netherlands an...
Cambridge English Proficiency (C1+ → C2)
top courseDo you want to perfect your English and communicate with the fluency and sophistication of a near-native speaker? Do you need to achieve the level of English that’s needed to study...
Cambridge English Proficiency (C1 → C2) - Track
top courseDo you want to perfect your English and communicate with the fluency and sophistication of a near-native speaker? Do you need to achieve the level of English required to study or w...
Depression Management and Suicide Prevention
top course online courseOur aim is to provide you with the latest evidence, knowledge and skills in the area of depression management and suicide prevention. Both are highly prevalent worldwide but they c...
Cognitive Modeling
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. We are happy to announce the fifth Groningen Spring School on Cognitive Modeling (March 30 to April 3,...
Dutch Language Level 2 (A1- → A1+)
top courseDo you know a few words and phrases in Dutch, but are you still a beginner? Would you like to improve your comprehension of Dutch and express yourself better? Our Dutch Language Le...
Ageing Brain
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Are you fascinated by neurology and translational neurosciences? Are you interested in research as wel...
Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling using Mplus
top courseWe offer a 5-day course on how to perform basic SEM analyses using Mplus. The main objective of this course is to learn how to analyse several models with Mplus (e.g. path models,...
Introduction to Data Science with R and Rstudio for the Social Sciences
top courseUnderstanding patterns in data is crucial for understanding human societies and making sound decisions. Learn R and Rstudio to become a modern data scientist in the social sciences...
Dutch Language for German Speakers (A0 → B2)
top courseAre you a German speaker who’s looking to learn Dutch quickly and effectively? Are you planning to work in the Netherlands in the near future? Our intensive Dutch Language Course f...
Stress Management: A Personalised Approach to Dealing with Long & Short Term Stress Effectively
top courseDuring this course we will discuss the various causes of stress and ways to deal with that stress effectively. The course is based on decades of evidence based and practical resear...
Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity
top courseOur summerschool is aimed at advanced master students and starting PhD students with the goal to teach them on recent advances in neural circuit development and plasticity from an...
Addictive Behaviours, on the Bar, the Brain and Civilization
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, this course has been postponed to 2021. Addiction is among the most prevalent psychiatric conditions worldwide, with a huge impact on the individua...
Research design for Experimental Linguists - Uil OTS
top courseThis course is essential for experimental linguists. In this course you will learn about important aspects of a quantitative study design (research methodology), the basics of stat...
Advanced Course on Using Mplus
top course online courseThis is a five-day course on structural equation modeling (SEM) using Mplus. If you already know how to analyse your data in Mplus but want to learn more about what you are actuall...
Financial Law and New Technologies
top course online courseNew technologies are constantly testing well-established principles of financial law. Investors and other users of financial services can take advantage of new FinTech opportunitie...
Survey Research: Design, Implementation and Data Processing
top course blended courseChanges in technology and society strongly influence modern survey research. This course covers the essentials of modern survey methodology, organised by the Department of Methodol...
Epidemics and Social Science: a Holistic Approach
top course online courseThe Ebola outbreak in West Africa (2014-2016) was a turning point for the role of the social sciences in disease outbreak control. The emergency response was led by a biomedical ap...
Urban Strategies for Health Promotion
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. A guided tour through Groningen – one of the Netherlands’ oldest cities and saturated with architectur...
Urban Studies: Planning and Living in Cities
top courseHousing and urban issues have come to the forefront of social, economic and environmental debates in recent years as metropolitan modes of living have become even more widespread a...
Understanding Biology with Python
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Programming skills in python or other computer language is not something that immediately comes to min...
Advanced Functional Programming in Haskell
top courseTyped functional programming languages allow for the rapid development of robust programs. This course explores some of the more advanced language features of Haskell, a state of...
Train-the-trainer: Training in the International Classroom for CLIL/EMI
top courseThis train-the-trainer (TTT) summer school is aimed at teachers and lecturers teaching in English from all areas of education who want to become trainers in an international classr...
Migration and Integration: Refugees, Rights & Realities
top courseWhat are the legal, political & human ramifications of the current refugee crisis? How should states handle the recent mass migration? What are the forces behind this influx? How d...
Writing for Publication - PhD (C1 → C1+) mid July
top courseWould you like to have your article published in an academic journal? Our Writing for Publication course will help you become aware of your strengths and weaknesses and improve you...
Dutch Language Level 1 (A0 → A1-)
top courseWould you like to be able to speak Dutch in shops and cafes? Do you enjoy having small conversations with Dutch natives? Our Dutch Language Level 1 course is designed for beginners...
Introduction to Academic English (B2 → B2+)
top courseAre you about to start a study programme that is wholly or partially in English? Would you like to prepare by learning how English is used in higher education and what you need to...
Hands-on Process Mining
top courseProcess mining is a data analytics technique to discover, evaluate or enhance business processes by analysing the data traces left behind during the execution of these processes. I...
Creating a Climate for Change
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Welcome to a summer school for sustainability education in Groningen. At this summer school, we want t...
Healthy Ageing
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Ageing is related to problems both at societal as well as at individual level. Healthy ageing is part...
Contemporary Conflict Analysis: Actors, Issues & Technologies of 21st Century Warfare
top courseConflict management has become a prominent field of inquiry and practice in three main areas: scholarly, policy-oriented, and operational. In this setting, the course aims to enhan...
Entrepreneurship through Acquisition and Succession
top courseAre you a possible successor in the family business, or do you want to start your own business? Are you interested in buying a company? During this course, upcoming entrepreneurs a...
Diabetic Microvascular Complications
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Medical Sciences Spring and Summer Schools are specially focused on clinical-scientific research, aimi...
Developmental Psychopathology and Psychological Assessment in Childhood and Adolescence
top courseThis course provides students with theoretical knowledge on developmental psychopathology. Students acquire knowledge on most common problems in youth, age specific characteristics...
Tilburg University Summer School 2021
Combine challenging courses with a fun-packed social program. Study at our green campus with excellent facilities, nearby accommodation and become part of our diverse community. Ou...
Gender & Diversity Studies: Core Concepts
top courseThe interdisciplinary Summer School course Gender & Diversity Studies: Core concepts is based in the academic work that is being done at Radboud University Nijmegen and will be tau...
Dutch Language Level 1 (A0 → A1-)
top courseWould you like to be able to speak Dutch in shops and cafes? Do you enjoy having small conversations with Dutch natives? Our Dutch Language Level 1 course is designed for beginners...
European Encounters: Diversity and Integration from West to East - Track
top courseThis track is a joint programme on European integration by the Utrecht University’s Summer School and the International Summer University of the University of Tartu. The aim of the...
Cambridge English Advanced (B2 → B2+)
top courseWould you like to show you have the level of English that employers and universities are looking for? Our Cambridge English Advanced B2+ course will help you develop the necessary...
From Print to Paint: Histories and Methods of Artistic Production
top course online courseHow do artists make their art? Does painting in oil result in different working procedures and visual effects compared to other media? Which material and technical properties deter...
Dutch Language Level 3 (A1+ → A2)
top courseAre you looking to interact more with Dutch natives at the university, at work or in your social life? Do you know basic Dutch, but would you like to improve your grammar and make...
Doing Business in Europe - Marketing
This first-class Summer School takes you on a journey through the European world of business. In order to provide the broadest of information, the program covers general and specia...
Financial Law and Economics: the (Next) Financial Crisis and Europe
top courseThe financial crisis of 2008 shook up the world and was coined as the worst financial crisis since the 1930’s Great Depression. Only a year later, the European Sovereign Debt Crisi...
Quantum in the Summer
top courseOne of today’s most fascinating fields of research and innovation involves applying quantum phenomena to new technology called quantum computers. The belief is that these technolog...
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Europe: Business Models and Financing Models
top courseThis course focuses on the value of knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship in European business and will familiarise students with the interplay between science and technology...
Diagnostic Avian and Exotic Animals Pathology
top courseIn this course the student is trained to perform post-mortem diagnostics based on protocols, and to formulate, based on this diagnosis, the pathogenesis, the etiology and significa...
International Human Rights Law: An Introduction
top course online courseInterested in learning about human rights? This one-week online introduction course focuses on the major features of international human rights law. It begins by examining the phil...
Current Challenges in EU Law
top courseThis course will challenge you to understand and to critically assess the role of EU law in responding to the major challenges the EU is currently facing. It will involve discussin...
Corporate Governance and the Effectiveness of Boards
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Understanding how corporate boards are formed and how they act has become an important topic. Corporat...
Data Science: Introduction to Text Mining with R
top course online courseApplications of text mining are everywhere: social media, web search, advertising, emails, customer service, healthcare, marketing, etc. In this course, students will learn how to...
The Making of Europe: From Middle Ages to Modernity
top courseTaking the beautiful city of Utrecht as a starting point, this course will bring you the opportunity to step into history. This historical journey, which illuminates Europe from th...
Advanced Survey Design
top course online courseThis course in ‘advanced survey design’ takes students beyond the introductory courses and will discuss the state of the art in both the design and the analysis of survey data. We...
LANDac Annual Summer School "Land Governance for Development"
top courseWelcome to the LANDac (the Netherlands Land Academy) Annual Summer School “Land Governance for Development”. Large-scale acquisition of land in the Global South has received a grea...
Sustainable Health
top course online courseWhere does COVID-19 come from and was it avoidable in the first place? What are its connections with the Black Lives Matter movement, and why do minority groups experience worse ou...
Reversed City Marketing
During the last decades the image of cities, as powerful and attractive places, has made a revival: cities have become again the place to be and the place where you can make your...
PhD's Adventures in Wonderland - Exploring Resilience in Academia
top courseResearch shows that numbers of Ph.D.-students who experience stress, depression, burn-out etc. are alarming and a lot higher than in other professions, such as health care and acco...
A Gentle Introduction to Bayesian Statistics
top course online courseThis course describes the stages involved in Bayesian analysis: specifying the prior and data models, deriving inference, model checking and refinement. We discuss prior and poster...
Advanced Summer Institute on Sexuality, Culture and Society
top courseThe study of human sexuality involves understanding its complexity and how it represents changing interactions over time involving the self, the body, culture, and power -- and as...
Mining industry, CSR and Local Development
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Preliminary findings show that the main use of gypsum in Tanzania is for the road construction and cem...
Society, Environment, Transportation and Space (SETS)
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. The Summer School ‘Society, Environment, Transportation and Space: The Dutch Experience’ of the Facult...
History of Art: Relations between Italy and the Netherlands - Track
top courseThe Utrecht Summer School offers an opportunity to travel back in time and experience the art from both traditions first hand, staying in two cities that played a pivotal part in t...
Futuring for Sustainability
top courseWhat we do in the present is profoundly influenced by our expectations of our futures. The annual 'Futuring for Sustainability Summer School' is an interactive course, held from 13...
Innovation Lab: Design Thinking for Socially-Relevant Innovation
top courseWe see an increase in the need for socially relevant innovation; to boost our networks, activate our communities, and contribute to a healthier society. We invite you to join our ‘...
Fine Art and Design Introduction Course
An intensive three-week studio-based programme that introduces students to Dutch culture, the Minerva Art Academy community along with its facilities, and the Dutch approach to art...
The Early Church as Ideal: Old Catholic Theology Beyond the Basics
top course online courseThis course offers the possibility to deepen your knowledge of Old Catholic theology by thematic and in-depth case-driven classes, linked to a key starting point of Old Catholic th...
Dutch Culture: History and Art
top courseDuring this course you will be introduced to the rich cultural traditions developed in the Netherlands from the 17th Century to the present day in artistic fields such as painting,...
Building Brands and Influencing Behaviour
top courseSteven Forbes, founder of Forbes magazine, once stated “Your brand is the single most important investment you can make in your business”, as it persuades customers to pay more, pu...
Discovering Holland
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Seen from outside, the Netherlands seems like a country that has its things in order: neat streets gui...
Excellence Beyond Borders: Breaking down Barriers in Gifted Education
top courseFor a long time we believed that smart students would make it on their own. That, however, is a misconception. Smart students can rapidly adapt to expectations and their peers t...
Human Rights and Global Health Challenges
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. This summer school addresses three main global health challenges: non-communicable diseases (NCDs), me...
Planning the Cycling City
top courseThis graduate level programme unravels urban cycling from a critical and interdisciplinary perspective. We draw on historical and current events and thinking and engage with top Du...
Digital Brand Engagement
Businesses and brands alike are using social media to engage with their customers, and they are continuously looking for better ways to do it. This course teaches you state of the...
Philosophical Lessons from and for The 'Post-Truth Era'
top courseIn the aftermath of the Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, both Oxford English Dictionaries and the Gesellschaft für Deutsche Sprache declared 'post-truth' or 'postfaktisch'...
Introduction to Genome-Wide Data Analysis
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak this summer course is postponed to summer 2021. Participants for the 2020 course will receive a full refund of their payment to Tinbergen Institute. We...
Experimenting in Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR): you hear about these technologies all the time. How will they change the way we experience movies? How will they s...
Methodology in the History of Philosophy
top course online courseThis summer school will offer an overview of different approaches to the study of the history of philosophy, and reflect on the methodological challenges in history of philosophy....
Agile Projects as Dynamic Capability
top course blended courseA central element in the dynamic capabilities of an organization is its ability to successfully transform existing assets and resources into new capabilities. Projects are key inst...
Dutch Language Level 2 (A1- → A1+)
top courseDo you know a few words and phrases in Dutch, but are you still a beginner? Would you like to improve your comprehension of Dutch and express yourself better? Our Dutch Language Le...
European Encounters: The Baltics in the European Union - Track
top courseThe Baltic States share an intricate history of repression and liberation and are now thriving culturally and economically. Learn about the history and identity of these countries...
Inequalities in Health and Healthcare
This course will arm you with tools to measure health inequality. It will encourage and facilitate evaluation of the normative foundations of inequality measures. You will become f...
Decision Management and Business Rules Management
top courseThis course will provide fundamental knowledge about Decision Management and Business Rules Management. Organisations execute numerous decisions each day, based on an increasing am...
Econometric Methods for Forecasting and Data Science with Applications in Finance, Economics and Business
The importance of developing appropriate quantitative models and methods for risk-assessment, climate-impact scenarios, energy policy, house market prices, and big data analyses ge...
Teaching in English
top courseAre you a non-native English speaker who plans to teach in English in the near future? Our intensive Teaching in English course will help you gain more confidence and become more a...
Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
top course• How do you perceive and act? • How do you speak and listen? • How do you remember? • What goes wrong when a person suffers from aphasia, Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease?...
Biobanking
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Biobank research involves the use of systematic collections of human biomaterials and related data, in...
Old Catholic Theology in its Ecumenical Context
top course online courseThe course offers an introduction to Old Catholic theology in an ecumenical context. Old Catholic theology is understood as the main theological currents as they exist in Union of...
Critical Theory in Philosophy
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Critical theory, in the tradition of the Frankfurt School, aims to develop a philosophical understandi...
Childhood Cancer: State-of-the-Art Treatment, Innovative (Bio)Medicine and Patient Centered Care
top courseThroughout this course you will learn more about the latest knowledge in the area of childhood cancer. This course will give students the latest knowledge in state-of-the-art treat...
European Banking - Strategic and Regulatory Issues
top courseThe objective of this course is to introduce you to the post crisis regulatory and strategic development in the EU banking. The financial crisis of 2007-2009 have illustrated th...
Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology - UiL OTS
top courseIn this course we will investigate sound in language from 5 different perspectives: alphabet (units), acoustics, articulation, prosody and learning. These complementary perspective...
Introduction to Intercultural Communication
top course online courseThis course will be offered in an online setting. This course provides an introduction on foundational theories in the field of intercultural communication. These theories will...
Composing Film Music for Beginners
top courseFilm music is one of the most essential elements in audiovisual story telling. To become a film music composer, you will need a lot of exercise and experience in different areas. D...
International Relations Pre-University Honours Programme
top courseInternational Relations is one of the most exciting fields in Political Science. In an ever more globalised and interconnected world, events in one place have an impact in places f...
The Knowledge of the Curator III
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. In recent years, the already multifaceted role of the curator in museums, exhibition spaces, and cultu...
Computational Social Science
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. The CSS summer school serves as a research incubator aiming at fostering the use of data-driven method...
Making [Systematic] Literature Reviews Work for You
top courseThis course about [systematic] literature reviews is based on the methods for systematic reviews across all disciplines. It is necessary to know about these methods because the vas...
Introduction in Genome-Wide Data Analysis
This interdisciplinary summer course bridges knowledge gaps that participants from different backgrounds may have. Specifically, social scientists will get a short, formal introduc...
Data Science: Multiple Imputation in Practice
top course online courseThis 4-day course teaches you the basics in solving your own missing data problems appropriately. Participants will learn how to form imputation models, how to combine data sets, h...
Power to the People: Activism and Grassroots Organising
top courseIn this three week programme, participants will examine bottom-up initiatives ranging from protest movements to self-organised communities as they to disrupt established top-down i...
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
top courseThe course will provide insight in study design and analysis in pharmacoepidemiologic and drug safety research. Methodological issues are presented in the context of decision makin...
Global Health
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. The 14th Summer School on Global Health will be organized this summer in collaboration with IFMSA-Gron...
European Business Skills
With over 450 million citizens, 27 countries, and one single market, the European Union is the world’s largest economy. The EU has a rich history and boasts a diverse tapestry of c...
Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Social Sustainability
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. This summer school (practical training course) promotes understanding about and develops skills in man...
The Posthuman & New Materialism
top course online courseThe course will continue the tradition of neo-materialist, critical feminist posthuman theory that Braidotti is known for. It focusses on the intersections and divergences between...
Project Management: From Theory to Practice
top courseToday’s environment requires organisations to continuously change policies, processes or practices - changes often organised as projects: unique, temporary efforts, performed by mu...
Introduction to Finance and Banking
top courseFinancial news is dominating the headlines. The financial and banking system had and still has a great impact on the economic situation in the world. Sparked by the financial crisi...
Current Issues in Environmental Science
top courseThis course will explore various issues in environmental science, including air and water pollution, biodiversity, and global climate change, from various perspectives including sc...
Advanced In Vitro Models
top courseLearn about how Advanced In Vitro Models (AIM) hold the potential to reduce animal experimentation by scientific breakthroughs. The convergence of science, technology, legislation...
Interprofessional Collaboration in Stroke Management
top courseIn this summer course you will work in interprofessional groups (e.g. medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, psychology, physiotherapy, speech-language therapy, social work). You...
Crisis and Creativity
top course online courseCrisis is something we have all had experience with during the last months - or shall we rather say crises? During this Winter School on Sustainable Cultural Leadership in times of...
Europe as a Business Network, Ecosystem and Industry
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, this course has been cancelled for 2020. This course will focus on Europe as a business place. In the first week we will look at the European Union...
Bilingualism - UiL OTS
top courseAsk someone their opinion on bilingualism and you are likely to hear statements such as: learning two languages from birth confuses children and impairs their cognitive development...
Perfecting your Academic Writing Skills (July)
top courseAlthough writing is one of the most essential skills for a PhD student, many are not the productive super writers they would like to be. During this one week course, experienced wr...
The Circular City: Towards a Sustainable Urban Ecosystem
top courseDue to their environmental impact, cities play a crucial role in the transition towards sustainable societies. Despite the fact that they occupy only 3% of the global terrestrial s...
Global Health
Quantified Self concentrates on the increasing, worldwide development of technical applications to support self-monitoring by individuals. This promotes self-knowledge and allows u...
Research Methods in Intercultural Communication
top courseThis course will be offered in an online setting. In this course, students will be introduced to the basics of conducting research in the field of Intercultural Communication. C...
Cambridge English Advanced (B2 → C1) July - Track
top courseWould you like to take your English to an advanced level in just one month? Our 4-week Advanced Cambridge English course is just what you need. You will significantly improve your...
English for Academic Purposes (B2 → B2+) mid August
top courseAre you looking to improve your English for a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme? Our English for Academic Purposes course is designed to give you the key language skills you...
Cambridge English Proficiency (C1 → C1+)
top courseWould you like to communicate in English at a high level without effort, with international friends or work relations? Our advanced level Cambridge English Proficiency C1+ course h...
Dutch Culture in a European Context - Track
top courseThis special track offers you the opportunity to study European and Dutch culture from one of the oldest and most beautiful cities of The Netherlands; the city of Utrecht. Excursio...
Dutch Language Level 7 (B2+ → C1)
top courseDo you want to perfect your Dutch and communicate with the fluency and sophistication of a near-native speaker? Our advanced Dutch Language Level 7 course will help you express you...
Corporate Governance after the Financial and Covid-19 Crises
top courseFailing Corporate governance of financial institutions has often been mentioned as an important cause of the crisis. Consequently, having a deeper understanding how Corporate board...
Navigating Research Boundaries: Disciplines, Methodologies, Environments, Identities
top course online courseThis summer school will offer a unique environment to explore what going beyond different research boundaries means and entails for you and your research. Ecological crises, compet...
Chinese Language and Culture HSK1 -> HSK2
top course online courseThe Chinese language is the most widely spoken language in the world. Learning Chinese can open a new door for you to explore the culture and society of this rapidly developing cou...
Illicit Trade
top course online courseThe Illicit Trade Winter School course pierces the veil of secrecy around issues related to the dark side of globalization and teaches students about illicit financing and trading;...
Psycholinguistics - UiL OTS
top courseThis elementary to intermediate level course will provide the student with a basic knowledge of psycholinguistics, a research domain on the intersection of linguistics, psychology...
Grant Application Course
online courseSince your career in academia is at nearly every stage, largely determined by how successful you are in obtaining funding, writing sucessful grant applications is a vital skill to...
Pre-University Honours Programme: Politics & Identity
top courseAs our hyper-connected world draws closer together, it falls to present and future generations to understand how this affects the political climate. Every aspect of our lives is in...
Religion and the Urban, Natural and Virtual Environments
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. This summer school will discuss the relation between religion and the urban, the natural and the virtu...
Quantitative Data Analysis with R
top courseThis is an essential crash course for those who need to perform quantitative data analysis, from descriptive statistics up to regressions, and who want to do it in the open-source...
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Neural Networks
top courseArtificial Intelligence (AI) has grown in the last few years from a promising research field into a widely applied technology. Many processes and decisions in our lives are governe...
Disturbances and Interventions
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. This summer school takes its point of departure in Donna Haraway’s Staying with the Trouble: Making Ki...
Practising Human Rights in Urban Areas
In this practice oriented, Amsterdam-based summer course with an international perspective, you will learn strategies and skills to work with groups that are in a challenging human...
Dutch Art from Mesdag to Van Gogh and Mondrian (1700-1920s)
top courseThis course takes you through Dutch art from the 18th and 19th century, up to the early decades of modernism. After the grand 'Golden Age', innovations in the art world stagnated,...
Intercultural Competence
top course“How can we develop in ourselves and others the necessary mastery and concomitant humility required to be effective across cultures?” In our rapidly globalizing world, with increas...
Development Studies in Tanzania
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. The current state of African societies demands a multidisciplinary approach to the very concept of dev...
Brain Imaging Genetics: Genetics for Imagers
top courseThe course is directed at national and international researchers with a neuroimaging background, who wish to develop their knowledge and skills on state‐of‐the‐art developments in...
Performing Religion: theory and practice
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Religious practices have manifold forms, functions, histories and meanings. They make and break commun...
Applied Multivariate Analysis
top course online courseThe summer school course 'Applied Multivariate Analysis' offers hands-on experience using SPSS for the most frequently encountered multivariate statistical techniques in the social...
Digital Methods for Media and Democracy
News reports of ‘click farms’ or ‘follower factories’ have pushed the phenomenon of ‘fake’ likes, followers, and views to the centre of public debates. The more recent rise of cons...
Brexit-The Legal and Constitutional Implication for the UK and EU
top courseThe decision of the UK electorate, by a narrow majority, to vote to leave the EU has had great and as yet unresolved political consequences. It may well also have major economic co...
Prep Course Master's Farm Animal and Veterinary Public Health
top courseDo you want to become a veterinary expert in the livestock sector? Are you interested in advancing animal health and animal welfare in relation to public health and the environment...
International Rhythm Course, Level 2
top course online courseThe International Rhythm Course Level 2 is a six week online program, meeting once a week, to solidify the fundamental expressive qualities of rhythm and explore the rich world of...
Future Food Studies: Exploring Sustainable Solutions
top courseA global food revolution is urgently needed for a healthy, sustainable, and a fair food supply for the rapidly growing and urbanising human population with increasing living standa...
Leadership for Innovation and Performance Happiness
top courseIn this course you will discover the key variables of leadership, their relation to innovation and how they stimulate workplace happiness and increased performance. Supported by a...
BioBusiness Summer School
Discover the fascinating world of BioBusiness BioBusiness Summer School will help you obtain an overview of what career options there are in BioBusiness, gain understanding of t...
Chinese Language and Culture HSK2 -> HSK3
top course online courseThe Chinese language is the most widely spoken language in the world. Learning Chinese can open a new door for you to explore the culture and society of this rapidly developing cou...
English for Academic Purposes (B2 → B2+) mid July
top courseAre you looking to improve your English for a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme? Our English for Academic Purposes course is designed to give you the key language skills you...
Summer Institute on Addiction
top course online courseAddiction and its accompanying health social concerns are major problems in today's world. From substance abuse to technological and sex addictions, there are often tragic conseque...
Healthy Ageing
As life expectancies increase, so does the importance of increasing illness and disease free years. To achieve this, improved treatment methods are continually being developed. Thi...
Migrant and Minority Literature
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. This summer school will examine the function and meaning of cultural transfer of new narratives writte...
Doing Business in Europe - International Communication
The Doing Business in Europe - International Communication program has two aims. First, to increase your awareness of the importance and complexity of intercultural issues in inter...
Youth, Education and Work in (post-)conflict Areas
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. The summer school ‘Youth, education and work in (post-)conflict areas’ is an activity of the internati...
Psychodiagnostics: Theory and Skills Training
top course online courseThis summer, Utrecht University offers you an online 'bridging' course in psychodiagnostics, in order to overcome deficiencies in psychodiagnostics and assessment for entering the...
Chinese Language and Culture HSK3 -> HSK4
top course online courseThe Chinese language is the most widely spoken language in the world. Learning Chinese can open a new door for you to explore the culture and society of this rapidly developing cou...
Law and Economics: Corporate Governance & Mergers and Acquisitions - Track
top courseCorporations and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) provide excellent case studies for Law & Economics. This special track deals with these two subjects. This is a very suitable course...
Dutch Language for German Speakers incl. State Exam (A0 → B2)
top courseAre you a German speaker who’s looking to learn Dutch quickly and effectively? Are you planning to study at a Dutch university, for which you need to pass the NT2 State Exam? Our i...
Family Health and Family Care
In the Summer school Family Health and Family Care you will learn, together with students from different disciplines, countries and cultures, about how to support patients and thei...
Introduction to Multilevel Analysis
top courseThis course will teach you the theoretical basics of multilevel modelling and some important methodological and statistical issues. You will also learn how to analyse multilevel da...
A Journey through Dutch Art - Track
top course blended courseExperience the highlights of Dutch art from the last 400 years at first hand! This track covers many of the country's most renowned artists, museums and cities. Discover the famous...
Dutch Language Level 4 (A2 → B1)
top courseAre you acquainted with the basics of Dutch language, but would you like to interact with native speakers more fluently? Our Dutch Language Level 4 course helps you take your Dutch...
Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Social Sustainability
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. This winter school (practical training course) promotes understanding about and develops skills in man...
Doing Business in Europe (extended) - Track
top courseThis track offers three different yet complementing approaches to the world of business from a European perspective. First, you will be introduced to the European Union and its his...
Regenerative Medicine
top courseLearn how regenerative medicine (RM) may hold the potential to bring (human and animal) therapies from the lab into the clinic. The convergence of science, technology and medicine...
Data Science: Applied Text Mining
top course online courseThis course introduces the basic and advanced concepts and ideas in text mining and natural language processing. In this course, students will learn how to apply text mining method...
Dutch Language Level 5 (B1 → B2)
top courseWould you like to feel more confident when expressing yourself in Dutch? Does it annoy you when a Dutch person switches to English even though you’re speaking to them in Dutch? Are...
Pediatrics
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. In 2020 the 27th edition of the Summer School on Pediatrics will take place in Groningen! For two week...
Introduction to Design Thinking and Service Design
top courseCompanies around the world are realizing that good design is good business. The increasing awareness of how design can help create value for companies is definitely leading more an...
Global Management Game: Strategic Marketing, Management and Finance
top courseIn this course, participants work as a marketer in a small decision-making unit of a manufacturer within a competitive industry. Your goal is to improve your firm's long-term finan...
Data Science: Statistical Programming with R
top course online courseR is rapidly becoming the standard platform for data analysis. This course offers an elaborate introduction into statistical programming in R. Students learn to operate R, form pip...
Dutch Language Level 2 (A1- → A1+)
top courseDo you know a few words and phrases in Dutch, but are you still a beginner? Would you like to improve your comprehension of Dutch and express yourself better? Our Dutch Language Le...
Exploring Culture through Data: Digital methods & Data practices
top courseThe accelerating datafication of society constitutes challenges and opportunities for humanities research. Participants of this course get acquainted with some of the (methodologic...
Biomedical Research Lab
top courseThis interdisciplinary lab course gives you a realistic insight into the life of a biomedical researcher. We provide advanced bachelor students (with backgrounds in medicine and/or...
Introduction to GIS for Human and Behavioral Scientists
top courseThe objective of the course is to provide students, that have a background in social, human or behavioral sciences, with an introduction to GIS (Geographic Information Systems). Th...
European Competition Law and Economics: Cartels and Other Evils
top courseThis course deals with the effects of European Competition Law on the behavior of businesses in the European Union (EU). An effective common market within the EU requires a fair an...
Modeling the Dynamics of Intensive Longitudinal Data
top course blended courseThis is a four-day course on how to study dynamics in intensive longitudinal data, such as ambulatory assessments (AA), experience sampling method (ESM) data, ecological momentary...
Experiments in Behavioral Economics - Methodology and Applications
top courseA usual complaint about economic theory courses we hear from students sounds like "but it does not work like this in real life!" Unfortunately, studying general cases takes too mu...
Placemaking: Sense, Space & Strategy
top courseThis three-week programme will explore the web of relationships between people and place. This innovative and interdisciplinary course borrows from human geography, experimental- a...
Chinese Language and Culture for Beginners
top course online courseThe Chinese language is the most widely spoken language in the world. Learning Chinese can open a new door for you to explore the culture and society of this rapidly developing cou...
Transplantation Medicine
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. At the 2020 Transplantation Medicine Summer School, participants can expect to learn about the latest...
Dutch Culture: Society and Current Issues
top courseIn this course you will explore Dutch culture and identity by focusing on present-day Dutch society and its recent history. You will learn about typically Dutch phenomena such as t...
Global Trends in Demographics and Migration
top course online courseGlobal trends in Demographics and Migration is a two-week summer course that examines developments in global and regional changes in the population composition (declining birth rat...
Business Process Management and IT
top courseThis course will provide both theoretical background and hands-on experience with business process management (BPM), improvement and innovation. On the one hand it is important for...
Applied Quantum Computing
In recent years an enormous progress in the field of Quantum Computing has taken place. Although a commercial available Quantum Computer is not expected within five years, companie...
Advanced Multilevel Analysis
top course online courseThis three day course will teach you advanced topics in multilevel modelling. The three-day course builds upon the contents of the other summer school course “Introduction to multi...
IELTS Preparation (B2 → B2+)
top courseDo you need to prepare for the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) exam or are you looking to improve your score? Our IELTS preparation training is designed to he...
Doing Business in Europe - Track
top courseThis track offers two different yet complementing approaches to the world of business from a European perspective. First, you will be introduced to the European Union and its histo...
Global Surgery & Obs-Gyn
top course online courseThe Global Surgery & Obstetrics - Gynaecology summer course provides a unique overview of the topics Global Surgery, Gynaecology and Maternal care, with an emphasis on essential su...
Comprehensive Introduction to Research Methodology and Design
top courseThis course aims to lay a solid, diverse and integrated foundation for conducting first-rate qualitative and quantitative research, and for embedding it in effective and feasible m...
Applying Ethics in Digital Innovation
top courseTechnology is not neutral. In this course we discuss and practice how to recognise and address moral questions in digital innovation. How do you respect personal and public values...
Existential Questions Regarding Life Issues. An Intercultural and Integrated Approach
top courseOn many moments in life people are confronted with questions about their existence. Unique questions about what they will do or not do, about their relationships with others, the e...
Dutch Language Level 1 (A0 → A1-)
top courseWould you like to be able to speak Dutch in shops and cafes? Do you enjoy having small conversations with Dutch natives? Our Dutch Language Level 1 course is designed for beginners...
Political Economy
top course online courseTo what extent does the economy determine the type of policies a government pursues? And how much sway over the economy does a government have? These classical political economy qu...
FinTech
top courseFinancial technology, often shortened to FinTech, is an umbrella term for innovative technology in the financial sector. This summer course focuses on two disruptive technologies:...
Mindfulness and Compassion-based Interventions
top courseAs our world becomes busier and more interconnected, people's lives take different trajectories towards new futures. This socio-cultural shift also affects our well being. But has...
Dutch Art of the Golden Age
top courseAre you curious to learn more about Rembrandt's Nightwatch, Vermeer's Girl with the pearl earring, Hals's laughing figures or other Dutch masterpieces from the 17th century? Sign u...
The Identification and Monitoring of Vulnerable Groups in the Labour Market
online courseThe European Union describes vulnerable groups as those that experience a higher risk of poverty and social exclusion than the general population. These groups include, for instanc...
Food from Field to Fork
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Recent discussions about health, food safety and an awareness of vanishing traditions have resulted in...
Racialized Othering
top courseWithin the past year, protest movements like BlackLivesMatter have made racial injustice and institutional racism focal points for broad societal discussions. But racialized otheri...
Analyzing Classroom Interactions
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Building on a unique combination of different disciplinary perspectives, this summer school will appea...
Migration, Integration, and Social Networks
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. The nexus between international migration and social networks is crucial in understanding different ph...
Cambridge English Advanced (B2+ → C1)
top courseAre you looking for an international English language qualification for work or an academic course? Or would you simply like to communicate in English at a higher level and be more...
Physiotherapy & Sport
There is a growing awareness in the worldwide population that living a healthy life becomes more important in growing old with a high quality of life. Apart from quitting unhealthy...
Capital Game Concepts
With billions of players worldwide, video and board games have conquered the planet. At the heart of their success is the art of game design: the discipline of creating engaging sy...
Migration, Integration and Ethnic Relations
top course online courseThis course will be provided in an online setting. The course will be a mixture of live online teaching and discussion and offline assignments and reading. During this course, w...
Discovering the Dutch: Dutch Culture and Society - Track
top courseThis special track explores the question of Dutch identity by placing the history of the Netherlands and Dutch art in a wider European and transatlantic perspective. You will be in...
Brain, Bacteria and Behaviour: Understanding the Gut-Brain Axis
top courseTo understand behaviour, we often think only of studying the brain. However, there is another key system, almost always overlooked, involved in the normal functioning of the brain:...
Battlefields Uncovered: Introduction to Archaeological and Historical Investigations of Conflict
top course online courseWhat do battlefields have to tell us about the past and about ourselves? Battlefields Uncovered studies some of the most dramatic turning points in World History through the lens o...
Soft Skills for (Future) Diplomats and Peacebuilders
top coursere you an (aspiring) diplomat or peacebuilder? And do you have ideals for a better world? And would you like to work on your communication and personal leadership skills? Then this...
History of Art: A Thousand Years of European Highlights
top courseStay in three of Europe's most wonderful cities, cover around 2000 years of Western art, visit all the relevant museums and sites and yet feel like you’ve done no more than just sk...
Innovation in Medicine
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Industry Perspectives on Innovative Medicine (IPIM), is a one-week interactive school for advanced und...
Data Science: Data Analysis
top course online courseThe course Data science: Data Analysis offers a range of techniques and algorithms from statistics, machine learning and data mining to make predictions about future events and to...
Alternative Walks of the Talk? Designing Diversity Trainings
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, this course has been postponed to 2021. Induced by frequent criticism of many common diversity management trainings as ineffective, this course exp...
Pharmaceutical Policy Analysis
top courseThis course will give students insight into current developments in pharmaceutical policy making and a better understanding of the methods available for analysing the effects of po...
Constructing Human Rights Narratives
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. We are talking about human rights in so many voices, using so many intonations, and acting in so many...
International Humanitarian Law in Theory and Practice
online courseThis unique programme gives a broad overview of the laws of armed conflict, and offers a range of opportunities to test the acquisition of knowledge through interactive exercises....
Pre-university Honours Programme: Sustainable Cities
top courseThis programme introduces high-school students to sustainability within urban studies, and more specifically, within the context of the cities in which we live. We live in a crucia...
Cambridge English First (B1+ → B2) mid July
top courseWould you like to become more fluent and communicate in English without effort, in almost any situation? Our Cambridge English First B2 course will help you train all the necessary...
Mplus: How to get started?
top course online courseIf you expect to work with the software Mplus, this course can help you to get started! This course is a compact 1-day workshop on using Mplus to get you started. We will focus on...
An Introduction to Visualisation and Modelling of Spatial data (in R)
top courseSuppose you are a public health consultant and you have recently implemented a national policy with the aim to reduce health inequalities across your country. You are of course als...
International Arbitration Training Course
online courseThe International Arbitration Training Course, offered by Leiden Law School in cooperation with the Permanent Court of Arbitration, focuses on the theory and practice of internatio...
BioBusiness Winter School
online courseDiscover the fascinating world of BioBusiness This 3-days online programme covers live lectures and interactive sessions on main business topics such as Business Models, Product...
Courses 2022
Battlefields Uncovered 2: Developing and Demonstrating Understanding of Places of Past Conflict
top course online courseIf you have previously followed Battlefields Uncovered: Introduction to Archaeological and Historical Investigations of Conflict, you can develop and demonstrate your learning in t...
Past courses
Courses 2021
Data Analysis in R
online courseWith the increasing use of alternative software packages like R in data analysis, now is the time to learn their ins and outs. The large number of active programmers creating R pac...
Pathways Towards Sustainable Futures
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Learn about planning in the Netherlands! This two-country summer/winter school targets students in...
Narrative and Knowledge
top course online courseThe Latin root of narrative, narrāre, is a derivative of nārus: knowledge. This etymology exemplifies the strong intertwinement of human thinking about storytelling and cognition,...
Politics, Identities, and Inequalities
top course online courseRecently, matters of identity and politics have become more and more entangled: when the personal and the political intertwine, inequalities emerge that point precisely to the ways...
Econometrics of Networks
online courseNetworks play an increasingly dominant role in many social, business, and economic environments. Moreover, network data becomes increasingly important and available due to the rise...
Meta-analysis: Know-how and Beyond
online courseWithin this course, students will learn how to formulate a problem and analyze it conducting a meta-analysis in JASP, a valuable open-science software. Also, students will have the...
Software and Sustainability: Towards an Ethical Digital Society
online courseModern society is growing increasingly digital. At the same time, it aims to be inclusive, to increase the quality of life, to tune and adapt for the need of different contexts, an...
Academic Writing Skills - From PhD Paper to Publication for Business School Students
online courseThis course will run over a period of 5 days and you will be working on one of your PhD papers during the course. We will have 2 hours of interactive seminars in the morning and 3...
Economic Evaluation in Health Care
online courseCost-effectiveness is becoming increasingly important in decision processes concerning the reimbursement of healthcare interventions. At the same time, this criterion also raises a...
African Philosophy in Global Times – Knowledge and Culture
online courseWe live in a time of increasing contact between different cultures. The opportunities, as well as the problems this brings are traceable in all academic disciplines, but especially...
Key Topics in Urban Studies
top course online courseThis two-week online course will introduce participants to the field of Urban Studies through a series of 6 lectures on key topics in the multidisciplinary study of cities, combine...
Qualitative Analysis: from Interviews to Results
online courseThis course will advance student’s skills in the analyzing of qualitative data (e.g. interviews) by using an interpretative approach. This course will help students prepare and tra...
Programming in Python (beginners)
online coursePython code is relatively easy to read and understand, with a large spectrum of applicability (sciences, industries, governance, arts). Python is in high-demand as the programming...
Interacting from Brain to EEG Signals
online courseElectroencephalogram (EEG) is one of the neuro-imaging techniques that is widely used in research and clinical practice to study brain activity. It allows measuring neural processe...
Automated Content Analysis using Python
online courseThis workshop will give an introduction to the valuable programming language, Python, that can be used to apply those strategies within data analysis. Python is an extremely versat...
Research Integrity: How to Conduct Responsible Research
online courseThe integrity of scientific research has received an increase in attention in recent years. Researchers, policy makers, politicians as well as universities at large have raised con...
Introduction to Mindfulness and Compassion
top course online courseThis two-week online winter course will introduce participants to the science of contemplative practices including mindfulness and compassion within emotion regulation framework. I...
AI Society 4.0: from Earth to Space
online courseSocieties are changing. Artificial intelligence (AI) challenges our status quo due to its multiple benefits but also due to the risks posed by an active implementation of this adva...
Visions of The Occult: Introduction to Western Esotericism
top course online courseThe goal of Visions of the Occult is to offer an introductory overview of the study of Western esotericism. In this two-week online winter course, we will investigate the key thema...
The Anthropocene: Ecology, Crisis, Future
top course online courseThe Anthropocene - or Human Age - is a proposed geological and cultural epoch, marked by wide scale human intervention on our planet. But what are the costs of such 'dominance' for...
Gestures: How to Analyse Forms, Functions, and Meanings
online courseResearch has shown that the movements a person makes with their hands while talking relate to processes of thinking for speaking, the culture(s) the speaker is part of, and the loc...
Kick start your Career: Academic skills during and after Grad school
online course“What will I ever use this degree for?” Surviving university is no easy task! Many students panic when they finish their studies because they are not aware of how the countless hou...
Digital Transformation Series: Your Disruptive Advantage in the Digital Economy
online courseDigital technologies have proliferated in various aspects of businesses with the introduction of new functionalities that can change competitive industries, thereby transforming co...
The Political Economy of Terrorism and Counter-terrorism
online courseWhat do we know about the roots and motivations of ISIS, the KKK, al-Qaeda, or the Lord’s Resistance Army beyond speculation, snippets of incomplete information, and stereotypical...
Difficult Settings, Preparing for Fieldwork
online courseIn this winter course, the lecturers speak about the difficulties and concerns that they have encountered in their various fields of research. By openly discussing specific issues,...
Courses 2020
The Real World of Real Options and Financial Derivatives
This course provides you with an overview of derivative markets, introduces you to valuation techniques, and shows you on how to apply the knowledge to investment decisions in comp...
UNISCA Summer Course
top course online courseThe UNISCA Summer Course is a Model United Nations: a simulation of the United Nations where the official rules of the organization and some of its official Committees are being si...
Financial Management: The Fundamental Tools of Project Evaluation
• Are you planning to study Business Studies or Finance soon? Or did you study Finance before but things are not that clear yet? • Are you wondering how to calculate installments...
Fashion Forecasting, Marketing & Buying
Within this summer course Fashion Forecasting Marketing & Buying you will have the opportunity to study the marketing environment, apply research to inform future probable consumer...
Translational Summer School on Neuromuscular Diseases 2020
Attendees of the summer school discover how networks such as the European Reference Network EURO-NMD and TREAT-NMD work and collaborate with patients and regulators to facilitate t...
International Amsterdam Medical Summer Course
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, this programme for 2020 has been cancelled. Patients, doctors, pharmaceutical companies, scientists and politics are all involved in the world of r...
Leiden Oxford Transplantation Summer School
The Leiden Oxford Transplantation Summer School, LOTS, is a collaboration between the university of Leiden and Oxford. The school is organised primarily for biomedical and medical...
Intensive Dutch Language Course
online courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, this 29th Intensive Dutch Language Course will be offered as a distance learning course, and can be studied from anywhere across the globe. The teach...
Econometric Methods for Forecasting and Data Science with Applications in Finance, Economics and Business
The importance of developing appropriate quantitative models and methods for risk-assessment, climate-impact scenarios, energy policy, house market prices, and big data analyses ge...
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in International Law: Human Rights and Beyond
-- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this course has been postponed to 2021 -- This summer school focuses on the emergence of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) and interse...
Media Representations and Research Methods: Critical Discourse Analysis, Social Semiotics and News Framing
The tweets of US-President Donald Trump, the heated social media debate on Greta Thunberg and the many angles on migration stress the pivotal role of texts and images in our societ...
Behavioral Macro and Complexity
online courseThis course provides a state of the art overview of complex economic systems with boundedly rational heterogeneous agents. The leading paradigm in macroeconomics assumes that econo...
Designing AI for Humans: Conceiving, Designing and Evolving AI Solutions from a Human Centered Perspective
In the last few years, we’ve seen a proliferation of products and services relying on Artificial Intelligence to personalize, automate and sometimes replace human cognitive activit...
Management: The Fundamental Principles
This course is an introduction to the fundamental principles of “management”. The primary emphasis is on individual and group behavior within organizations, in order for you to lea...
Disruptive 4.0 A Multidisciplinary Approach of Artificial Intelligence
As a teaching methodology, this course is a novel concept in the field of AI studies, offering a unique holistic understanding of emerging technologies. The course introduces the n...
Fintech: The Future of Finance
The financial world is changing—it is changing very fast. The combination of Finance and Technology—commonly known as Fintech—is revolutionizing the way financial services are prov...
International Arbitration Training Course
-- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this course has been postponed to 2021 -- The International Arbitration Training Course, offered by Leiden Law School in cooperation with the Perm...
Climate Change: Causes, Health Impacts and Responses
Climate change poses serious challenges for humans around the world. Global warming is perceived as one of the biggest global health risks of the twentieth century which could have...
International Humanitarian Law in Theory and Practice
-- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this course has been postponed to 2021 -- This unique programme gives a broad overview of the laws of armed conflict, and offers a range of opport...
The Beautiful Mind: Global Perceptions of Mental Health
How young is too young to diagnose a child with bipolar disorder? What is the solution to alcohol addiction in South Korea? What is normal – and does “normal” even exist? To ex...
Football Behaviour Management
online courseProfessional football (*European/soccer) organisations are curious in how they operate. In the past, such organisations would place heavy emphasis on entertainment, whereas in rec...
Journalistiek en Effectief Schrijven
Ben je op zoek naar een vlotte pen en goede interviewvaardigheden? Of droom je zelfs van een journalistieke carrière? Deze Summerschoolcursus is een mooie inleiding in effectief sc...
Entrepreneurship: It`s All About Creating Value
Today countless innovative business models are emerging. Entirely new industries are forming as old ones crumble. Upstarts are challenging the old guard, some of whom are strugglin...
Law and Governance in Contemporary China
How would a sound ‘China Strategy’ look? Should we do business with China, or reflect instead upon its historical relationship with human rights? Is the priority of China’s Preside...
Decolonizing Europe: History, Memory, Redress (in collaboration with the Center for Slavery & Justice at Brown University)
‘Decolonizing Europe’ takes a fresh approach to current debates surrounding notions of citizenship, belonging and the colonial past within postcolonial, post-WWII and post-Cold War...
Duke-Leiden Institute in Global and Transnational Law
-- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this Institute will be organised online -- Organised by Leiden Law School and Duke Law School, the Duke-Leiden Institute in Global and Transnation...
Economics of European Integration: Challenges, Policies and Practices in the European Business Environment
The European Union started in 1951 as an attempt to prevent a new World-war in Europe. No other region has displayed similar willingness to give up important parts of national sove...
Multilateralism, Globalization & Corporate Diplomacy
top course[Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this programme has been cancelled for summer 2020. If you are interested, please visit the programme website and send us an email. We will keep you p...
Brain Stimulation
This summer school is an intensive four-day course on non-invasive brain stimulation. Mornings are filled with lectures by international experts, starting from the basics of brain...
Neurodegenerative Diseases: From Lab to Patient and Back
online courseFrom molecules to brain, cells to behaviour, this interactive course provides you with a comprehensive insight into various aspects of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s,...
Family Business and Governance
In this course, we will explore the multiple factors that determine the long-term success of family businesses. Businesses owned and operated by families constitute the majority of...
A Rhetoric-Based Approach to Grant Proposal Writing
This course begins from the premise that a well-written grant is one that provides relevant information to the reader when they expect it. This course will give students tools for...
Sustainable Diplomacy
Last year the Young Diplomat organized a summer school on Democracy and Diplomacy, which became a great success. Now, as you know, the world is facing a great challenge in COVID-19...
International Criminal Law: From Theory to Practice
-- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this course has been postponed to 2021 -- This summer school enables students and professionals from all over the world to engage in discussions o...