Internet of Things
Internet of Things solutions have become an important part of everyday life. In this course, you will be able to learn about IoT principles and how to use popular platforms to crea...
Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law
The Summer School on Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law is a collaboration between the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies and the Leiden-Delft-Era...
Experiments in Behavioural Economics: Methodology and Applications
The suggested course is a combination of lectures regarding the main insights from behavioral economics and the methodology of the both lab experiments and network analysis on peop...
Cyber Security (Winter)
Cyber security is an ever-evolving field with opportunities waiting for everyone with the interest to learn more and develop their skills in this interesting and demanding topic. T...
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in International Law: Human Rights and Beyond
This summer school focuses on the emergence of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) and intersex issues in different areas of international law, such as human rights law,...
Quantum in the Summer: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Quantum Technologies
One of today’s most fascinating fields of research and innovation involves applying quantum phenomena to the development of a new type in computing called quantum computing. Increa...
Imagining Southern Europe: Culture and Populism
Southern European countries such as Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece face common social, cultural and economic challenges. These challenges require profound analysis and evaluatio...
Animal Navigation
Have you wondered how we navigate? How does the brain orchestrate computations that enable the wanderer in us? If so, join us to learn from world-leading experts about the neural b...
Personalized Medicine 101
Personalized medicine 101 covers the fundamentals of this challenging medical subject including the static and dynamic genomic analysis, rational drug design and their applications...
Sustainable and Social Entrepreneurship: Triple Business Models
Can entrepreneurs save the world? In this summer intensive you will discover hands-on how the entrepreneurial mindset - backed up by entrepreneurial knowledge and skills - can deli...
International Arbitration Training Course
The 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...
AESE Summer School
AESE SUMMER SCHOOL program is designed to be a first in-depth contact with the business world. For two weeks in a relaxed but professional environment the participants will develop...
Duke-Leiden Institute in Global and Transnational Law
Organised in cooperation with Duke University School of Law, ranked 1st in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, The Duke-Leiden Institute in Global and Transnation...
Reading Mystical Texts
The course offers a close-reading of a number of key mystical texts from the Christian tradition, from the early Middle Ages up to the 20th century. It introduces students into the...
Inter-organizational Networks: Managing Organizational Success in an Inter-connected
In today’s economy no organization is an island. Many resources that are critical for the performance of organizations are controlled by others. As a result, organizations are conn...
Cyber security
Get to know the “dark side“ of security and how to use “the force“ the right way. In this course, the students will learn how to use their computer without exposing it to most of t...
Digital marketing
The course will introduce students to digital marketing strategies and user behaviour, from content marketing, search, social to analytical tools used to track the success of digit...
Current Issues in Environmental Science
This course will explore several current issues in environmental science. These may include air and water pollution, depletion of soil, overpopulation, and global climate change. T...
How to Become an Excellent Lecturer
Learn about learning and teaching in higher education and master teaching techniques by practicing them with your fellow participants. By adopting the perspective of both the stude...
The Ins and Outs of Kidneys: from Physiomics to Transplantation
This intensive one-week course is directed at inter/national (graduate) students (master , PhD, early postdoc level) who wish to develop their knowledge and skills on state‐of‐the‐...
Applied Bayesian Statistics
This 5-day course zooms in on the key concepts of Bayesian Statistics and advanced techniques for data-analysis. Topics that are covered include: Bayes’ theorem, Gibbs sampling, th...
Human-Computer Interaction Studies: Methods and Application
Using computers to replace partners in interaction research is a fast growing new methodology. This course will provide background, tips and tricks, as well as brainstorm the ethic...
Data Driven Storytelling
Our society is based on “stories” that are the basis for the way we communicate, live and dream. In the introduction to the lecture, a short section of technology development will...
Blockchain Tech
Blockchain and distributed ledger technology have the potential to disruptively change and further automate the way we do (financial) transactions, supply-chain flows, and even gov...
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: a Human Rights Perspective
“Gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights.” This course explores the legal framework underpinning this slogan, analysing laws, policies and human rights jurispr...
Artificial Intelligence (Winter)
Artificial intelligence has been a fascinating concept for society in past decade, and we are finally getting close to making AI a reality. Generally, we are witnessing significant...
Mobile application development
The use of mobile technology is an opportunity to expand customer relationships. Cell phone is always on, always at hand and knows where you are. Mobile phones are a useful tool th...
Winter School Enabling Technologies for Industrial Internet of Things (ET-I2oT 2018) 4th edition
The 4th Edition of the School “Enabling Technologies for Industrial Internet of Things” is organized to offer 48 hours of front lessons in the field of electronics, electromagnetic...
How to Perform High Quality Preclinical Research Through Systematic Reviews
Animal experiments are only justified if they are designed, conducted and analysed in such a way that they produce the most reliable and relevant information. In this course, you w...
Artificial Inteligence
Artificial intelligence has been a fascinating concept for society in past decade, and we are finally getting close to making AI a reality. Generally, we are witnessing significant...
Dutch History, Politics and Culture
The Netherlands is a small country with a big history, whose legacy is global in impact. In the 17th century, The Netherlands was home to the first multinational and first stock-ex...
Architecture Summer School
The School of Architecture Summer School offers a challenging and fun programme of design studio experience, visits, lectures and skills training. The five-day, intense programm...
Introduction to Data Science with R and Rstudio for the Social Sciences
Whether you are a social scientist, a business analysist or a data journalist, analysing data is key to greater understanding of the world around us. Whether it’s understanding pol...
Innovative Methods for Understanding Consumers and Political Orientation
The way we learn about consumers is evolving. This course examines the importance of consumer behavior, how we research consumers in both academic and applied contexts, and explore...
Citizenship and Migration: Europe's 21st Century Challenges
Citizens and/or migrants? Citizenship and migration are highly contested and politicized topics in today's Europe. Brexit, the 'migration crisis' or people dying in the Mediterra...
Early Programming: How Early Life Shapes Human Development
This highly interactive course looks into a broad range of exciting and recently discovered environmental factors and mechanisms that shape early and long-term human development, u...
Comprehensive Introduction to Research Methodology and Design
This 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...
Trends and Topics in Neurolinguistics
How do you produce and understand language? How can you learn new different languages? In this course you will explore the key processes and functions of the human brain, which ena...
International Successions in Europe
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes - Benjamin Franklin. The course is devoted to private international law with particular focus on successi...
International Summer School in Refugee Law and Rights
Due to ongoing wars and prolonged hostilities in several parts of the world, the number of persons seeking an international protection in the EU countries has rapidly grown, making...
Sustainability Science: A System Dynamics Perspective
Societies aspire to transition towards more sustainable modes of consumption and production. In this course, you will learn modelling and simulation techniques to acquire a compreh...
Biomimetic Robot Navigation
Would you like your mobile robot to navigate autonomously just like animals find their way in an unknown environment? Then come and join us in this Summer School to build your own...
Creating a Detailed Project in 3D
Each project starts with an idea, notion of bringing something to life, that as such exists or will exist in a form of visual expression. As visual beings, we must commit first and...
Transforming Art
Is Instagram the art of our time? What does that tell us about society? To understand the changing form of contemporary art between the 19th and 21st century not only allows us to...
Starting Your Own Business
Do you want to know what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Or do you have a business idea, but don’t know how to take it forward? Join the Startup Summer School. During this one week...
Complexity Methods for Behavioural Science: A Toolbox for Studying Change
A unique introduction to research methods developed to study complex adaptive dynamical systems and networks. Get hands-on experience applying a new, powerful analytic toolbox to t...
Excellence beyond Borders: Breaking down Barriers in Gifted Education
For 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 thus...
Private International Law within the European Union
This course is an introduction to general principles of private international law with the emphasis on the unification of the conflict of law rules as the part of the integration p...
European Banking: Regulations, Strategies and Performance
The objective of this course is to introduce students to post crisis regulatory and strategic development in the EU banking. The financial crisis of 2007-09 stressed the need for a...
The Vampire in Folklore, Literature, and Film
This course identifies iconic vampire motifs and determines where they originated. Particular attention is placed on vampire motifs in folklore and which were adapted into literatu...
Brexit: The Legal Process and its Implications for the UK and the EU
The 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...
Sustainable and smart urban growth
This program is set up around multiple visits to the Randstad Megapolis. The 'Randstad' is not a one city; it is a dynamic metropolitan region characterizing the presence of the...
Digital Marketing (Winter)
The digital revolution completely changed the way organizations approach their core business from creating products and services, managing customers to marketing and sales. Digital...
Discover the Netherlands: Field trips to Amsterdam, Utrecht and Nijmegen
Do you want to get to know what Dutch culture entails? Then this is the right course for you! In these five days, you will get to know the Netherlands well. Not only will we tell y...
An Introduction to Data Visualisation and Cluster Analysis (using R)
Assume that you are responsible for the data analytics department of a small start-up company. This company has an online-only store where customers can buy different products. One...
International Humanitarian Law in Theory and Practice
This summer the Grotius Centre will host the fourth edition of the International Humanitarian Law Summer School. The course is designed by the Grotius Centre Kalshoven-Gieskes Foru...
Clinical Skills in the Treatment of Anxiety and Depression: Hands-on Practice and Heads-on Theory
Considering a future in clinical psychology? In this unique course you will gain hands-on experience with evidence-based clinical interventions and innovative techniques in the tre...
Supply Chain Management in Global Business: Making an Impact
How to keep supply chains running smoothly in a ‘bumpy’ global environment? If you live in Northern Europe and have eaten an avocado recently, you have benefited from a supply chai...
International Criminal Law: From Theory To Practice
This summer school enables students and professionals from all over the world to engage in discussions on the prospects and challenges of international criminal justice. It combine...
European Human Rights Protection
The Council of Europe’s work in the field of human rights are now of significance across the globe. This course explores particular aspects of these innovative judicial and non-jud...
Addictive Behaviours: from the Bar to the Brain!
Addiction is among the leading causes of disability with an enormous societal impact. Radboud University offers a unique, interdisciplinary and innovative environment to learn abou...
A Peaceful Mind: Mindfulness and Compassion-based Interventions
As 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...
Digital Sculpting Fundamental
In this course, students will become familiarized with the Zbrush user interface and the most commonly used sculpting tools and practices. The course will be focused on using few v...
Practical Mixed Effect Regression Modelling for Psychology and Language Science
The course covers mixed effect modelling; a cutting-edge regression method for cognitive and social scientists. In lectures and hands-on tutorials using real data sets, students wi...
Quantitative Data Analysis with R
This is an essential crash course for those who need to perform quantitative data analysis, from descriptive statistics up to regressions, and want to do it in open-source R softwa...
Cultural Diversity: Theory and Practice
What can cross-cultural psychology tell you about your own cultural assumptions? Are you able to understand the unique challenges and benefits of living in a multicultural society?...
Rituals in Life
All cultures and religions have rituals to mark particular moments in life. In (semi-)public organizations such as education, justice, defense and care, professionals are challenge...
Sexuality, Culture and Society
The 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...
Zebrafish in Biomedicine and Toxicology
Zebrafish are being used increasingly as animal models in neuro-behavioural and neuro-endocrine research. Reasons for this are the low costs, easy maintenance and a well-defined ge...
State of the Art Radionuclide Imaging and Therapy in Oncology
This course will update you on the latest developments on the use of radionuclides for diagnosis, treatment monitoring and therapy in oncology, covering the range from basic radioc...
Lecturing in the International Classroom
Do you find it difficult to teach to an international student audience? Are you able to you to get your message across? Can you facilitate and manage student discussions? Lectur...
The Psychology and Neuroscience of Self-Control
This course will delve into the positive effects of self-control on academic and emotional development, and negative effects of its absence in disorders such as ADHD, substance abu...
Cognitive Neuroscience of Sleep
Sleep is an enigma: why do we spend a third of our lives shut off from the world? We will explore the cognitive functions of sleep, including memory consolidation, emotional proces...
Migrant Inclusion in Policy and Practice
This interdisciplinary course will equip you with expert knowledge and critical thinking skills relating to the ways in which social and economic dimensions shape one of today’s mo...
Contemporary Art
Gain practical skills in the heart of the art world The course explores contemporary art scene in Italy. We visit studios, galleries in Venice and have private tours in the mos...