Summer Schools 2026

Our next courses

The Reichstag building, home of the German Bundestag, seen through green tree tops.

Bachelor 5 ECTS

Summer school "Empowering Climate Action"

Climate science and adaptation strategies are topics that need to be tackled from various academic perspectives. If you are a BA student at a Circle U. university, the programme "Empowering Climate Action: Exploring Climate Risk and Pathways to Adaptation" is for you!

Teaching: Five days of online sessions followed by an in-person week in Berlin.

Apply now Deadline: 28.02

An orange sunset over the river Spree with some stand-up paddleboarders on the water.

PhD 5 ECTS

Summer school "Governing Climate Risk"

Calling PhD candidates of all disciplines and Circle U. universities: develop your research and teaching skills while engaging with Europe’s climate challenges – apply now for the summer school “Governing Climate Risk: Research, Methods, and Action”!

Teaching: Five days of online sessions followed by an in-person week in Berlin.

Apply now Deadline: 28.02

PhD 4 ECTS

Summer school "Researching language/s in education from an ecological and mixed-methods perspective"

The summer school teaches how to combine mixed methods and ecological perspectives to study classroom language use. Participants practice designing, collecting, and integrating qualitative and quantitative data through hands-on workshops.

Teaching: Online and on-site

Apply now Deadline: 28.02

PhD 3 ECTS

Summer school "New avenues for Global Health"

Summer school on PhD level in Paris offering an engaging mix of lectures delivered by both academic experts and professionals on Global Health.

Teaching: Online and onsite in Paris from 6 - 11 July 2026.

Apply now Deadline: 28.02

University of Belgrade building of the Rectorate

Master 5 ECTS

Summer school "Democracy and Development in a Fragmenting World: Geopolitics, Power Shifts, and the Fate of the Liberal Order"

Held in Belgrade from 1–5 June 2026, this summer school explores how geopolitical rivalry, democratic backsliding, and climate disruption reshape democracy and development. Through interdisciplinary lectures and discussions, students analyse poverty, inequality, governance, and multilateralism in a fragmenting global order.

Teaching: Online and onsite in Belgrade

Apply now Deadline: 28.02

Domus Media in Oslo with a flower bed in front

Master 5 ECTS

Summer school 'How to do European History? Current Approaches and Controversies'

"How to do European History?" is intended to question historiographical assumptions and refine methodological skills. It is dedicated to a mapping of approaches in the history or histories of Europe.

Teaching: Six online seminars followed by an in-person five-day "summer school".

Apply now Deadline: 15.02

Student life in the University Park at AU

Master 10 ECTS

Summer School: "Guardians of Democracy: Comparative Constitutional Law in an Age of Democratic Backsliding"

In this summer school at Aarhus University, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the complex and dynamic role of constitutional and apex courts in contemporary democracies.

Teaching: Onsite at Aarhus University's main campus in Aarhus

Apply now Deadline: 15.03

Coming soon

Building of the University of Belgrade Rectorate

Summer school on Artificial Intelligence

The Summer School for PhD students will be hosted in Belgrade in September 2026. More info coming soon!

What do they say about our summer schools?

What students tell us is that they learn so much more than they would in a typical course. They’re learning both through lectures and readings, but also through interactions with teachers and among students. It makes the experience very rewarding.

Dan Banik, Academic Director and professor at the University of Oslo

I think my favorite part so far was to exchange on so many disciplines and with colleagues from all over Europe or even other countries. This interdisciplinary point of view is very unique and important, especially in the field of global health.

Riccardo Pollifroni, Student at the University of Pisa

The best word to describe this experience is "special". I had the chance to be part of a group of very open-minded and supportive individuals with whom I will always keep in touch.

Fabrizio, student at a Circle U. summer school

Fabrizio, student at UCLouvain

My favourite part was the thoughtfully chosen curriculum. (...) The programme seamlessly merged different disciplines, illuminating their intersections and impacts on climate change.