Summer/Winter Schools

If you are interested in studying abroad for a shorter time, there is the possibility of doing a Summer or Winter School in the holidays. These schools can be done in various countries and offer an interesting program which will enrich your personal and educational skills.

Check out our current offers below. These are the Summer and Winter Schools our partners informed us about and therefore only a selection of all possibilities.

Visit http://www.shortcoursesportal.eu/ for more Summer and Winter Schools.

Please note that the Faculty of Social Sciences does not offer grants for Summer Schools

Summer / Winter Schools
NOVA FCSH Summer School 2025 - Lisboa, Portugal Courses available for international students: A Global History of Diamond Mining Aby Warburg and the Afterlife of Antiquity: Art, Culture and Memory Populism, Illiberalism, and Democracy Religion in Classical Pragmatism — Peirce, James, Royce and Dewey You can find more information in this brochure (pdf, 1 MB).
IPD Summer Programs in Basel, Switzerland On behalf of Institute for Peace & Dialogue, we would like to inform you about the next Summer Programs which will be held in Basel, Switzerland. Applicants can choose between the 15th Summer Academy (with or without participation in Basel Global Peace Conference) and the 3-Month Research Program which may be combined with the 15th Summer Academy participation depending on the applicants` desire and filled application. Participants will have access to expert knowledge and hands-on experience as all our facilitators are specialists with years of experience academically and professionally in their respective fields. This is truly a great opportunity not to be missed to get or refresh the knowledge, skills and create new worldwide friendship and networks. 15th Summer Academy: 5 - 15 August, 2025 Mr. Peter Aeberhard - Class Days: 6 & 7 August, 2025 I Class Day Subject: Foundations of Empowered Leadership and Strategic Insight II Class Day Subject: Mediation, Empowered Decision-Making, and Trauma-Informed Leadership Prof. Alicia Cabezudo - Class Days: 8 & 9 August, 2025 I Class Day Subject: Violence, Conflict and the construction of Peace in the world of today. II Class Day Subject: Culture(s) of Peace Building. Dialogue, Negotiation, and Mediation. Mr. Urs Stirnimann - Class Days: 11 & 12 August, 2025 I Class Day Subject: Introduction to International Humanitarian Law II Class Day Subject: Protection of Civilians and War Crime Matters Ms. Sibylle Rubrecht - Class Days: 13 & 14 August, 2025 I Class Day Subject: Ethical Leadership - Key to Social Peace and Justice II Class Day Subject: Ethics and Advocacy - how to defend, negotiate, mediate Interactive Class Application Deadline: 7 July, 2025. For more information please contact ioss@ru.nl.
Kosovo International Summer Academy 2025 “Peace building in post-conflict areas – Diplomacy, Leadership and Negotiations This July (15 – 25) and August (11 – 21), Kosovo International Summer Academy (KSA) will organize Part I and Part II of its 12th edition in Prishtina, Kosovo, with a special focus on “Peace building in post-conflict areas – Diplomacy, Leadership and Negotiations”. The Kosovo International Summer Academy will be welcoming distinguished professors from the world’s most prestigious universities, diplomats, high-ranking officials, and representatives of civic society, to teach courses and deliver speeches on: · Politics · Diplomacy · Peaceful Conflict Resolution · Leadership and Negotiations · EU Integration Process · International Law · Transitional Justice · Human Rights · Women’s Rights in the Western Balkans · International Justice · International Security and · The Role of Civic Society in Peacebuilding Deadline: PART I –15 – 25 July 2025 Visa deadline: 10 May 2025 (This Deadline applies if you need a visa to enter Kosovo). Final deadline: 10 June 2025 (Applicants who hold citizenship of a country that does not need a visa to enter Kosovo). PART II – 11 – 21 August 2025 Visa deadline: 10 May 2025 (This Deadline applies if you need a visa to enter Kosovo) Final deadline: 20 June 2025 (Applicants who hold citizenship of a country that does not need a visa to enter Kosovo). More information (docx, 29 kB)

Summer / Winter Schools

NOVA FCSH Summer School 2025 - Lisboa, Portugal

Courses available for international students:

You can find more information in this brochure (pdf, 1 MB).

IPD Summer Programs in Basel, Switzerland

On behalf of Institute for Peace & Dialogue, we would like to inform you about the next Summer Programs which will be held in Basel, Switzerland.

Applicants can choose between the 15th Summer Academy (with or without participation in Basel Global Peace Conference) and the 3-Month Research Program which may be combined with the 15th Summer Academy participation depending on the applicants` desire and filled application.

Participants will have access to expert knowledge and hands-on experience as all our facilitators are specialists with years of experience academically and professionally in their respective fields. This is truly a great opportunity not to be missed to get or refresh the knowledge, skills and create new worldwide friendship and networks.

15th Summer Academy: 5 - 15 August, 2025

Mr. Peter Aeberhard - Class Days: 6 & 7 August, 2025
I Class Day Subject: Foundations of Empowered Leadership and Strategic Insight
II Class Day Subject: Mediation, Empowered Decision-Making, and Trauma-Informed Leadership
Prof. Alicia Cabezudo - Class Days: 8 & 9 August, 2025
I Class Day Subject: Violence, Conflict and the construction of Peace in the world of today.
II Class Day Subject: Culture(s) of Peace Building. Dialogue, Negotiation, and Mediation.
Mr. Urs Stirnimann - Class Days: 11 & 12 August, 2025
I Class Day Subject: Introduction to International Humanitarian Law
II Class Day Subject: Protection of Civilians and War Crime Matters
Ms. Sibylle Rubrecht - Class Days: 13 & 14 August, 2025
I Class Day Subject: Ethical Leadership - Key to Social Peace and Justice
II Class Day Subject: Ethics and Advocacy - how to defend, negotiate, mediate Interactive Class

Application Deadline: 7 July, 2025.

For more information please contact ioss@ru.nl.

Kosovo International Summer Academy 2025

“Peace building in post-conflict areas – Diplomacy, Leadership and Negotiations

This July (15 – 25) and August (11 – 21), Kosovo International Summer Academy (KSA) will organize Part I and Part II of its 12th edition in Prishtina, Kosovo, with a special focus on “Peace building in post-conflict areas – Diplomacy, Leadership and Negotiations”.

The Kosovo International Summer Academy will be welcoming distinguished professors from the world’s most prestigious universities, diplomats, high-ranking officials, and representatives of civic society, to teach courses and deliver speeches on:

·         Politics
·         Diplomacy
· Peaceful Conflict Resolution
·         Leadership and Negotiations
·         EU Integration Process
·         International Law
· Transitional Justice
·         Human Rights

·         Women’s Rights in the Western Balkans
·         International Justice
·         International Security and
·         The Role of Civic Society in Peacebuilding

Deadline:

PART I –15 – 25 July 2025

Visa deadline: 10 May 2025 (This Deadline applies if you need a visa to enter Kosovo).
Final deadline: 10 June 2025 (Applicants who hold citizenship of a country that does not need a visa to enter Kosovo).

PART II – 11 – 21 August 2025

Visa deadline: 10 May 2025 (This Deadline applies if you need a visa to enter Kosovo)
Final deadline: 20 June 2025 (Applicants who hold citizenship of a country that does not need a visa to enter Kosovo).

More information (docx, 29 kB)