Abroad: Summer and Winter Schools Abroad

Summer and Winter Schools Abroad

Many of our partner universities use their campuses to host Summer Schools and Winter Schools during the summer or winter breaks. Participating in such stays abroad, which serve the purpose of specialised knowledge, will provide you with many new experiences. You will also be able to improve your language skills and maybe this short-term program will even make you want to stay abroad for a longer period of time.

Please note:

Application and participation in these programs is on your own responsibility and self-organisation.

Questions and Answers

What are summer and winter schools? These are short-term programmes offered by universities during the lecture-free period in which exchange students can acquire ECTS/credits or continue their education independently of their subject. These can be language courses or academic subject-specific programmes.
What do I need to consider? Usually, short-term programmes between TU Darmstadt and the partner university are not contractually stipulated in the partnership agreements. Therefore, you cannot be nominated for the short-term programme. Therefore, please contact the responsible persons at the Department of International Relations Overseas () oder Europe () in advance to discuss possibilities for letters of support or letters of permission.
What costs should I expect? Please note that you take part in such programmes as a self-payer/freemover. The programme fees depend entirely on the programme and other activities included. Please find out about these in advance on the respective websites. Tip: Some universities offer early booking discounts.
How far in advance should I plan? Applications are usually possible at shorter notice than for an entire semester abroad, for example. However, please note the application deadlines for short-term programmes
Further tips: You will need various documents for your application, including a transcript of records in English. Please request this in good time from the relevant study office.

The following table provides an overview of some short-term programmes of partner universities:

UNITE!-Programmes

Partner University Programme
Aalto University (Finland) Aalto Science Institute international summer research programme
Grenoble INP graduate school of engineering and management, University Grenoble Alpes (France) GINSEN, Grenoble International Smart Engineering Summer School here (opens in new tab) and summer school – Artificial Intelligence here
KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)
Politecnico Di Torino (Italy)
Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal) ULISSES (University of Lisbon – Interdisciplinary Studies on Sustainable Environment and Seas)
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) (Spain)
Graz University of Technology (Austria)
Wrocław University of Science and Technology (Poland)

Current Summer and Winter Schools

Country Partner & Programme
Australia Curtin University – Perth: t.b.a.
Austria Universität Graz: t.b.a.
Brazil Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian Seminars
Canada University of British Columbia – Vancouver: t.b.a.
University of Toronto: t.b.a.
China Beijing Institute of Technology: t.b.a.
Tongji University – Shanghai
Denmark Aarhus University
AU Summer University
Egypt American University in Cairo: t.b.a.
Estonia University of Tartu
UniTartu Summer School
France CentraleSupélec | Université Paris-Saclay: t.b.a.
Grenoble INP:
Study in Grenoble INP (opens in new tab)
Université Grenoble Alpes
Short programmes
Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Toulouse
Short programmes
Université de Bordeaux: t.b.a.
UniLaSalle
Food as Medicine
Finland Åbo Akademi – Turku: t.b.a.
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Politechnic University: t.b.a.
Lithuania Vilnius Tech: t.b.a.
Ireland University College Cork
Irish Studies Summer School (opens in new tab)
India Indian Institute of Technology Bombay: t.b.a.
Israel Technion – Israel Institute of Technology: t.b.a.
Italy Universita di Trento: t.b.a.
Japan Keio University – Tokyo: t.b.a.
Kobe University: t.b.a.
Tohoku University – Sendai
Japanese Program – Winter School 2025/26
Korea Chonnam National University – Gwangju: t.b.a.
Chung-Ang University – Seoul
CAU International Summer Program
Kyungpook National University – Daegu: t.b.a.
Pusan National University – Busan: t.b.a.
Seoul National University: t.b.a.
Malaysia Universiti Sains Malaysia: t.b.a.
Mexico Tecnologico de Monterrey
Spanish and Mexico: Culture or Business in Mexico
Netherlands Radboud University – Nijmegen: t.b.a.
Norway University of Oslo: t.b.a.
Singapore Nanyang Technological University: t.b.a.
National University of Singapore: t.b.a.
Spain Universidad Politécnica de Madrid: t.b.a.
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya – Barcelona
UIC Barcelona Summer Programme 2025
Universidad Pontificia de Comillas – Madrid: t.b.a.
Switzerland University of Zurich
UZH International Summer Schools 2025
Taiwan National Taiwan University – Taipei:
National Cheng Kung University – Tainan: t.b.a.
National Taiwan Normal University – Taipei
Amazing Formosa Mandarin Study Tour
Turkey Sabancı University – Istanbul: t.b.a.
United Kingdom University of Bristol: t.b.a.
Spain Universitat Rovira i Virgili – Tarragona
Erasmus+ BIP (opens in new tab)
Country Partner & Programme
Australia Curtin University – Perth
Global Summer and Winter University Programs
Austria Universität Graz
International Summer School 2024
Brazil Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Portuguese as a Second Language Intensive Course (opens in new tab)
Brazilian Seminars
Canada University of Toronto
Global Learning Case Competition
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver Summer Program
China Tongji University – Shanghai
Online Winter Camp (opens in new tab)
Beijing Institute of Technology
2025 BIT International Summer Programs
Croatia University of Rijeka
International Summer School
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
International Summer School 2025 (opens in new tab)
Denmark Aarhus University
AU Summer University
Egypt The American University in Cairo Summer Internship Course in Egypt (opens in new tab)
Estonia University of Tartu
UniTartu Summer School 2025
Finland Åbo Akademi Summer School 2025
LUT University – Lappeenranta
LUT Summer School
France Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble Summer School
Université de Bordeaux
Summer Schools
Université Grenoble Alpes
Short programmes
Centrale Supélec
Summer Schools
Grenoble INP
Summer 2025 (opens in new tab)
Hungary Eotvos Lorand University
Summer School in Mathematics
India Indian Institute of Technology
International Summer School 2024 (opens in new tab)
Ireland University College Cork
Irish Studies Summer School (opens in new tab)
Italy University of Trento
NEMESI Summer School 2025
PsyHuman Summer School 2025
SLICE Summer School 2025
Japan Kobe University
Summer Program 2025
Nagoya University
Nagoya Spring Program 2025K
Korea Chonnam National University
International Summer Session
Chung-Ang University – Seoul
2025 CAU International Summer Program
Seoul National University
SNU International Summer Program
EWHA Womans University
International Summer Collage
Hanyang University – Ansan
ERICA Summer School 2025 (opens in new tab)
Pusan National University – Busan
PNU Summer School 2025 (opens in new tab)
Lithuania Vilnius Tech
Vilnius Tech Doctoral Summer School 2025
Malaysia University Sains Malaysia
Tropical Data Science School (opens in new tab)
Mexico Tecnológico de Monterrey
Tec Summer School
Netherlands Radboud University Nijmegen
Radboud Summer School
Norway University of Oslo
International Summer School (ISS)
Poland Wrocław University of Science and Technology Summer School DAMMR 2024
Romania Babes-Bolyai University
International Summer Courses
Russia Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Winter School
Singapore National University of Singapore
Summer Programmes at NUS
Nanyang Technological University
GEM Trailblazer Summer
Spain Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Summer School STTIHAM (opens in new tab)
Summer School of Economics and Business (opens in new tab)
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
International Summer School
Universidad Pontifica de Comillas
Summer Courses
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
UIC Barcelona Summer Programme 2025
Sweden University of Gothenburg
Summer School for Sustainability
Linköping University
University Summer Academy
Taiwan National Taiwan University
Short Term Programs
National Cheng Kung University Semiconductor Summer School
Asia Biomedical Culture
Thailand Mahidol University
Summer Program 2024
United Kingdom University of Bristol
Summer Schools at Bristol

*The DAAD offers an overview of programmes at other institutions.