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 (overseas-out@zv.tu-…) oder Europe (europe-bip@zv.tu-…) 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 |
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| 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 Vancouver Summer Program |
| University of Toronto: t.b.a. | |
| China |
Beijing Institute of Technology 2025 BIT Summer Program |
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Tongji University – Shanghai Summer School 2025 (opens in new tab) |
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| 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 Summer Schools |
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Ecole Centrale de Lille Summer School |
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Grenoble INP: Summer School 2025 (opens in new tab) Study in Grenoble INP (opens in new tab) Summer School Artificial Intelligence SUSTAIN-E Summer School |
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Université Grenoble Alpes Short programmes |
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Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Toulouse Summer School SECOIAS Summer School MINATO French Language Summer School |
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Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Rennes French Language and French Culture Summer School |
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| Université de Bordeaux: t.b.a. | |
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UniLaSalle Food as Medicine |
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| Finland |
Åbo Akademi – Turku Summer School |
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LUT University – Lappeenranta LUT Summer School |
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| Hong Kong |
The Hong Kong Politechnic University International Summer School 2025 (opens in new tab) |
| Lithuania |
Vilnius Tech Vilnius Doctoral Tech Summer School 2025 |
| Ireland |
University College Cork Irish Studies Summer School (opens in new tab) |
| India |
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay IIT International Summer School 2025 (opens in new tab) |
| Israel |
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Technion Summer Program 2025 (opens in new tab) |
| Italy |
Universita di Trento PsyHuman Summer School SLICE Summer School NEMESI Summer School |
| Japan | Keio University – Tokyo: t.b.a. |
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Kobe University Summer Program 2025 |
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Nagoya University NUSTEP Spring Program 2025 |
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| Niigata University: t.b.a | |
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Tohoku University Japanese Program |
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| Korea |
Chonnam National University – Gwangju CNU International Summer Session 2025 |
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Chung-Ang University – Seoul CAU International Summer Program |
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EWHA Womans University – Seoul International Summer College |
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Kyungpook National University – Daegu 2025 KNU Summer School |
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Hanyang University – Ansan ERICA Summer School 2025 (opens in new tab) |
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Pusan National University – Busan 2025 PNU Summer School (opens in new tab) |
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Seoul National University International Summer Program |
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| Malaysia | Universiti Sains Malaysia: t.b.a. |
| Mexico |
Tecnologico de Monterrey Spanish and Mexico: Culture or Business in Mexico Tec Summer School 2025 |
| Netherlands |
Radboud University – Nijmegen Radboud Summer School |
| Norway |
University of Oslo International Summer School |
| Singapore |
Nanyang Technological University GEM Trailblazer Summer |
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National University of Singapore Summer Programmes 2025 |
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| Spain |
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Summer School of Economics and Business (opens in new tab) Summer School STTIHAM (opens in new tab) |
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Universidad Politécnica de Madrid UPM International Summer School (ISS) |
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Universitat Internacional de Catalunya – Barcelona UIC Barcelona Summer Programme 2025 |
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Universidad Pontificia de Comillas – Madrid Global Summer School 2025 |
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| Switzerland |
University of Zurich UZH International Summer Schools 2025 |
| Taiwan |
National Taiwan University – Taipei NTU Plus Academy 2025 Summer+ Programs (opens in new tab) |
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National Cheng Kung University – Tainan Semiconductor Summer School 2025 |
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National Taiwan Normal University – Taipei Amazing Formosa Mandarin Study Tour |
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| Turkey | Sabancı University – Istanbul: t.b.a. |
| United Kingdom |
University of Bristol Summer Programme 2025 (opens in new tab) Summer Programme 2025 Leaflet (opens in new tab) |
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Aberystwyth University AI Summer School 2025 |
| Spain |
Universitat Rovira i Virgili – Tarragona Erasmus+ BIP (opens in new tab) |
