IDEA League summer schools
Apply: external page idealeague.org/summerschools
Application deadline: April 12, 2024
The external page IDEA League is a strategic alliance between ETH Zurich, RWTH Aachen, TU Delft, Politecnico di Milano and Chalmers University of Technology – five leading universities in the areas of technology and science.
IDEA League summer schools offer students a unique opportunity to gain insights into current scientific themes in an international and often interdisciplinary environment.
These summer schools are free of charge for students of IDEA League partner universities.
HOT – Healing Our Towns (Politecnico di Milano / RWTH Aachen Summer School)
8 – 13 September 2025 - The 2024 climate crisis, marked by extreme heat in Lombardy and northern Italy, calls for urgent adaptation strategies. This workshop invites students to explore how small and medium-sized towns like Crema can adapt to climate change by focusing on the redesign of public spaces to tackle heat, water scarcity, and new urban questions. Participants will meet experts, engage with local administrations, and experience firsthand the impact of climate change while imagining radical solutions for the future of cities.
Keywords
Climate change, heat, water scarcity, urban adaptation, public spaces, urban redesign, rural challenges, migration, agriculture, sustainability, resilience, city future, environmental impact, adaptation strategies.
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Published since: 2025-03-07
Applications limited to Delft University of Technology , ETH Zurich , RWTH Aachen University , Chalmers University of Technology , Politecnico di Milano
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Hosts Administrator IDEA League , ETH IDEA League , Chalmers IDEA League , RWTH IDEA League , PoliMi IDEA League , TU Delft IDEA League
Topics Engineering and Technology
Geophysical Monitoring in Geothermal Systems (ETH Zurich Summer School)
30 June – 4 July 2025 - The EASYGO-ON Training Week focuses on geophysical monitoring in geothermal systems, teaching students key techniques like seismics and electromagnetics for geothermal exploration and energy production. The program includes theoretical sessions, networking, student presentations, and a field visit.
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Geothermal Energy, Geophysical Monitoring, Energy Storage, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Geothermal Research & Exploration
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Published since: 2025-03-07 , Earliest start: 2025-06-30 , Latest end: 2025-07-04
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Hosts TU Delft IDEA League , Chalmers IDEA League , RWTH IDEA League , Administrator IDEA League , PoliMi IDEA League , ETH IDEA League
Topics Engineering and Technology
Empowering Decision-Aiding: Evaluation Approaches to Complexity (Politecnico di Milano / TU Delft / ETH Zurich Summer School)
21 – 25 August 2025 - Structured decision-aiding is essential for tackling complex problems that involve conflicting factors, interconnected systems, and externalities. This course explores multidisciplinary evaluation approaches and tools for decision-aiding in areas like urban resilience, sustainability, and climate change, fostering skills to manage complexity effectively.
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Decision-Aiding, Stakeholder Analysis, Multidisciplinary evaluation, Co design, Urban resilience
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Published since: 2025-03-07 , Earliest start: 2025-08-21 , Latest end: 2025-08-25
Applications limited to Delft University of Technology , ETH Zurich , RWTH Aachen University , Chalmers University of Technology , Politecnico di Milano
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Hosts RWTH IDEA League , ETH IDEA League , PoliMi IDEA League , Chalmers IDEA League , Administrator IDEA League , TU Delft IDEA League
Topics Engineering and Technology
Closing the loop: (Re-)Design for Disassembly and Circular Economy (Chalmers University Summer School)
8 – 13 June 2025 - This summer school aims to analyze the possibilities of designing for disassembly and remanufacturing systems to increase life-spans and circularity of products.
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sustainability, production chain, circular economy, disassembly
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Published since: 2025-03-07 , Earliest start: 2025-06-08 , Latest end: 2025-06-13
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Hosts Chalmers IDEA League , Administrator IDEA League , PoliMi IDEA League , ETH IDEA League , TU Delft IDEA League , RWTH IDEA League
Topics Engineering and Technology
Electric Transport Grids as Multi-functional and Sustainable Urban Infrastructures (TU Delft Summer School)
25 – 29 August 2025 - This summer school investigates the creative research on rethinking electric public transport grids as sustainable, multi-functional, and multistakeholder electrical infrastructures.
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Published since: 2025-03-07 , Earliest start: 2025-08-25 , Latest end: 2025-08-29
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Hosts Administrator IDEA League , TU Delft IDEA League , ETH IDEA League , Chalmers IDEA League , PoliMi IDEA League , RWTH IDEA League
Topics Engineering and Technology
Analysis and Modelling of Road-User Behaviour (Chalmers University Summer School)
17 – 22 August 2025 - This summer school teaches about the critical role of road-user behaviour in a safe transport system. The school will focus on the potential for new technology to improve safety for all road users by predicting human behaviour.
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active safety systems, automated vehicles, crash causation, human behaviour modelling, naturalistic data, safety assessment, vulnerable road users
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Published since: 2025-03-07 , Earliest start: 2025-08-17 , Latest end: 2025-08-22
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Hosts Administrator IDEA League , ETH IDEA League , PoliMi IDEA League , Chalmers IDEA League , RWTH IDEA League , TU Delft IDEA League
Topics Engineering and Technology
Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Applications (TU Delft Summer School)
17 - 22 August 2025 - This summer school focuses on harvesting the power of AI to extract actionable information from raw data. The course integrates AI principles with engineering applications, offering students the opportunity to learn advanced computational techniques and apply them to complex engineering challenges. This synergy of AI and engineering is designed to empower students with the skills to innovate and optimize in the field of engineering and beyond.
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artificial intelligence, supervised inference, unsupervised inference, statistical analysis, learning algorithms, model evaluation
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Published since: 2025-03-07 , Earliest start: 2025-08-17 , Latest end: 2025-08-22
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Hosts ETH IDEA League , PoliMi IDEA League , RWTH IDEA League , Chalmers IDEA League , TU Delft IDEA League , Administrator IDEA League
Topics Engineering and Technology
Spaces of Homelessness: Critical Perspectives on urban social sustainability (RWTH Aachen Summer School)
25 – 29 August 2025 - This summer school on homelessness offers an interdisciplinary exploration of urban spaces, focusing on the experiences and challenges faced by marginalized populations from a critical perspective
Keywords
critical urban studies, homelessness, inequality, space, intersectionality
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Published since: 2025-03-07 , Earliest start: 2025-08-25 , Latest end: 2025-08-29
Applications limited to Delft University of Technology , ETH Zurich , RWTH Aachen University , Chalmers University of Technology , Politecnico di Milano
Organization IDEA League
Hosts RWTH IDEA League , Chalmers IDEA League , Administrator IDEA League , TU Delft IDEA League , PoliMi IDEA League , ETH IDEA League
Topics Engineering and Technology