Life Sciences Courses

The writing retreat course will offer to the participants the opportunity to work on their manuscript, join workshops to improve their academic writing and communication skills, and meet other global ...

The objective of the course is to provide the participants with insight in the principles and important issues of environmental and occupational epidemiology. Pariticipants should have basic unde...

The objective of this 2-week intensive course in laboratory animal science is to present basic facts and principles that are essential for the human use and care of animals and for the quality of rese...

This four days training provides a full introduction in chemical safety assessment as required in the EU legislation REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of CHemicals).&...

Do you want to become a veterinary expert in the livestock sector? Are you interested in advancing animal health and animal welfare in relation to public health and the environment? Then sign up ...

In this course the student is trained to perform post-mortem diagnostics based on protocols, and to formulate, based on this diagnosis, the pathogenesis, the etiology and significance of the pathologi...

This course introduces the principles and scope of global health and health-related strategies important for an understanding of health and disease in a global context. Topics discussed in this interd...

Learn about how regenerative medicine (RM) may hold the potential to bring (human and animal) therapies from the lab into the clinic. The convergence of science, technology and medicine in Utrecht are...

Our summerschool is aimed at advanced master students and starting PhD students with the goal to teach them on recent advances in neural circuit development and plasticity from an interdisciplinary pe...

The course focusses on concepts and methods of mathematical modelling of infectious diseases. Starting from basic assumptions on transmission of infection models will be formulated and key quantities ...

The course will provide insight in study design and analysis in pharmacoepidemiologic and drug safety research. Methodological issues are presented in the context of decision making on medicines. The ...

This highly interactive workshop both offers advanced knowledge of GCP (Good Clinical Practice) and the clinical research rules and regulations, including the latest European ones, as well as practica...

Learn about the promises and challenges of advanced therapies throughout the drug life cycle. How do advanced therapies differ from conventional molecular approaches? What is needed to get advanc...

This EUREKA - UMCU Summer School tackles the intrinsic difficulties of effective translational medicine in rare and orphan diseases and is meant for early stage researchers with an inte...

Exercise is Medicine for healthy children as well as for children with chronic disease. This course will give a thorough introduction in paediatric sport and exercise medicine. Several experts in the ...

Additive manufacturing (3D printing) uses a layer-by-layer principle for manufacturing. This one-week course will provide insight in the opportunities of additive manufacturing technologies and 3D (bi...

This course will give students insight into current developments in pharmaceutical policy making as well as give a better understanding of the methods available for analysing the effects of polic...

Learn about how advanced in vitro models (AIM) hold the potential to reduce animal experimentation by scientific breakthroughs. The convergence of science, technology, legislation and extrapolation mo...

This summer school will provide a comprehensive overview about women’s reproductive and maternal health around the world. Topics discussed in this course represent critical health challenges and...

The Global Surgery summer school provides a unique overview of the topic Global Surgery, with an emphasis on essential surgical care in a worldwide perspective. In one week time there will be both pra...

The summer school will provide a comprehensive overview on perinatal and child health in a global perspective. A case-based learning system is used. This course is a collaboration between Global Child...

An important part of morbidity and mortality in children is due to infectious diseases. During this summer school participants will get a comprehensive overview of the prevention, diagnosis and treatm...

This course illustrates the intricate balance between infection and immunity in the human and the animal host. You will meet our local experts, follow lectures at an advanced level, visit our state-of...

This summer course is a joint activity from University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) and University College London (UCL). During this summer course, participants will learn the key character...