Life Sciences Courses

Please note: due to the COVID-19 situation, we will provide this course in an online setting. The course will be a mixture of live online teaching and discussion and offline assignments and reading.
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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-day training provides a full introduction in chemical safety assessment as required in the EU legislation REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of CHemical...

You will experience the stimulating and international environment in our research laboratories and grasp first-hand the meaning of interdisciplinary science. We will focus on the chemical princip...

In this course students will acquire the following knowledge: the psychological and criminological theories behind domestic violence and animal abuse, the legal aspects of abusive situations, and the ...

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

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 ...

The course focuses 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 w...

Our summer course 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 p...

Learn 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 highl...

This summer 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...

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...

Unfortunately we have to inform you that the faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Utrecht University has decided to cancel the prep course for the master’s Programme Farm Animal Health and Veterina...

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...

Unfortunately, this course is cancelled this summer due to COVID-19 regulations. We expect to be able to offer this course again next year. 

This course will allow you to learn basic and advan...

This summer course 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...

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 course will give students insight into current developments in pharmaceutical policy making and a better understanding of the methods available for analysing the effects of policy interventi...

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...

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 ...

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

The summer course 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 among children is due to infectious diseases. During this summer course, participants will get a comprehensive overview of the prevention, diagnosis a...

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...

A global food revolution is urgently needed for a healthy, sustainable, and a fair food supply for the rapidly growing and urbanizing human population with increasing living standards, increasing life...

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...

The writing retreat course will offer participants the opportunity to work on their manuscript alone and together with course members, join workshops to improve their academic writing and communicatio...