Science Courses
The Utrecht Summer School sciences programme covers various subjects including Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science and Geosciences. Most courses are offered at advanced-bachelor, master or advanced-master level.
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Hands-on GIS for Earth Scientists
This course is a hands-on course on GIS: 2 weeks of practical’s in the GIS Lab of the faculty of Geosciences. The following topics will be covered: Working with ArcGIS Desktop (ArcInfo) and Spatial An...
Future Deltas
River flooding, coastal dynamics, land subsidence, salt water intrusion, livelihoods, governance and environmental law are all important topics for the sustainable management of coastal river deltas w...
Applied Bifurcation Theory
The dynamics of many physical, chemical, biological, industrial, economic, and social systems is often described by nonlinear iterated maps and differential equations. This summer school aims at prese...
Game Design and Development
The Game Design and Development summer school offers interactive hands-on game design workshops, theoretical game design analysis classes, and programming sessions. Practical aspects of the design of ...
Mathematics Education
The focus of the "Mathematics Education" course is: bringing participants up to date in
curriculum development and research in the field of mathematics education; refreshing and deepening the knowle...
Technology in Science Education
In this summer school, you will learn how to apply technology in the design of teaching in secondary and higher science education and how to study its effects, by closely observing student learning. S...
Geometry
The summer course on Geometry aims to cover a spectrum of modern geometry as broad as possible, as well their interaction with neighbouring fields such as logic, Lie and number theory. Each day of the...
Applied Games: A Multidisciplinary Research Perspective
This summer course provides a multidisciplinary perspective on Applied Games, i.e. the use of games and game mechanics for purposes other than primarily entertainment, in contemporary culture and soci...
Introduction to Complex Systems
Our world has an abundance of so-called complex systems. These are typically large collections of connected elements that influence each other. Examples are the brain; society; traffic; the financial ...
Advanced Functional Programming
Typed functional programming languages allow for the rapid development of robust programs. This course explores some of the more advanced language features of Haskell, a state of the art functional...
Theoretical Physics
The Institute for Theoretical Physics in Utrecht ranks among the leading institutions in the world in the field of theoretical physics. The target audience of this one-week course are advanced bachelo...