21 Foundation and Pathway Courses Summer Course Programs

Designed to introduce students to social science research methods including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method approaches to education inquiry. Students will develop skills in conducting literature searches, reading empirical research studies, and applying these methods.

TAKE A BREAK and spend your summer in the Start-Up Nation! Enjoy the multicultural experiences of Israel while preforming research at one of the Technion laboratories. Technion invites international students in the fields of science and technology for an unforgettable summer experience at one of the leading institutions in the world.

Students will develop essential academic study skills, from effective writing and research skills to exam preparation and public speaking, helping them prepare for the final years of high school and early years of university.

Bauhaus Summer School is the international summer programme of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Join us to learn German or attend one of our specialist courses in Architecture and Urbanism, Art and Design, or Engineering and Environment. Bauhaus Summer School is a good opportunity to improve your German language skills before enrolling in one of the Bachelor's or Master's programs.

PhD Summer School focuses on development of key competences required for achieving best results in successful defense of the doctoral dissertation and identifying further research directions. Therefore topics of our PhD Summer Schools include: management of scientific research data, writing of scientific articles, analysis of the subtleties of project management, research integrity and ethics, intellectual property and patent system, communication skills development, etc.

The Rothberg International School (RIS) at Hebrew University offers a wide array of short-term courses and programs throughout the year. You can choose courses from our July, August, and winter sessions, as well as elect to take language courses or participate in archaeological field schools. We also work directly with faculty and study abroad offices in developing faculty-led and other customized programs.

Following the success of previous editions (2016, 2017, 2019, 2024), which saw the participation of more than two hundred students from all around the world, the Department of Political Science of the University of Pisa is now organizing the new International Summer School on Grounded Theory and Qualitative Methods.

The course traces the history of genocide in the 20th century and the question of humanitarian intervention to stop it, a topic that has been especially controversial since the end of the Cold War. The pre-1990s discussion begins with the Armenian genocide during the First World War and includes the Holocaust and Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s. Coverage of genocide and humanitarian intervention since the 1990s includes the wars in Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo, the Congo, and Sudan. The final session of the course will be devoted to a discussion of the International Criminal Court and the separate criminal tribunals that have been tasked with investigating and punishing the perpetrators of genocide.

This summer school is a full-immersion workshop on cell culture techniques for both adherent and suspension cell lines with particular emphasis on cell viability assays. In the workshop, schematic theoretical lectures will be given to introduce the assay protocols and to plan the experimental part that will be hosted in cell biology laboratories.

This seminar is devoted to an examination of United Nations peacekeeping, from its inception in 1956 in the wake of the Suez Crisis to its increasingly important role as an enforcer of political stability in sub-Saharan Africa. We will look at the practice of "classic" peacekeeping as it developed during the Cold War, with the striking exception of the Congo Crisis of 1960; the rise and fall of so-called "second-generation peacekeeping," more accurately labeled "peace enforcement," in the early 1990s in Bosnia and Somalia; and the re-emergence in recent years of a muscular form of peacekeeping in sub-Saharan Africa, most notably in Congo in 2013. Students will learn the basic history of the United Nations since 1945 and the fundamentals of the United Nations Charter, especially with respect to the use of force and the sovereignty of member states.

The purpose of this course is twofold: First, to give students a foundational understanding of new and innovative methods in cognitive science research, particularly those that make use of artificial intelligence/machine learning; and second, to explore the current state of the literature in cognitive science by reading recent reviews and research papers.

This unit will enable students to develop essential knowledge and understanding of the key concepts of biology, gain an appreciation of topical issues, and develop an awareness of scientific methods.

UM’s Pre-College Summer Program Summer Exploration experience is a transformative live-in experience while exploring all aspects of student life as you engage with world-class faculty, explore iconic landscapes and communities surrounding Missoula, Montana, and build meaningful connections with other high school students and graduating seniors, like yourself.

The summer school program at ACN is a unique experience both in and out of the classroom with fun and interesting weekly field trips in Viken and Oslo. Additionally, classes are scheduled so that students can easily and affordably explore Norway and the rest of Europe! During the program, students live on a historic street in Moss and take classes heavily focused on various aspects of Norwegian life and society.

Now in its 30th year, the Smith Summer Science and Engineering Program (SSEP) is a four-week residential program for exceptional young women with strong interests in science, engineering, and medicine.