For the past 15 years, Antwerp Summer and Winter University has offered specialised education to an international audience within the areas of excellence of the University of Antwerp and its partners.
In 2024, Antwerp Summer and Winter University offered 27 programmes to 694 participants from 88 nationalities!
Below you can find an overview of all the summer and winter schools that have been organised under the umbrella of Antwerp Summer and Winter University thus far. You can also find some impressions of previous editions through photos and aftermovies.
2024
Arts
- Books and Culture: Women Authors, Printers, Readers | 24 - 28 June 2024
- Digital Humanities | 1 - 5 July 2024
- Children's Literature Summer School | 1 - 5 July 2024
- Summer school on Philosophy and Society: MicroStories | 3 - 8 July 2024
- Arts & Media Archeology: Performing Science, Mediating Knowledge | 26 - 30 August 2024
- English for Academic Purposes | 26 August - 6 September 2024
- Winter Summer School | Feminism and Motherhood | 5 - 9 February 2024
Business and Economics
- Antwerp Summer School on Urban Logistics | 19 - 30 August 2024
- Responsible Fashion Management | 1 - 10 July 2024
- Winter Summer School | From Mine to Finger | 5 - 14 February 2024
Urban Studies & Design Sciences
- City Lab X: The Sustainable City | 1 - 5 July 2024
- Social City Design | 1 - 5 July 2024
- Winter Summer School | International Design Workshop Week | 12 - 16 February 2024
Law
- Companies crossing Borders | 24 - 28 June 2024
- Families, Law and Religion | 1 - 10 July 2024
- Animal Law, Rights and Representation | 19 - 23 August 2024
- Legal Technology and Legal Innovation | 26 - 30 August 2024
- Winter School | Leadership in Law | 5 - 9 February 2024
Medicine and Health Sciences
- Vaccinology | 1 - 8 July 2024
- Qualitative Research Methods in Health Care | 19 - 23 August 2024
- INSPIRE Summer School | 22 - 28 August 2024
- Summer School on Pandemic Preparedness | 26 - 30 August 2024
- Modelling infectious diseases and health economics | 2 - 6 September 2024
Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences
Laboratory Animal Science | 19 June - 10 July 2024
Science
- ALGAR 2024: Local-global principles for quadratic forms | 19 - 23 August 2024
Social Science
- GOVTRUST Summer School: A Multi-Level Perspective on Trust and Public Governance for Societal Transitions | 19 - 23 August 2024
Applied Engineering
- Winter School | Electrocatalysis | 5 - 9 February 2024
2023
Arts
- Arts & Media Archeology: Performing Science, Mediating Knowledge | 4 - 8 September 2023
- Digital Humanities | 3 - 7 July 2023
- Children's Literature Summer School | 3 - 7 July 2023
- Critical approaches to Typography | 21 - 25 August 2023
- English for Academic Purposes | 21 August - 1 September 2023
- Summer school on Jewish Studies: New Beginnings | 10 - 14 - July 2023
- Summer school on Philosophy and Society: Stories of Illness and Health | 5 - 10 July 2023
- The Margins of Global Hispanophone Literature | 3 - 7 July 2023
Business and Economics
- Antwerp Summer School on Urban Logistics | 21 August - 1 September 2023
- Responsible Fashion Management | 3 - 12 July 2023
- Winter Summer School | From Mine to Finger | 6 - 10 February 2023
Urban Studies & Design Sciences
- City Lab | 10 - 14 July 2023
- Social City Design | 3 - 7 July 2023
- The Sustainable City | 21 August - 1 September 2023
- Winter Summer School | International Design Workshop Week | 13 - 17 February 2023
Law
- Animal Law, Rights and Representation | 3 - 7 July 2023
- Companies crossing Borders | 26 - 30 June 2023
- Legal Technology and Legal Innovation | 4 - 8 September 2023
- Winter School | Leadership in Law | 6 - 10 February 2023
Medicine and Health Sciences
- INSPIRE Summer School | 24 - 30 August 2023
- Leadership in Nursing Excellence | 4 - 8 Septebmer 2023
- Modelling infectious diseases and health economics | 4 - 8 September 2023
- Nurses and interprofessional pharmaceutical care | 4 - 8 September 2023
- Qualitative Research Methods in Health Care | 21 - 25 August 2023
- Vaccinology | 3 - 10 July 2023
Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences
Laboratory Animal Science | 21 August - 8 September 2023
Science
- ALGAR 2023: Local-global principles for quadratic forms | 21- 25 Auguts 2023
Social Science
- Storytelling in virtual reality. An immersive encounter | 21 August - 1 September 2023
2022
Arts
- Books and Culture: The Plantin Press and the Religious Book / 27 June - 1 July 2022
- Digital Humanities: Genetic editing, from manuscripts to born-digital writing processes / 27 June - 1 July 2022
- Children´s Literature Summer School / 4 - 8 July 2022
- Critical approaches to Typography / 22 - 26 August 2022
- English for Academic Purposes / 22 August - 2 September 2022
- Jesuit Heritage Summer School: Sanctity, Hagiography, Iconography 5 - 9 September 2022
Business and Economics
- Antwerp Summer School on Urban Logistics / 15 - 26 August 2022
- Fashion Management / 4 - 13 July 2022
Design Sciences
- re-ACT by Design. International Design Workshop Week / 14 - 18 February 2022
Interdisciplinary summer schools
- CityLAB VIII: Creating healthy cities: an integrated approach / 4 - 8 July 2022
- The Sustainable City: An Integrated Perspective / 22 - 29 August 2022 (online)
Law
- Companies crossing Borders / 27 June - 1 July 2022 (hybrid)
- Legal Technology and Legal Innovation / 5 - 9 September 2022
Medicine and Health Sciences
- Qualitative Research Methods in Health Care / 22 - 26 August 2022
- Leadership in Nursing Excellence / 27 June - 1 July 2022
- Vaccinology / 4 - 11 July 2022
- Modelling infectious diseases and health economics / 5 - 9 September 2022
Science
- Electrocatalysis Winter school / 7 - 11 February 2022
- ALGAR 2022: Constructive methods for quadratic form theory / 5 - 9 September 2022
- Becoming an Olympian in Sports Analytics / 5 - 9 September 2022
Social Science
- Europe: Diversity and Migration / 27 June - 8 July 2022
- Antwerp Jean Monnet Summer School on Transatlantic Trade Politics / 7 - 14 July 2022
- Storytelling in virtual reality. An immersive encounter / 22 August - 2 September 2022
- GOVTRUST Summer School: A Multi-Level Perspective on Trust and Public Governance / 29 August - 2 September 2022
2021
The first edition offering online, hybrid and on-campus programmes.
Arts
- Children´s Literature Summer School / 5 - 9 July 2021 (online)
- English for Academic Purposes / 23 August - 3 September 2021 (online)
- Jesuit Heritage Summer School: Art and Architecture 6 - 10 September 2021 (online)
- Arts, Ontology, and Politics / 25 - 31 August 2021 (on-campus)
Business and Economics
- Antwerp Summer School on Urban Logistics / 16 - 27 August 2021 (hybrid)
- Fashion Management / 23 August - 1 September 2021 (on-campus)
Interdisciplinary summer schools
- The Sustainable City: An Integrated Perspective / 23 - 27 August 2021 (online)
- From Mine to Finger. A deep dive into the world of Diamonds / 30 August - 3 September 2021 (online)
- Storytelling in virtual reality. An immersive encounter / 23 August - 3 September 2021 (on-campus)
Law
- Companies crossing Borders 28 June - 2 July 2021 (online)
- Legal technology and legal innovation / 6 - 10 September 2021 (on-campus)
Medicine and Health Sciences
- Qualitative Research Methods in Health Care / 23 - 27 August 2021 (digital)
- INSPIRE Summer School: Safety Pharmacology in Drug Development / 30 August - 4 September 2021 (on-campus)
- Vaccinology / 31 August - 7 September 2021 (on-campus)
- Modelling infectious diseases and health economics / 6 - 10 September 2021 (online)
Science
- ALGAR 2021: Systems of quadratic forms over artithmetic fields / 16 - 20 August 2021
Social Science
- International Relations in a post hegemonic world / 12 - 15 July 2021 (online)
2020
This was a special season: our first digital edition and it was a great success.
Interdisciplinary summer schools
- Europe: Diversity and Migration / 6-10 July 2020
Business and Economics
- Antwerp Summer School on Urban Logistics / 19-23 August 2020
Arts
- Children´s Literature Summer School / 17-28 August 2020
- English for Academic Purposes / 17-31 August 2020
Medicine and Health Sciences
- INSPIRE Summer School / 31 August-5 September 2020
- Modelling infectious diseases and health economics / 7 - 11 September 2020
Science
- ALGAR 2020: Algebras with Involution / 6-10 July 2020
2019
Interdisciplinary summer schools
- Europe: Diversity and Migration / 24 June - 5 July 2019
- CityLAB VII: The Sustainable City: An Integrated Perspective / 1-5 July 2019
- Experience entrepreneurship. An intensive introduction / 19-30 August 2019
- From Mine to Finger. A deep dive into the world of Diamonds / 26 August - 6 September 2019
- Storytelling in virtual reality. An immersive encounter. / 26 August - 6 September 2019
Business and Economics
- Antwerp Summer School on Urban Logistics / 19-23 August 2019
- Fashion Management / 26 Augustus - 4 September 2019
Arts
- Children´s Literature Summer School / 1-5 July 2019
- Digital Humanities: Basic Skills for Digital Archives and Editions / 1-5 July 2019
- English for Academic Purposes: Improving your university papers and presentations / 21-30 August 2019
- Antwerp Summer School in Philoshopy and Society. The Enlightenment in Current Public Debate / 27 August - 5 September 2019
- Books & Culture. Reconstructing Book Ownership: Sources, Methods, and Perspectives / 2-6 September 2019
- Critical Approaches to Typography. Research into the interaction between typographic conventions and the digital age. / 2-6 September 2019
Design Sciences
- Innovation in Social Design / 1-5 July 2019
- ROOHTS Summer School: Burgundian Blacks (Research on the Origins Of Historical Techniques) / 1-5 July 2019
Law
- Companies crossing borders / 24 June - 5 July 2019
Medicine and Health Sciences
- Leadership in Nursing Excellence / 24-28 June 2019
- Summer School on Vaccinology / 1-8 July 2019
- Qualitative Research Methods in Health Care / 26-30 August 2019
Science
- ALGAR 2019: Algebras with Involution / 1-5 July 2019
- B-Q MINDED Summer School: an intensive, multidisciplinary course on Quantitative MRI / 26-30 August 2019
During the edition of 2019, 550 participants from 78 diffrent countries attended one of the 21 summer schools.
2018
Interdisciplinary summer schools
- Europe: Diversity and Migration / 25 June - 6 July 2018
- CityLAB VI: City Aesthetics and Citizenship / 2-6 July 2018
- Experience entrepreneurship. An intensive introduction / 20-31 August 2018
- From Mine to Finger. A deep dive into the world of Diamonds / 27 August - 7 September 2018
- B-Q Minded Summer School: an intensive, multidisciplinary course on Quantitative MRI / 27 august - 4 september 2018
Applied Economics
- Fashion Management / 27 August - 5 September 2018
- Antwerp Summer School on Urban Logistics / 20-24 August 2018 (+optional assignment week 27-31 August 2018
Arts
- Children´s Literature Summer School / 4-10 July 2018
- Digital Humanities: Processing and Analysing Images / 3-7 September 2018
- Ethnographic collections, aspects of research, preservation and conservation / 22-30 August 2018
- English for Academic Purposes: Improving your university papers and presentations / 22-31 August 2018
- Books and Culture: Religious Manuscripts, Hand Press Books and Prints (15th-19th centuries): Ephemera / 2-6 July 2018
Design Sciences
- Product I Service I System design in Health Care / 2-6 July 2018
Law
- Companies crossing borders / 20-31 August 2018
Science
- Medicine and Health Sciences
- Summer School on Vaccinology / 2-9 July 2018
- Algar 2018: Sums of squares in fields / 2-6 July 2018
- Qualitative Research Methods in Health Care / 27-31 August 2018
2017
Interdisciplinary summer schools
- Europe: Diversity and Migration / 26 June – 7 July 2017
- Conris Summer School. Improving awareness in safety & security through innovation / 2-7 July 2017
- Experience entrepreneurship. An intensive introduction / 21 August - 1 September 2017
- From Mine to Finger. A deep dive into the world of Diamonds / 28 August - 8 September 2017
- CityLAB V: The Smart City. An Interdisciplinary Approach / 4-8 September 2017
Applied Economics
- Fashion Management / 28 Augustus – 6 September 2017
Arts
- Print Culture in 16th-Century Europe/ 3-7 July 2017
- The right to be loved / 21 - 30 August 2017
- English for Academic Purposes: Improving your university papers and presentations / 23 August - 1 September 2017
Design Sciences
- Ethnographic collections, aspects of research, preservation and conservation / 23-31 August 2017
Law
- Companies crossing borders / 21 August - 1 September 2017
Medicine and Health Sciences
- Summer School on Vaccinology for students / 3-10 July 2017
- Qualitative Research Methods in Health Care / 21-25 August 2017
Science
- ALGAR 2017: Quadratic forms and local-global principles / 3-7 July 2017
2016
Interdisciplinary summer schools
- CityLAB IV: The City as a Market Place / 27 June - 1 July 2016
- Experience entrepreneurship. An intensive introduction / 22 August - 2 September 2016
Applied Economics
- Fashion Management / 29 Augustus – 7 September 2016
Arts
- Political Myth, Propaganda, and the Politics of Imagination / 22 - 30 August 2016
- English for Academic Purposes: Improving your university papers and presentations / 24 August - 2 September 2016
Design Sciences
- Ethnographic collections, preservation, research and conservation / 24 - 30 August 2016
Law
- European Financial Regulation / 22-26 August 2016
Medicine and Health Sciences
- Summer School on Vaccinology for students / 4 -11 July 2016
- Qualitative Research Methods in Health Care / 22-26 August 2016
Science
- International School on Fundamental Crystallography with applications to Electron Crystallography / 27 June - 2 July 2016
- 3rd International School on Aperiodic Crystals / 4-8 July 2016
- BND Summer School in Particle Physics / 28 August – 9 September 2016
2015
Interdisciplinary summer schools
- International Summer School on "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity": Fraternity / 5-11 July 2015
- Experience entrepreneurship: An intensive introduction / 24 August - 4 September 2015
- CityLAB III: The Productive City / 31 August - 4 September 2015
Design Sciences
- Shifting Climate, Reshaping Urban Landscapes (SCRUL) International design studio on climate adaptation / 27 August - 3 September 2015
Language and linguistics
- English for Academic Purposes: Academic Writing and Speaking / 24 August - 1 September 2015
Medicine and Health Sciences
- Summer School on Vaccinology for students / 6-13 July 2015
- Qualitative Research Methods in Health Care / 24-28 August 2015
Political and Social Sciences
- Visual Methods Seminar / 26 August – 4 September 2015
Science
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Domain-Specific Modelling, Theory and Practice / 24-28 August 2015
2014
Development Studies
- The Politics and Economics of Aid
Linguistics & Literature
- A Toolbox for Design-Based Research
- Summer School Book and Culture
Mathematics - Computer Sciences
- Domain Specific Modelling - Theory and Practice (DSM-TP)
Medecine and Health Science
- 4 Days of Qualitative Research in health care
- 6th Summer School on Vaccinology for Students
- Psychiatry: clinical practice & research perspectives
Science
- Basics of Plasma Modeling and Simulation
- Bio-electrochemistry: from fundamentals to applications
- Biofilms
Urban Development
- City Development - past, present & future
- CityLAB II - Urban Studies Summer School
2013
- Vaccinology
- Visual Methods Seminar: Observing and Visualising Urban Culture
- City Development
- Fashion Management
2012
- Longitudinal and Life Course Research
- Vaccinology
- Fashion Management
2011
- Longitudinal and Life Course Research
- Vaccinology
2010
- Vaccinology
- Cultural Management
- Interest Group Politics
2018 Summer School "From Mine to Finger"
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2015 Summer school "Shifting Climate, Reshaping Urban Landscapes"
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2024 Winter School "From Mine to Finger"
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