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You will find different formats and subjects, varying from hackatons to talks to online and physical courses and summer schools – and many things in-between. Be sure to check out what you can apply for now, what’s coming up and what is available online.</p> <p>Want to know what’s happening? <a href="https://www.instagram.com/circleu_eu/">Follow us on Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.circle-u.eu/newsletter/" target="new">subscribe to our newsletter</a>!</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container row-all-colored row-first-colored row-last-colored"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-row row"> <h2>Summer Schools 2025</h2> <div class="column-wrapper triple"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-box vrtx-header-false vrtx-more-false third-box-left grey-box" id="vrtx-main-content-2"> <div class="vrtx-box-content"> <p><a href="https://www.circle-u.eu/open-campus/summer-schools/paris"><img alt="" loading="lazy" src="https://www.circle-u.eu/open-campus/summer-schools/paris/students-paris.jpg"/></a></p> <h3>Rethinking Global Health</h3> <ul> <li>Summer school on PhD level in Paris</li> <li>Dates: 30 June–5 July 2025</li> <li>Apply by 18 March</li> </ul> <p><a class="read-more" href="https://www.circle-u.eu/open-campus/summer-schools/paris">Apply for the summer school</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-box vrtx-header-false vrtx-more-false third-box-middle grey-box" id="vrtx-main-content-3"> <div class="vrtx-box-content"> <p><img alt="" height="394" src="/open-campus/summer-schools/aarhus/plantecafe_planter_cafe_foto_frame_and_work.jpg" width="700" loading="lazy"/></p> <h3>Niche Strategies & Sustainable Competitive Advantage in Agribusiness</h3> <ul> <li>Summer school in Aarhus for Bachelor's students</li> <li>Dates: 2–18 July 2025</li> <li>Apply by 18 March</li> </ul> <p><a class="read-more" href="https://www.circle-u.eu/open-campus/summer-schools/aarhus/niche-strategies.html">Apply for the summer school</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-box vrtx-header-false vrtx-more-false third-box-right grey-box" id="vrtx-main-content-4"> <div class="vrtx-box-content"> <p><img alt="" height="394" src="/open-campus/summer-schools/aarhus/press-material-building-showroom-grundfos-master.jpg" width="700" loading="lazy"/></p> <h3>Advanced Manufacturing: Solving Real-World Industrial Challenges</h3> <ul> <li>Summer school in Aarhus for Master's students</li> <li>Dates: 30 June–11 July 2025</li> <li>Apply by 18 March</li> </ul> <p><a aria-hidden="true" class="read-more" href="https://www.circle-u.eu/open-campus/summer-schools/aarhus/advanced-manufacturing.html" tabindex="-1" target="_blank">Apply for the summer school</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-row row"> <h2>Sign up now</h2> <div class="column-wrapper half-half"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-box vrtx-header-false vrtx-more-false half-box-left" id="vrtx-main-content-5"> <div class="vrtx-box-content"> <p><a href="http://www.unipi.it/index.php/internazionalizzazione/itemlist/category/2478-tenuta-lab-social-innovation-bootcamp"><img alt="Students sitting on the grass" height="395" src="/open-campus/images/tenuta-lab-3.jpg" width="700" loading="lazy"/></a></p> <h3>Tenuta Lab: Social Innovation Bootcamp</h3> <p>Located at the historic Suvignano Estate near Siena – confiscated from the mafia and reclaimed by the State – Tenuta Lab offers an immersive research experience that integrates food systems, rural innovation, ethics, and responsible entrepreneurship.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Teaching:</strong> In-person 9–13 June 2025 + online pre-session training</li> <li><strong>Location: </strong>Suvignano Estate near Siena, Italy</li> <li><strong>Level:</strong> MA/PhD</li> <li><strong>ECTS: </strong>5</li> <li><strong>Application deadline: </strong>9 March 2025</li> </ul> <p><a class="read-more" href="https://www.unipi.it/index.php/internazionalizzazione/itemlist/category/2478-tenuta-lab-social-innovation-bootcamp">Tenuta Lab: Social Innovation Bootcamp</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.circle-u.eu/events/2025/women-founders-network-hackathon.html"><img alt="Summer evening in Aarhus" height="563" src="https://www.circle-u.eu/events/2025/salling_rooftop_foto_frame_and_work.jpg" width="1000" loading="lazy"/></a></p> <h3>Women Founders Network hackathon and community building</h3> <p>The Circle U. Women Founders Network invite students and staff to a community building event coupled with a hackathon in Aarhus. Students will work together with academics and staff to create an emotionally nurturing working environment for female innovators. Open to all genders!</p> <ul> <li><strong>Dates: </strong>26–28 April</li> <li><strong>Location: </strong>Aarhus</li> <li><strong>Level: </strong>all levels</li> <li><strong>ECTS: </strong>no credits</li> <li><strong>Registration deadline:</strong> 6 March</li> </ul> <p><a class="read-more" href="https://www.circle-u.eu/events/2025/women-founders-network-hackathon.html">Sign up for the hackathon</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-box vrtx-header-false vrtx-more-false half-box-right" id="vrtx-main-content-6"> <div class="vrtx-box-content"> <p><a href="http://international.au.dk/collaboration/partneruniversities/the-circle-eulympics-europe-and-europeanness-in-uncertain-times"><img alt="Map of Europe" height="394" src="/open-campus/images/colourbox24024357.png" width="700" loading="lazy"/></a></p> <h3>The Circle EU.lympics – Europe and Europeanness in uncertain times</h3> <p>The Circle EU.lympics is a programme that delves into the theme of Europe and explores it from a host of different academic angles. The online lectures are open to all interested students and staff.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Dates: </strong>online talks plus in-person 29 April–2 May</li> <li><strong>Location: </strong>Aarhus University and online</li> <li><strong>Application deadline:</strong> you can sign up for the online talks at all times. Deadline for the in-person meeting is 24 March</li> </ul> <p><a class="read-more" href="https://international.au.dk/collaboration/partneruniversities/the-circle-eulympics-europe-and-europeanness-in-uncertain-times"> The Circle EU.lympics</a></p> <p><a href="/open-campus/double-degree-programme.html"><img alt="Blue illustration with white text" height="395" src="/open-campus/images/dd-aarhus-louvain.jpg" width="700" loading="lazy"/></a></p> <h3>Double Degree programme in Business Innovation - Business Administration</h3> <p>Explore innovation management across diverse cultural and business landscapes while gaining expertise in planning and implementing innovation strategies, managing complex projects, and identifying new business opportunities.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Teaching:</strong> 4 semesters, full-time</li> <li><strong>Location:</strong> Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) and Aarhus (Denmark)</li> <li><strong>Level:</strong> MA</li> <li><strong>ECTS:</strong> 120</li> <li><strong>Application deadlines: </strong>see details on the programme page</li> </ul> <p><a class="read-more" href="/open-campus/double-degree-programme.html">Apply for the joint programme now</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container row-all-colored row-first-colored row-last-colored grid-color-grey"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-row row"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-box vrtx-more-false grey-box" id="vrtx-main-content-7"> <h2>Follow online</h2> <div class="vrtx-box-content"> <h3 class="accordion">10 March: Equality and Diversity: How to Welcome Differences without Freezing Identities?</h3> <p>Join the two-part conversation on Equality and Diversity at the Think&Act conference in Paris. The conversation will be live streamed. Register before 5 March to participate!</p> <p><a class="read-more" href="/events/2025/equality-and-diversity.html">Register for the conversation</a></p> <h3 class="accordion">29 April: Open Conversation: How can we create alternative funding for Women Entrepreneurs?</h3> <p>Professor Helle Neergaard has been invited to present her research on female entrepreneurship, which highlights the need for an alternative funding system for women founders. How can we rethink the funding system to make it more inclusive?</p> <p><a class="read-more" href="/events/2025/open-conversation-funding-system.html">How can we create alternative funding for Women Entrepreneurs?</a></p> <h3 class="accordion">Open Conversation: The Power of Teacher Collaboration</h3> <p>In this Open Conversation we meet Prof. Marjan Asgari and talk about benefits and challenges of communities of practice for language teachers.</p> <p><a class="read-more" href="https://www.circle-u.eu/events/2025/open-conversation-power-of-teacher-collaboration.html">The Power of Teacher Collaboration</a></p> <h3 class="accordion">Open Conversation: Perspectives on Research and Mobility in Teacher Education</h3> <p>This Open Conversation concludes the Circle U. Teacher Education Network's 2024 seed-funded project. Join to hear about their findings and recommendations, get insights from decision-makers and take part in a panel discussion on how to innovate teacher training across Circle U.!</p> <p><a class="read-more" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OPqlfEeenI">Watch on YouTube</a></p> <h3 class="accordion">Open Conversation: A Vision for Transnational Education in Africa</h3> <p>Professor ‘Funmi Olonisakin lead this Open Conversation which focused on the Afe Babalola Centre at King’s College London aiming to create a pathway for a transnational set of qualifications to enhance the prospects for young people in the continent of Africa. <a href="http://www.circle-u.eu/events/2024/open-conversation-kcl.html">More information and a programme for this Open Conversation can be found here.</a></p> <p><b>Listen back to the conversation</b></p> <div class="vrtx-media-player-audio"> <audio controls="" style="display:block; width:500px"> <source src="https://www.circle-u.eu/open-campus/students/a-vision-for-transnational-education-in-africa.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"/> </audio> </div> <p> </p> <h3 class="accordion">Open Conversation: Pesticides, Health, and the Fight for Freedom of Speech</h3> <p>Prof. Larissa Bombardi, Brazilian geographer and whistleblower, presents key findings from her research on the profound impact of pesticide use on human health and biodiversity in Brazil. The Open Conversation was recorded in <a href="/events/2024/pesticides-health-and-the-fight-for-freedom.html">Louvain-La-Neuve on 10 October 2024</a>.</p> <p><a class="read-more" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO73had7zwc">Watch the recorded Open Conversation on YouTube</a></p> <h3 class="accordion">Open Conversation: The Politics of Poverty and Hope</h3> <p>Circle U. Open Conversation with Professor Dan Banik took place during the Summer School in Oslo in August 2024 and explored the interconnectedness of major global challenges and the need for a collective, optimistic mindset to drive meaningful change.</p> <p><a class="read-more" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs67cMWwNsE">Watch the recorded Open Conversation on YouTube</a></p> <h3 class="accordion">Bridging Humanities and Medicine for Societal Impact – Advancing the Future of Medical Humanities</h3> <p>Open online seminar designed to highlight the critical interdependencies and synergies between the humanities and medicine. This lecture series is tailored for graduate students from any discipline eager to explore innovative and deeply interdisciplinary approaches to wide-ranging health issues and complex societal problems.</p> <p><a class="read-more" href="https://youtu.be/Ka43MVWpMLk">Watch the first lecture: Translational Health Humanities: Addressing the Challenge of Unimplementability (YouTube)</a></p> <h3 class="accordion">Vaccine Production and Uptake in Africa: Building Competence and Removing Obstacles</h3> <p>A seminar series held from early to mid-2024, focusing on how to make Africa more self-sufficient when it comes to manufacturing of vaccines. The seminar brought together over 20 stakeholders and institutions spanning the entire vaccine value chain, from human resource development to vaccine uptake. Each seminar consists of 2 x 20 minutes presentation by two paired experts in the field, followed by a moderated 45 min online discussion with panellists and participants.</p> <p><a class="read-more" href="https://globalhealth.charite.de/en/resources/vaccine_uptake_in_africa_seminar_series/">Access the seminar series at the CharitéCenter for Global Health</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container row-thirds-double"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-row row"> <div class="column-wrapper wide-narrow"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-box vrtx-header-false third-box-left third-box-double" id="vrtx-main-content-9"> <div class="vrtx-box-content"> <h2>Course catalogue</h2> <p>Our catalogue includes courses in climate, democracy, health and European language and culture.</p> </div> <div class="vrtx-more"> <span><a href="https://www.circle-u.eu/open-campus/courses">Go to the course catalogue</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-box vrtx-header-false third-box-right" id="vrtx-main-content-10"> <div class="vrtx-box-content"> <h2>Circle U. Student Union</h2> <p>The Student Union represent the student's opinions and provides strategic direction for the Circle U. alliance.</p> </div> <div class="vrtx-more"> <span><a href="https://www.circle-u.eu/about/organisation/cusu">Get in touch with the Student Union</a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container row-all-colored row-first-colored row-last-colored grid-color-grey"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-row row"> <div class="column-wrapper half-half"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-box vrtx-more-false half-box-left grey-box" id="vrtx-main-content-11"> <h2>What you missed</h2> <div class="vrtx-box-content"> <p>Offers you cannot apply for anymore or that has already taken place:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/open-campus/summer-schools/">Summer Schools 2025</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.unipi.it/index.php/internazionalizzazione/itemlist/category/2483-global-health-an-interdisciplinary-perspective">Global Health: An Interdisciplinary Perspective</a></li> <li><a href="https://international.univie.ac.at/circle-u/214858/">Natural Hazards, Vulnerability and Disasters: Interdisciplinary Perspectives</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.circle-u.eu/open-campus/courses/university-of-oslo/SUM2509.html">The Politics of Sustainable Development</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.unipi.it/index.php/internazionalizzazione/item/29169-i-lab-co-creation-for-regional-innovation">Design Thinking, Systems Thinking, and Participatory Project Design</a></li> <li><a href="/open-campus/courses/university-of-oslo/JUR1528.html">Corporate Sustainability Law</a></li> <li><a href="/open-campus/courses/university-of-oslo/STV4822N.html">The Politics of Bureaucracy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.circle-u.eu/open-campus/courses/university-of-belgrade/a-taste-of-serbian.html">A taste of Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/open-campus/courses/university-of-oslo/MULTI4165.html">Multilingualism Specialisation C – Language Policy in multilingual settings</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.unipi.it/index.php/internazionalizzazione/itemlist/category/2461-sustainable-wine-intensive-week">Sustainable “WINE” Intensive Week</a></li> <li><a href="/events/2025/cross-incubation-week.html">Cross-InCUbation week</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tf.uio.no/english/research/phd/courses/events/2024/embodiment-and-positionality.html">Embodiment and Positionality</a></li> <li><a href="/open-campus/courses/university-of-oslo/sustainable-health.html">Education for Sustainable Health</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/medisin/folkehelsevitenskap-epidemiologi/FHE4350/">Politics of Sustainability in Public Health</a></li> <li><a href="/events/2024/entrepreneurial-change-making.html">Entrepreneurial Change-making</a></li> <li><a href="/events/2024/mun-on-ai.html">Model United Nations on Artificial Intelligence</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-box vrtx-header-false vrtx-more-false half-box-right grey-box" id="vrtx-main-content-12"> <div class="vrtx-box-content"> <p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="676" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DPwX5-Y_jZU" title="YouTube video player" width="1200"></iframe></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </main> </div>  <nav id="global-sub-menu" aria-label="Sub menu"> <div class="inner"> <div class="vrtx-subfolder-menu vrtx-subfolder-menu-sets-1"> <ul class="resultset-1"> <li> <a href="https://www.circle-u.eu/open-campus/courses/">Course Catalogue</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.circle-u.eu/open-campus/summer-schools/">Summer Schools</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav>  <footer id="footer-wrapper" class="grid-container"> <div id="footers" class="row"> <div class="footer-content"> <div class="col-1-2 adr"> <div class="content"> <p><a href="https://www.circle-u.eu/about/contact/">Contact Circle U.</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.circle-u.eu/about/privacy/">Privacy and cookies</a></p> <p><a href="https://uustatus.no/nb/erklaringer/publisert/be7c238c-2f1b-4bd8-8748-424886762133">Accessibility statement (in Norwegian only)</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="col-1-2 adr"> <div class="content"> <span class="eu-emblem"><img alt="EU Emblem" src="/vrtx/dist/resources/x1/images/eu-emblem-white.svg" width="100" /><span>Co-funded by<br> the European Union</span></span> </div> </div>  <div id="privacy-notification"> <div> <p>We use cookies to make your experience better. 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