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CuriousU 2020 (CANCELLED) International summer school

The University of Twente is combining High Tech and Human Touch in its most ultimate form: a festival style summer school where you can attend high tech courses and experience the only American style campus in the Netherlands. CuriousU is CANCELLED DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS

During an inspiring summer week, our campus will be your home. We will offer you courses in some of our key research topics from beginner to advanced level all while giving you the opportunity to immerse yourself in a festival environment. Meet likeminded people from all over the world.

Participation Fee

Our fee is an all-in package consisting the following components:

More information can be found at our summer school CuriousU website.

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Summer courses

  • Circular Cities and Sustainability

    Cities are mostly perceived as places where wealthy opportunities exist for everyone, this is one of the reasons why cities attract and concentrate large amounts of inhabitants.
    certificate10 days2 ECTS100% English
  • Design the Future

    New advances in technology are shaping the ways we act as societies, raising new needs and problems. Designers need to think about the future and use technology to respond to these challenges.
    certificate10 days2 ECTS100% English
  • Dutch Language & Culture

    This course will offer you a taste of the country, education, culture and history and help you get a full picture of how your student life may look like if you decide to study in The Netherlands.
    certificate10 days125 Hours100% English
  • EntrepreneurialU

    The challenges modern society is facing requires people to seize opportunities, innovate, initiate and co-create impactful solutions. Learn the skills you need to become an entrepreneur of tomorrow.
    certificate10 days2 ECTS100% English
  • Evaluating Future Health Technologies

    New medical technologies keep emerging. To make informed decisions on the development of these technologies, early assessments are needed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of new devices or drugs.
    certificate10 days2 ECTS100% English
  • GIS and Remote Sensing for societal challenges

    This course will walk you through the fundamental aspects of land spatial modelling and combine aspects of Geographic information systems and remote observation simultaneously.
    certificate10 days2 ECTS100% English
  • Health and Happiness

    Learn about different applications and methods of how to improve happiness and well-being and also develop you own interventions, through interactive methods and challenge based learning.
    certificate10 days2 ECTS100% English
  • Leaders of Innovation and Impact

    Become a change agent and leader of innovation and impact by developing the essential skills to host workshops with peers and share knowledge within an interactive educational setting.
    certificate10 days2 ECTS100% English
  • Mix & Match

    Can’t choose only one from all the awesome courses we offer? Then you don’t have to choose just one, you can mix and match!
    certificate10 days125 Hours100% English
  • Robot Interaction Design Experience

    Explore robotics design, ideation methods, brainstorming and low-fi prototyping, scenario based design, mid-fi prototyping, playtesting and high-fi prototyping using (social) robot hardware.
    certificate10 days2 ECTS100% English
  • Smart Cities

    Study Smart Cities through the lens of sustainable energy, climate change and discover smart ways to deal with the challenges caused by the growing needs of our world and society.
    certificate10 days2 ECTS100% English
  • Technology & Society & Energy Transitions

    Technological innovation is a genuinely social process: people matter. New technologies are made, used, adjusted and maintained by people.
    certificate10 days2 ECTS100% English
  • The complexity of water-reuse

    With growing population, climate change and new contaminants, water challenges are omnipresent. This course discusses various water treatment and re-use strategies that need to be employed.
    certificate10 days2 ECTS100% English
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