Next to our summer school courses you can enjoy our social programme built around the courses. The programme includes keynote speakers, entertainment and social activities!
Summer programme
We will be adjusting our programme to the current situation and Covid-19 regulations. New highlights are being announced via our Facebook and Instagram page. You can also go to the specific course page to check the specific course schedule.
| Time: | 09:00 - 10:30 |
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| Day: | Mon. 02-08 |
Today CuriousU officially starts, welcome!
| Time: | 16:00 - 17:00 |
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| Day: | Wed. 04-08 |
Join this virtual role-play game in our CuriousU version of Dungeons & Dragons and decide the future of those two characters.
Only a limited number of spots available!
| Time: | 17:00 - 17:30 |
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| Day: | Wed. 04-08 |
Come and meet new Curious people, hear their stories, get inspired and start creating your CuriousU memories!
Today's topic: Social Life
| Time: | 09:00 - 20:00 |
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| Day: | Sat. 14-08 |
| Time: | 16:00 - 16:30 |
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| Day: | Thu. 05-08 |
Come and meet new Curious people, hear their stories, get inspired and start creating your CuriousU memories!
Today's topic: Around the world
| Time: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| Day: | Tue. 10-08 |
Get inspired by one of our keynote speakers from our beautiful CuriousU studio.
Today's Speaker: David Fernandez Rivas
Lab Tour: Chemical Science Engineering
Host: University Innovation Fellows
| Time: | 15:00 - 16:00 |
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| Day: | Fri. 06-08 |
Designing a social interface: the first step for making your own social robot
If you ever think about the future, there is a big chance that you imagined robots serving and helping people, living side by side. That actually is not a future too far away. Join this workshop if you want to see it happen: [you make] your laptop into a "social robot."
Together we shall attempt to make a social interface that runs speech, sight, and AI right from the comfort of your own home. It's easier done than said!
This workshop is intended for people of any level and there is no prior skill or knowledge required.
| Time: | 14:00 - 16:00 |
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| Day: | Thu. 12-08 |
Only a limited number of spots available!
Workshop: Lean Continuous Improvement
Description:
At this workshop, you will get acquainted with the philosophy of lean and have a first experience of how this thinking can be used to achieve sustainable improvements.
To prepare for this workshop we ask you to go the the GoodHabitz online learning environment, select the course lean, and go through the magazines of all modules. This will take about 90 minutes in total. Of course, you can always take an additional look at the other parts of the modules like the story boards. In our workshop we will discuss customer value and waste, and, as you are the customers of our event, we will use your experience with CuriousU as a real life case.
To login to the GoodHabitz Platform:
- Go to: My.goodhabitz.com/UTwente à select University of Twente*
- Use your username/password to login à Your personal course environment will come up (By clicking your name on the right side of the page, you can change to your preferred language)
- At the field: “Find a course” enter the course name Lean à A Lean and Agile Scrum course will come up
- Select the course Lean and start your journey
*External participants will get access to the Good Habitz platform a few days before CuriousU starts.
| Time: | 08:30 - 09:00 |
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| Day: | Tue. 03-08 |
Theme: Confidence Boost Yoga
Relax your body and mind with our yoga coach Laura. You don't need to be good at sports, what matters is that you are good to yourself.
| Time: | 14:00 - 14:30 |
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| Day: | Tue. 03-08 |
Come and meet new Curious people, hear their stories, get inspired and start creating your CuriousU memories!
Today's topic: Traditions
| Time: | 09:00 - 13:00 |
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| Day: | Wed. 04-08 |
Boost your knowledge in a virtual class environment.
| Time: | 09:00 - 13:00 |
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| Day: | Thu. 05-08 |
Boost your knowledge in a virtual class environment.
| Time: | 09:00 - 13:00 |
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| Day: | Fri. 06-08 |
Boost your knowledge in a virtual class environment.
| Time: | 08:30 - 09:00 |
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| Day: | Fri. 06-08 |
Theme: Chill Out Yoga
Relax your body and mind with our yoga coach Laura. You don't need to be good at sports, what matters is that you are good to yourself.
| Time: | 09:00 - 13:00 |
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| Day: | Tue. 10-08 |
Is your Curious mind still eager to learn? Enjoy a workshop, a lecture or a project depending on your course.
More information| Time: | 14:00 - 15:30 |
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| Day: | Wed. 04-08 |
CuriousU's Gambit: Are you prepared to duel your fellow competitors? Who will survive to the end and emerge as the great chess winner?
Only a limited number of spots available!
| Time: | 17:30 - 18:30 |
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| Day: | Wed. 04-08 |
Join this virtual role-play game in our CuriousU version of Dungeons & Dragons and decide the future of those two characters.
Only a limited number of spots available!
| Time: | 15:00 - 17:00 |
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| Day: | Wed. 11-08 |
The Verdict is an interactive online jury experience that puts participants in the position of being the member of a jury. You will be asked to evaluate evidence, and you will get the opportunity to question the defendant. Once your questions have been answered you will have to discuss your thoughts with your fellow jurors. Like in a real jury you will have to make difficult decisions about the uncertainties and the ethics of the case
Join the jury, evaluate the evidence, watch the witness interviews, question the defendant and discuss your judgement with your fellow jury members.
Only a limited number of spots available!
| Time: | 16:00 - 17:00 |
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| Day: | Tue. 10-08 |
Did you that La Sagrada Familia (Barcelona, Spain) is taking longer to build than the pyramids?
Compare your knowledge with other CuriousU participants during this Pub Quiz!
| Time: | 09:00 - 13:00 |
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| Day: | Thu. 12-08 |
Is your Curious mind still eager to learn? Enjoy a workshop, a lecture or a project depending on your course.
More information| Time: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| Day: | Fri. 06-08 |
Get inspired by one of our keynote speakers from our beautiful CuriousU studio.
Today's Speaker: Edwin Dertien
Lab Tour: Goescience
Host: Miriam Iliohan & University Innovation Fellow
More information| Time: | 10:30 - 14:00 |
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| Day: | Mon. 02-08 |
Boost your knowledge in a virtual class environment.
| Time: | 14:00 - 15:00 |
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| Day: | Fri. 06-08 |
Do you know what is the most popular Dutch dish? Is your answer pannekoeken? We agree that The Netherlands is not the most famous culinary destination but Dutch cuisine is definitely not only about cheese ;-)
Join this online cooking workshop and impress your friends with typical Dutch Pannenkoeken. While eating your delicious pannekoeken, you can share what is the most traditional food in your country. Who knows, we may try to cook it another day.
What do you need:
- plain flour,
- eggs,
- milk,
- oil/butter,
- salt,
- and whatever you like as a topping (e.g., fruit, ham, cheese).
| Time: | 16:30 - 18:00 |
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| Day: | Thu. 05-08 |
Some prefer mystery, some prefer comedy and some of us dream to date Ryan Gossling (am I the only one?) or Scarlett Johansson. But what we all agree on is that a good movie needs POPCORN. What movie would you like to watch?
| Time: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| Day: | Thu. 05-08 |
Get inspired by one of our keynote speakers from our beautiful CuriousU studio.
Today's Speaker: Rebecca Saive
Lab Tour: Sustainable Energy Technology
Host: Miriam Iliohan & University Innovation Fellow
More information| Time: | 14:00 - 15:00 |
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| Day: | Mon. 02-08 |
Come and meet new Curious people, hear their stories, get inspired and start creating your CuriousU memories!
| Time: | 09:00 - 13:00 |
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| Day: | Tue. 03-08 |
Boost your knowledge in a virtual class environment.
| Time: | 17:00 - 18:30 |
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| Day: | Tue. 03-08 |
Are you a Curious person? Do you like mystery, discovering clues and solving puzzles and riddles? We urgently need your help solving this mystery!
"Catacombs: Amsterdam's world famous horror sensation! Escape room meets immersive theatre. Help guide your contact around in this live-cam online escape room. Together you can explore the Amsterdam undergrounds and find out the horrors that hide beneath the Posthoorn Church. This is a 90 minutes Live Horror experience."
Only a limited number of spots available!
| Time: | 09:00 - 13:00 |
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| Day: | Fri. 13-08 |
Is your Curious mind still eager to learn? Enjoy a workshop, a lecture or a project depending on your course.
More information| Time: | 09:00 - 13:00 |
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| Day: | Mon. 09-08 |
Is your Curious mind still eager to learn? Enjoy a workshop, a lecture or a project depending on your course.
More information| Time: | 16:00 - 16:30 |
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| Day: | Mon. 02-08 |
Theme: Confidence Boost Yoga
Relax your body and mind with our yoga coach Laura. You don't need to be good at sports, what matters is that you are good to yourself.
| Time: | 14:00 - 14:30 |
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| Day: | Thu. 05-08 |
Theme: Chill Out Yoga
Relax your body and mind with our yoga coach Laura. You don't need to be good at sports, what matters is that you are good to yourself.
| Time: | 09:00 - 20:00 |
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| Day: | Sun. 08-08 |
Enjoy your weekend and see you Monday!
| Time: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| Day: | Mon. 09-08 |
Get inspired by one of our keynote speakers from our beautiful CuriousU studio.
Today's Speaker: Nancy Beers
Lab Tour: Industrial Desing Engineering
Host: University Innovation Fellows
More information| Time: | 14:30 - 15:00 |
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| Day: | Mon. 09-08 |
Come and meet new Curious people, hear their stories, get inspired and start creating your CuriousU memories!
Today's topic: Sustainability
| Time: | 13:30 - 15:30 |
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| Day: | Fri. 13-08 |
This is it! Today we close off CuriousU 2021 summer school, you receive your certificate and say good bye to your new international friends.
But before that get inspired by one of our keynote speakers Daniël Poolen.
More information| Time: | 09:00 - 20:00 |
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| Day: | Sat. 07-08 |
Enjoy your weekend and see you Monday!
| Time: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| Day: | Tue. 03-08 |
Get inspired by one of our keynote speakers from our beautiful CuriousU studio.
Today's Speaker: Barry Fitzgerald
Lab Tour: Creative Technology
Host: Miriam Iliohan & University Innovation Fellow
| Time: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| Day: | Thu. 12-08 |
Get inspired by one of our keynote speakers from our beautiful CuriousU studio.
Today's Speaker: Khiet Truong
Lab Tour: Civil Engineering
Host: University Innovation Fellows
| Time: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| Day: | Wed. 11-08 |
Get inspired by the most famous student teams from The University of Twente student and their futuristic work.
Today's Speaker: Student Teams Twente
Host: University Innovation Fellows
Student Teams Twente:
The University of Twente has dozens of student initiatives. Students can get involved in organising symposiums, tournaments or exchange trips and they can even start their own company. Our multidisciplinary student teams are excellent examples of extracurricular activities that successfully combine a university education and research. They broaden our students’ horizons in exciting ways; for example by designing and building sustainable vehicles and competing against teams from other universities around the globe.
| Time: | 09:00 - 13:00 |
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| Day: | Wed. 11-08 |
Is your Curious mind still eager to learn? Enjoy a workshop, a lecture or a project depending on your course.
More information| Time: | 15:00 - 16:30 |
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| Day: | Mon. 09-08 |
Are you a Curious person? Do you like mystery, discovering clues and solving puzzles and riddles? We urgently need your help solving this mystery!
"Eliza's heart: Investigate the mysterious disappearance of one of Amsterdam's most legendary adventurers!"
Only a limited number of spots available!
| Time: | 15:00 - 16:30 |
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| Day: | Tue. 03-08 |
Are you a Curious person? Do you like mystery, discovering clues and solving puzzles and riddles? We urgently need your help solving this mystery!
"Catacombs: Amsterdam's world famous horror sensation! Escape room meets immersive theatre. Help guide your contact around in this live-cam online escape room. Together you can explore the Amsterdam undergrounds and find out the horrors that hide beneath the Posthoorn Church. This is a 90 minutes Live Horror experience."
Only a limited number of spots available!
| Time: | 14:30 - 15:30 |
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| Day: | Thu. 05-08 |
You may know the feeling: you want to live a sustainable life, but it is difficult to know what actions you can take to realize this.
In this one hour workshop you are introduced to different sustainable activities you could take in your daily life through a card game. Examples of cards include: buy more fresh food, get an energy audit, and join a climate organization. You divide these actions into three piles: things you already do, things you can’t or won’t do, and things you could do. At the end you are encouraged to choose one of the actions on you ‘could do’ pile to actually do. The back of the cards shows the approximated reduced carbon emissions when people do a sustainable activity.
| Time: | 14:00 - 14:30 |
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| Day: | Tue. 10-08 |
Come and meet new Curious people, hear their stories, get inspired and start creating your CuriousU memories!
Today's topic: Money or happiness?
| Time: | 16:30 - 17:00 |
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| Day: | Thu. 12-08 |
Come and meet new Curious people, hear their stories, get inspired and start creating your CuriousU memories!
Today's topic: Social dilemma
| Time: | 14:30 - 15:00 |
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| Day: | Wed. 11-08 |
Come and meet new Curious people, hear their stories, get inspired and start creating your CuriousU memories!
Today's topic: Global citizen
| Time: | 14:30 - 15:30 |
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| Day: | Tue. 10-08 |
In this presentation, we will give you tips and advice on writing a CV and motivational letter.
How do recruiters work and how can you make your CV stand out? What are the do’s and don’ts for writing a motivational letter?
You can bring your own CV and motivational letter to make changes and annotations. We will provide the opportunity to share your CV or letter for feedback during and/or after the presentation.
This workshop is organised by the University of Twente Career Services.
| Time: | 15:00 - 16:00 |
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| Day: | Mon. 02-08 |
Designing a social interface: the first step for making your own social robot!
If you ever think about the future, there is a big chance that you imagined robots serving and helping people, living side by side. That actually is not a future too far away. Join this workshop if you want to see it happen: [you make] your laptop into a "social robot."
Together we shall attempt to make a social interface that runs speech, sight, and AI right from the comfort of your own home. It's easier done than said!
This workshop is intended for people of any level and there is no prior skill or knowledge required.
| Time: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| Day: | Wed. 04-08 |
Get inspired by one of our keynote speakers from our beautiful CuriousU studio.
Today's Speaker: Peter Joosten
Lab Tour: Mechanical Engineering
Host: Miriam Iliohan & University Innovation Fellow
Speakers
Get your day off to an inspiring start by listening to one of our uplifting keynote speakers over breakfast. All fired up, you can then get started on the morning session of your course for the day.
Tell your friends about CuriousU
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Campus & University
The campus of the University of Twente is located on the outskirts of Enschede, at fifteen minutes cycling from the city centre.
3,000 researchers and 10,000 students are working and studying at the campus. All education and research buildings can be found here. Next to that, the campus has student residences and staff accommodation, sports fields, shops, a pub and a library. In short: it has everything a university needs.
Did you know that the University of Twente…
- according to lifehack.org belongs to the best 25 universities in Europe (ranked no.7 out of 25)
- provides an internet connection of 1 gigabit per second and a campus-wide wifi network
- lies in the heart of Europe
- is home to MESA+, one of the world’s largest nanotechnology research institutes
- has been crowned most entrepreneurial university in the Netherlands
- is the finish line of the biggest relay race in the world the ‘Batavierenrace’
Read more about the campus!
Practical info & Registration
Read more information about the registration fee.