Interdisciplinary Summer and Winter School

• Summer School “Design Thinking: How might we use digital technologies in innovative ways at the university”

The Summer School is jointly designed with the Start Cube Incubator in Padua and the University of Bergen, with the aim of providing hands-on experience on Design Thinking. The topic that will be used for the design thinking process is “How might we use digital technologies in innovative ways at the university”.
When: 08/09/2022 – 09/09/2022
Who: academic personnel, university staff and PhD students of the 9 Arqus partner universities (max 20 places)
Credits: no
Fee: funding for travel and stay costs is available
Info: anna.debiasi@unipd.it

•  Spring School Arqus "Diversity beyond the landscape. Excellences and challenges of the Unesco World Heritage Site of the Prosecco Hills"

The University of Padua in the framework of the Arqus European University Alliance, offers 15 places to the International Spring School “Diversity beyond the landscape. Excellences and challenges of the Unesco World Heritage Site of the Prosecco Hills”, held in Padua and Conegliano between March and May 2022.
Applications are now closed. For further information on future editions: https://www.cirve.unipd.it/it/bandi/index.html

  School of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine

• Green4C Summer School: specialisation in Green Care entrepreneurship

The Summer School is an exclusive and high-quality learning opportunity, in which top European experts will share their knowledge on best practices, research, and innovation in Green Care. The aim is to provide participants with knowledge and skills on Green Care, and on how to develop a project or initiative in this sector.

When: 20/06/2022 - 08/07/2022
Who: Students of Bachelor and Master Degree Courses, PhD candidates, young researchers, professionals
Credits: 6
Fee: no. The University of Padua provides financial support for travel and costs of stay.
Where: Agripolis Campus, Legnaro (Italy)
Info: https://www.greenforcare.eu/business-innovation-challenge/

  School of Economics and Political Science

• International Summer Program in Management, China Segment (ISPM-China)

The International Summer Program in Management, China Segment (ISPM-China) is built on an intensive learning curriculum, which combines teaching activities with field visits to company in Veneto and China. The ISPM-China also offers a short course of Chinese language, together with the Confucian Institute in Padua.

When: 04/05/2022 - 10/06/2022
Who: students of the Master Degree Courses of the Dept. of Economics and Management, Students of the Master Degree Courses of the Dept. of Political Sciences and International Relations, VIU’s students (max 30 places)
Credits: 6
Fee: no. The University of Padua provides financial support for travel and costs of stay up to 400 EUR.
Where: Padua and Guangzhou (China)
Info: https://www.economia.unipd.it/servizi/international-office/international... (ITA) - https://www.economia.unipd.it/en/services/international-relations/exchan... (ENG)

• International Summer Program in Management, US Segment (ISPM-US)

The International Summer Program in Management, US Segment (ISPM-US) combines preparatory online activities (2 weeks) with in-person teaching activities (3 weeks) at the University of Michigan Dearborn, USA. Students will attend classes together with their American colleagues, and will benefit from an intercultural learning environment of excellence.

When: 29/06/2022 - 15/08/2022
Who: students of the Bachelor Degree Courses of the University of Padua (max 15 places)
Credits: 6
Fee: 400 $. The University of Padua provides financial support up to 3.000 EUR for 1 student and up top 2.000 for 3 student.
Where: Dearborn (Michigan, USA)
Info: https://www.economia.unipd.it/Internazionale/international-office/Intern...

• International Summer Program in Management, Italy Segment (ISPM-Italy)

The International Summer Programme in Management, Italy Segment (ISPM-Italy) is built around the intensive courses Principles of Marketing (6 ECTS) and Behaviour in Organization (6 ECTS). The courses are taught fully in English by professors of both the University of Padua and the University of Michigan Dearnborn. Classes include students from both Universities.

When: 02/05/2022 - 01/06/2022
Who: students of the Bachelor Degree Courses of the University of Padua, including incoming exchange students and students from the University of Michigan Dearnborn
Credits: 6 or 12
Fee: no
Where: Padua
Info: https://www.economia.unipd.it/Internazionale/international-office/ISPM-Italy

• Summer School “Innovative patterns in studying and visualising data in human rights research”

The Summer School aims to provide a space for reflection and discussion to the community of PhD candidates interested in human rights studies. The Summer School will address and test fundamental issues emerging in human rights theoretical and empirical research, and will engage students in a challenge-based learning path, interacting not only with an international panel of academics, but also with non-academic international stakeholders.

When: 19/09/2022 – 24/09/2022
Who: students of Master Degree Course and PhD candidates in International Relations and Human Rights
Credits: 6
Fee: no
Where: blended (online and in Padua)
Info: https://www.unipd.it/progetti-virtual-summer-winter-schools-2ed

• Summer School “SMEs and Local development. Italy vs Latin America”

The project is structured in three interactive seminars on the theme of NSE (New Structural Economics) applied to development processes in Africa and in China.

When: 04/07/2022 – 17/07/2022
Who: students of Master Degree Courses and PhD candidates
Credits: 12
Fee: no
Where: online
Info: https://www.unipd.it/progetti-virtual-summer-winter-schools-2ed

• Summer School “MIRiAD - Anthropogenic waste impact measurement in the Dolomites”

The aim of the School is to organize a data collection and knowledge sharing campaign on the issues related to the impact of tourism on the "highlands". Objectives include:
a)     to integrate the institutional offer with experienced-based learning in the field
b)     to offer challenge-based learning, in a cooperative, multicultural and international environment
c)     to activate advocacy proposals and science-based civic education

When: 30/08/2022 – 15/10/2022
Who: students of Master Degree Courses
Credits: no
Fee: no
Where: Veneto
Info: https://www.unipd.it/progetti-virtual-summer-winter-schools-2ed

  Law School

• Summer School “Corporate social responsibility and corporate sustainability in a changing world”

The Blended Summer School project aims to foster collaboration between students from the Law Schools of different Universities using a deductive-inductive method based on real cases and on the comparative method in order to face transnational and current sustainability issues (in economic/ environmental/ social sustainability applied to business and company law. Challenge-based Learning techniques will be adopted to stimulate the transnational and comparative approach of the analysis that the students will have to develop. In this way, students will learn specific competences (linked to the topics treated), the comparative method that is essential to the modern jurist who works in a transnational environment and to work in groups.

When: 12/09/2022 – 23/09/2022
Who: Students of Bachelor and Master Degree Courses, PhD candidate in Law related topics 
Credits: 3
Fee: no
Where: blended (online and in Padua)
Info: padova.summerschool2022@gmail.com

  School of Engineering

• 3^rd International Summer School on Fatigue and Damage Mechanics of Composite Materials

The School aims at providing young scientists and engineers, from both Academia and Industry, with the unique opportunity to meet and learn from leading international experts about recent developments in the fatigue and damage mechanics of polymer-based composite materials.

The format entails theoretical sections, hands-on activities and the presentation of industrial application cases provided by experts of leading companies worldwide. Particular attention will be devoted to the understanding of damage mechanisms and the paths to incorporate them into predictive models. Senior researchers and industry representatives will provide lectures on experimental techniques for damage investigations, damage evolution under fatigue, analytical and numerical modelling of damage, structural health monitoring and examples of design against damage in advanced industrial applications.

When: 04/07/2022 - 08/07/2022
Who: PhD candidates, young researches, professionals
Credits: 5
Fee: 600 EUR + VAT. Information about possible financial support will be available on the School’s website
Where: Dept. of Management and Engineering (Vicenza, Italy)
Info: http://static.gest.unipd.it/damageschool2022/

  School of Medicine

• Meditation in Medicine

Meditation represents a form of participatory and complementary medicine for the human body, mind and heart. The effects of meditation have been documented in several disciplines such as epidemiology, medicine, psychiatry, brain imaging, immunology, molecular biology and epigenetics. With the aim of exploring the developments of meditation in medicine, the Summer School is organised together with the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Strasbourg (France).

When: 30/05/2022 - 05/06/2022
Who: Students of Medicine and Surgery (27 places)
Credits: no
Fee: no
Where: Padua
Info: medicine.surgery@unipd.it

• 2022 Winter School - International PhD Program Arterial Hypertension and Vascular Biology (ARHYVAB)

With over 25 million deaths and at least a similar figure of cardiovascular events, Arterial Hypertension is the leading cause of death and premature disability worldwide. Notwithstanding this, there are no postgraduate programs in Hypertension in EU.

The Winter School on Hypertension has been designed within the International PhD Program in Arterial Hypertension and Vascular Biology (ARHYVAB), which was established 20 years ago at the University of Padua and has been the basis for starting a European School on Hypertension research. The Winter School thus benefits from world-class speakers who will present their innovative views on Arterial Hypertension and related topics in a true international and interdisciplinary environment. 

When: 14/03/2022 - 18/03/2022
Who: Students of the Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery, PhD candidates, young researchers, professionals, residents (20 places in presence + 50 online)
Credits: no
Fee: tbd
Where: Gruner Baum Hotels, Brixen (Italy)
Per info: teresamaria.seccia@unipd.it

• Summer School “Teaming up for global cardiovascular risk reduction: pathophysiology, pharmacology, therapeutics”

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death globally. An estimated 18 million people died from CVDs in 2019, representing 32% of all global deaths. Of these deaths, 85% were due to heart attack and stroke. Over three quarters of CVD deaths take place in low- and middle-income countries. Most cardiovascular diseases can be prevented by addressing behavioural risk factors such as tobacco use, unhealthy diet and obesity, physical inactivity and harmful use of alcohol. Pathophysiology, pharmacology and therapeutics need to team up for effective global CVD risk reduction. Next-generation physicians and researchers should be aware of the rising burden of CVD already during their education.

The learning objective of the Summer School is two-fold:
a)     To provide an integrated view of established and emerging treatment and prevention strategies in CVD
b)     To foster exchange and networking between medical students from several European countries. 

When: 12/06/2022 -18/06/2022
Who: Students in Medicine and Surgery of the University of Padua and students of international universities. The Summer School 2022 saw the participation of 24 students from 8 European countries (11 students from UNIPD and 13 students from other universities)
Credits: 2 ECTS to international students, bonus on the graduation score for UNIPD’s students
Fee: no. A price was awarded to the best group presentation
Where: Padua

• Summer School “Theranostic Radiopharmaceuticals for Implementing Precision Medicine: a Roadmap from Bench to Bedside for Best Investigational Practices”
  

The goals of this Summer School are:
a)     stimulate interest and excitement in radiopharmaceuticals potential as diagnostics and therapeutics
b)     provide fundamental training on how to design and characterize and translate new theranostic radiopharmaceuticals for implementing precision medicine
c)     generate awareness and acceptance of nuclear technologies and applications in society

When: 12/09/2022 -17/09/2022
Who: Students and PhD candidates in Medicine and Surgery, residents in Nuclear Medicine, young researchers
Credits: 3
Fee: no
Where: Brixen (Italy)
Info: https://www.unipd.it/progetti-virtual-summer-winter-schools-2ed and international.medicinachirurgia@unipd.it

• Summer School “The future of Clinical and Translational Hepatology”

The main objective of the Summer School is to provide clinicians and scientists with theory, laboratories and case studies to extend and deepen the knowledge of the learning and inferences tools aiming to cope the complexity of hepatology’s current challenges. The goal is to combine disciplines, resources, skills to promote improvements in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

When: 26/09/2022 - 30/09/2022
Who: Students and PhD candidates in Medicine and Surgery, young researchers, Residents from the member universities of the Arqus Alliance
Credits: no
Fee: no
Where: Padua
Info: https://www.unipd.it/progetti-virtual-summer-winter-schools-2ed and international.medicinachirurgia@unipd.it

• Summer School “Understanding Neurodegeneration from bench to clinic, from molecules to brain”

The Summer School, with a "learning by doing" approach, focuses on innovations and new methods of investigation on the topic of neurodegeneration to address aspects related to molecular, instrumental and clinical alterations to better understand the complexity of neurodegenerative processes with particular reference to Parkinson's disease and synucleinopathies. The aim of the

Summer School is to provide participants with the theoretical and practical tools to operate in the multidisciplinary context of translational research and transfer this knowledge to clinical practice.

When: 18/07/2022 – 25/07/2022
Who: Students, PhD candidates and young researchers in Medicine, Biology and Psychology
Credits: 20
Fee: no
Where: Padua
Info: https://www.unipd.it/progetti-virtual-summer-winter-schools-2ed and international.medicinachirurgia@unipd.it

• Arqus Summer School “Advanced liver disease and beyond”

The Summer School aims to explore in depth the most relevant developments and challenges regarding liver disease with experts from the University of Padua, the University of Leipzig, and the University of Lyon, within the international environment of the Arqus Alliance. The Summer School consists of a five-day course, held in English. The first part of each day includes overview lectures and difficult cases discussion. In the afternoon abstract presentations will be held by the participants. The Summer School is also enriched with guided tours to sites of particular interest in Padua.

When: 26/09/2022 – 30/09/2022
Who: Residents in Gastroenterology and Hepatology (20 places) from the Universities belonging to the Arqus Alliance
Credits: no
Fee: no. Full grant for travel and accommodation costs.
Where: Padua
Info: https://forms.gle/q6cj5nrjjEbpqHHv6

  School of Psychology

  School of Science

• Summer School in Circular Economy

The main objective of the Summer School is to provide participants with a number of technical and soft skills, which are increasingly valued by employers today, whilst presenting, and discussing topics related to circular economy. More specifically, the School's programme comprises the following three courses:

a)     Legal and business communication aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): a multidisciplinary approach for Circular Economy (3 modules - 26 hours):

1. Effective communication on Circular Economy
2. Legal aspects of CSR in the Sustainability Landscape
3. Digital Marketing and Communication for the Circular Economy

b)     Forest and Agricultural derived biomasses for circular economy (2 modules - 8 hours)
c)     The Sustainability reporting process (1 module - 6 hours)

When: 18/07/2022 - 22/07/2022
Who: Students of Bachelor and Master Degree Courses, PhD candidates and young researchers, Professionals, Members of the Alumni Association of the University of Padua, of the Association “Amici dell’Università di Padova”, UniSMART - Fondazione Università di Padova (90 places)
Credits: 5
Fee: free of charge for UNIPD students; 640 EUR for companies staff; 540 EUR for members of the Alumni Association of the University of Padua; 440 EUR for members of the Association “Amici dell'Università di Padova” and partners UniSMART - Fondazione Università di Padova
Where: Padua
Info: https://www.chimica.unipd.it/en/circular-economy/summer-school

• 1^st Summer School in Molecular Biology

The 1^st Summer School in Molecular Biology will offer its participants flavour of different aspects of Molecular Biology (Molecular Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Plant Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics) that are the core of the two-year Master Program in Molecular Biology at the Department. The teaching methodology comprises a smart combination of practical sessions, seminars held by internationally recognized scientists and student presentations.

When: 04/07/2022 – 08/07/2022
Who: Students of Bachelor Degree Courses (20 places)
Credits: no
Fee: 100 EUR. The fee will be fully refunded to all participants after the completion of the School. Accepted participants who fail to attend the School will not be refunded.
Where: Padua
Info: https://mbpd2022.azuleon.org/

  School of Human and Social Sciences and Cultural Heritage

• Summer School in Italian Culture

A summer school of Italian culture in one of the oldest universities in the world. You will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the language, culture and society of contemporary Italy, and engage with some major themes of its history: the Middle Ages of Dante, the Renaissance, the language of music, fashion and good food, but also cinema, theatre and art.
In the first half of July, the University of Padua treats a selected group of University of Sydney students to a two-week intensive course filled with exciting initiatives. The program includes opportunities for learning and for socializing, as well as an intensive Italian language course. It also features a series of engaging lectures on the Italian artistic heritage followed by an immersive experience in the main places of artistic and natural interest in the area.
In order to consolidate global partnerships, the Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies and the Department of Cultural Heritage, in collaboration with the School of Languages and Cultures of the University of Sydney, aims to offer students a rich and stimulating learning experience on both the cultural and the human level.

When: 27/06/2022 - 08/07/2022
Who: Students of the University di Sydney
Fee: 650 AUS $
Where: Padua – tbc
Info: http://www.maldura.unipd.it/scuola-estiva-di-cultura-italiana/

• Summer School on Mobility Studies 

The Center for Advanced Study "Mobility & Humanities" (MOHU) of the University of Padua and the Center for Mobility Research (CEMORE) of the University of Lancaster organise a joint Summer School for PhD candidates on Mobility Studies. Dealt topics are: "Ideas & Culture on the Move", "Transport History", "Book in Motion in Early Modern Europe", "Map mobilities and mobilizations", "Mapping migration and borders", "Migrations in World History", “Gender and mobility across the Mediterranean and the Red Sea (19th and 20th century)”, "The welfare of migrants: institutions, families and belongings in Italy (sixteenth to nineteenth centuries)", Commodity Chain in World History, "Geographies on the move: Moving bodies, identities, landscapes and narratives", "Creative mobile walkshop". Field visits are also organised.

When: 03/07/2022 – 17/07/2022
Who: PhD candidates
Fee: free of charge
Where: Padua
Info: mobilityandhumanities@unipd.it, http://www.mobilityandhumanities.it/

  Opportunities from our partners

• Arqus European University Alliance

The Arqus Alliance offers several opportunities for intensive learning to students, PhD candidates and young researchers of its member institutions. Further information: https://www.arqus-alliance.eu/

• Venice International University

The Venice International University, inter-university consortium that the University of Padua is part of, offers several opportunities for intensive learning to students and PhD candidates of its member institutions.
Further information: https://www.univiu.org/study/intensive-graduate-activities

• University of St Andrews Summer Study - UK 

The University of St Andrews (UK), one of the University of Padua's strategic partners, offers several opportunities for intensive learning to students, PhD candidates and young researchers of its member institutions.
Further information: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad/at-st-andrews/summer-study/ 
Application deadline: 29 March 2023