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Summer Schools 2024

Dresden hosts many excellent summer schools for undergraduates, postgraduates, PhD candidates and postdocs. They run from spring to fall, and offer a fascinating thematic breadth, interdisciplinarity and in-depth research .

Here you can gain an overview, please note that it presents an ongoing process and does not yet include all offers of Summer Schools at the DRESDEN-concept Science and Innovation Campus. The page is continuously updated by the Team Strategy and Internationalization of TUD and the DRESDEN-concept Head Office, so please check regularly for additional offers.

Last update: April 16, 2024

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September 2024

Localization: Emergent Platforms and Novel Trends 

Localization: Emergent Platforms and Novel Trends

  • Period of the event: September 16 to 20, 2024
  • Registration period: until May 31, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://www.pks.mpg.de/de/locali24
  • Event location: MPI PKS, Nöthnitzer Straße 38, 01187 Dresden
  • Topic cluster: Natural Science
  • Target group: scientists working on Anderson and many-body localization, including leading experts and young researchers, theorists and experimentalists
  • Participation costs: The registration fee is 200 Euro and should be paid by all participants. Costs for accommodation and meals will be covered by the Max Planck Institute.
  • Event language:English
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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Collective phenomena in quantum many-body physics: From quantum matter to light

  • Period of the event: September 9 to 13, 2024
  • Registration period: until July 1, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://www.pks.mpg.de/quant24
  • Event location: MPI PKS, Nöthnitzer Straße 38, 01187 Dresden
  • Topic cluster: Natural Science; Engineering and Computer Sciences
  • Target group: masters students/graduate students
  • Participation costs: The participation fee for the Master School is 80 EUR and is payable after acceptance to the School. Costs for accommodation and meals will be covered by the Max Planck Institute.
  • Event language: English
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SPARKLES for Schools – Late Summer School

  • Period of the event: September 21 to September 26, 2024
  • Registration period: Registration will open in May 2024
  • Website of the event: https://tud.link/bxakwm
  • Event location: Dresden
  • Topic cluster: Humanities, Social Sciences and Teacher Education; Sustainable Development
  • Target group: educators, teacher educators, school teachers and student teachers
  • Participation costs: free of charge
  • Event language: English
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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Summer School on Real Algebraic Geometry and Hodge Theory

  • Period of the event: September 9 to 13, 2024
  • Registration period: until August 5, 2024; Deadline for funding requests: June 1, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://tu-dresden.de/mn/math/geometrie/kummer/die-professur/copy_of_profil?set_language=de
  • Event location: TUD
  • Topic cluster: Natural Science (This one-week workshop features courses on Hodge theory and connections to real algebraic geometry by the leading experts Olivier Benoist and Christian Lehn.)
  • Target group: PhD students, PostDocs
  • Participation costs: free of charge
  • Event language: English
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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H2ype – the Hydrogen Autumn School

  • Period of the event: September 30 to October 2, 2024
  • Registration period: June 30, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://tu-dresden.de/boysen/autumnschool/home
  • Topic cluster: Sustainable Development; Natural Science; Civil and Environmental Engineering, Transport and Traffic; Economics and Law; Engineering and Computer Sciences; Humanities, Social Sciences and Teacher Education
  • Target group: master students, PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career professionals drawn from diverse disciplinary backgrounds
  • Participation costs: Master students: 150 EUR; PhD students: 200 EUR; Young professionals: 250 EUR
  • Event language:English
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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9th International Summer School on Technology Transfer in Life Sciences

  • Period of the event: September 23 to 27, 2024
  • Registration period: until May 14, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://www.summerschool-dresden.de/
  • Event location: MITS, Fiedlerstr. 40, 01307 Dresden
  • Topic cluster: Medicine, Psychology and Health; Economics and Law
  • Target group: (graduating) PhDs, research group leaders
  • Participation costs: free of charge
  • Event language: English
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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Summerschool Allgemeinmedizin 2024

  • Period of the event: September 18 to 19, 2024 1
  • Registration period: until August 9, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://tu-dresden.de/med/mf/ame/studium/regulaere-lehrveranstaltungen/SuSCHOOLDD
  • Event location: Haus 105, Blasewitzer Straße 86, 2nd floor, 01207 Dresden, meeting point: room 351
  • Topic cluster: Medicine, Psychology and Health
  • Target group: medicine students, most likely in clinical period (5th semester and upwards)
  • Participation costs: free of charge
  • Event language: German
  • Cooperation partners/sponsoring: Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Sachsen, Sächsische Gesellschaft für Allgemeinmedizin, Stiftung Perspektive Hausarzt (Deutscher Hausärzteverband), Netzwerk Ärzte für Sachen (Sächsische Landesärztekammer)

 

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Fraunhofer Photonica Summer School

  • Period of the event: September 15 to 21, 2024
  • Registration period: March to May 15, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://www.photonica.fraunhofer.de/
  • Event location: Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS, Dresden & Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP, Dresden (+ Fraunhofer IST, Braunschweig; Fraunhofer IOF, Jena and Fraunhofer HHI, Berlin)
  • Topic cluster: Natural Science
  • Target group: students enrolled in a suitable Master’s study program
  • Participation costs: free of charge
  • Event language: English
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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Intellectual Property – a(n) (un)justified monopoly?

  • Period of the event: September 2 to 7, 2024
  • Event language: English
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DLGS Summer School

  • Period of the event: September 25, 2024
  • Registration period: Call for abstracts open now. Deadline April 2nd, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://dlgs-dresden.de/programme/summer-school
  • Event location: Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden
  • Topic cluster: Sustainable Development
  • Target group: PhD candidates
  • Participation costs: free of charge
  • Event language: English
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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cfaed Summer School: Dresden Microelectronics Academy – DMA

  • Period of the event: September 9 to 13, 2024
  • Registration period: Registration will open in Spring 2024
  • Website of the event: https://cfaed.tu-dresden.de/dma
  • Event location: Dresden
  • Topic cluster: Natural Science; Engineering and Computer Sciences
  • Target group: advanced students (Master/Diplom students) / PhD students / Postdocs of engineering with affinity to micro-/nanoelectronics, e.g., design, technology and test; important note: employees of companies may NOT apply – this event is a purely educational event for current students/PhDs/Postdocs
  • Participation costs: tba
  • Event language: English
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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August 2024

DGN Summer School Dresden 

  • Period of the event: August 5 to 8, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://dgn.org/event/summer-school-dresden
  • Event location: Universitätsklinikum Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden
  • Topic cluster: Medicine, Psychology and Health
  • Target group: students and doctors in further training to become specialists
  • Participation costs: students 150 EUR; students inkl. accommodation: 200 EUR; doctors in further training to become specialists: 200 EUR; Doctors in further training to become specialists with accommodation: 250 EUR
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Summer School – Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie

  • Period of the event: August 21 to 22, 2024
  • Registration period: until August 4, 2024
  • Website of the event: http://tinyurl.com/yky4uuyh
  • Topic cluster: Medicine, Psychology and Health
  • Target group: The event is aimed at medical students (from the 5th semester). Doctors interested in psychosomatics and psychotherapy from other specialist areas are also welcome.
  • Participation costs: 10 EUR
  • Event language: German
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13th International Summer School – Trends and New Developments in Laser Technology

  • Period of the event: August 26 to 30, 2024
  • Registration period: until June 15, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://www.iws.fraunhofer.de/en/events/summer-school.html
  • Event location: Fraunhofer IWS, Winterbergstraße 28, 01277 Dresden
  • Target group: undergraduate and PhD students
  • Participation costs: University students: 90 EUR; Companies and non-students: 290 EUR; TU Dresden students: Free of charge, as part of facultative module
  • Event language: English
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July 2024

Sommeruniversität – Studienorientierung in den MINT-Fachrichtungen

  • Period of the event for girls: from June 24 to 28, 2024
    Period of the event for boys: from July 1 to July 5, 2024
    Period of the event for girls and for boys together: from July 8, 2024 to July 12, 2024
  • Registration period: until June 2, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://tu-dresden.de/studium/vor-dem-studium/uni-testen/sommeruni?set_language=de
  • Topic cluster: Natural Sciene, Engineering and Computer Sciences
  • Target group: Teenagers up to 16 years
  • Participation costs: 70 EUR
  • Event language: German (the organizers encourage international prospective students to attend the Summer University, even if they do not speak German proficiently yet)
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Summer Sudent Programm 2024 at HZDR

  • Period of the event: July to September 2024 (individual length of stay)
  • Registration period: November 11, 2023 to February 23, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://www.hzdr.de/db/Cms?pOid=34387&pNid=2519&pLang=de
  • Topic cluster: Natural Science; Medicine, Psychology and Health
  • Target group: international masters student/graduate student of natural sciences
  • Participation costs: lectures, accomondation, grant of 36€ per day, travel insurane and bus tickets are covered by hosts
  • Event language: English
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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June 2024

Geometry and non-adiabatic responses in non-equilibrium systems – International Workshop

  • Period of the event: June 17 to 21, 2024
  • Registration period: March 31, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://www.pks.mpg.de/de/geoneq24
  • Event location: MPI PKS, Nöthnitzer Straße 38, 01187 Dresden
  • Topic cluster: Natural Science; Engineering and Computer Sciences
  • Participation costs: 200 EUR
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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Sommeruniversität – Studienorientierung in den MINT-Fachrichtungen

  • Period of the event for girls: from June 24 to 28, 2024
    Period of the event for boys: from July 1 to July 5, 2024
    Period of the event for girls and for boys together: from July 8, 2024 to July 12, 2024
  • Registration period: until June 2, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://tu-dresden.de/studium/vor-dem-studium/uni-testen/sommeruni?set_language=de
  • Topic cluster: Natural Sciene, Engineering and Computer Sciences
  • Target group: Teenagers up to 16 years
  • Participation costs: 70 EUR
  • Event language: German (the organizers encourage international prospective students to attend the Summer University, even if they do not speak German proficiently yet)
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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Computer and Geoscience in Archaeology

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M2BRIDGE-DCIM Summer School 2024

  • Period of the event: June 26 to 29, 2024
  • Registration period: until April 25th, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://tu-dresden.de/ing/maschinenwesen/ilk/das-institut/international/daad-m2bridge/summerschool24
  • Event location: Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK) at TUD
  • Topic cluster: Engineering and Computer Sciences
  • Target group: students and PhD students of TU Dresden and/or one of the partners of the DRESDEN-concept; student/PhD student in mechanical engineering, materials science, simulation or testing methods
  • Participation costs: free of charge
  • Event Language: English
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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Innovate-a-thon – the MedTech hackathon

  • Period of the event: June 1 to 2, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://digitalhealth.tu-dresden.de/innovate-a-thon/
  • Event location: premises of Telekom MMS Dresden
  • Topic cluster: Medicine, Psychology and Health; AI; Engineering and Computer Sciences
  • Target group:students, international researcher
  • Participation costs: free of charge
  • Event language: German/English
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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Summer School 2024 – NHR Graduate School

  • Period of the event: June 10 to 14, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://www.nhr-verein.de/en/news
  • Event location: TUD Dresden University of Technology
  • Topic cluster: Engineering and Computer Sciences
  • Target group: closed sessions (only fellows of the NHR Graduate School can participate)
  • Participation costs: free of charge
  • Event language: English
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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May 2024

9th International Refrigeration and Compressor Course (IRCC)

  • Period of the event: May 18 to 25, 2024 in Dresden, Karlsruhe and Rottenburg (Germany), August 11 to 16, 2024 at Oklahoma State University (USA)
  • Registration period: closed
  • Website of the event: https://tu-dresden.de/ing/maschinenwesen/iet/kkt/studium/internationale-angebote/summerschool
  • Event location Dresden: The Schaufler Foundation (+ Karlsruhe, USA)
  • Topic cluster: Environmental Engineering, Engineering
  • Target group: students (3rd/ 4th year Mechanical Engineering, Refrigeration Technology, Heat Pumps, Compressor Technology
  • Participation costs: free of charge
  • Event language: English
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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12th Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis PhD School (TMA PhD School)

  • Period of the event: May 21 to 22, 2024
  • Registration period: tba
  • Website of the event: https://tma.ifip.org/2024/
  • Event location: TUD Dresden University of Technology, Andreas-Pfitzmann Building
  • Topic cluster: Engineering and Computer Sciences
  • Target group: PhD students and candidates, postdocs
  • Event language: English
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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5th Annual Meeting of EpiLipidNET

  • Period of the event: May 13 to 15, 2024
  • Registration period: March 31, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://fedorovalab.net/events/5th-epilipidnet-meeting/
  • Event location: Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) – TUD Dresden University of Technology
  • Topic cluster: biology, biochemistry, molecular and cell biology
  • Event language: English
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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EKFZ DG | Summer School 2024 “Medizin und Technik”

  • Period of the event: May 31 to June 3, 2024
  • Event Location: TUD Dresden University of Technology/University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
  • Topic Cluster: Medicine, Engineering and Computer Sciences
  • Target Group: Pupils
  • Event language: German
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April 2024

Information Processing, Noise and Adaptation in Living Systems – International Workshop

  • Period of the event: April  15 to 19, 2024
  • Registration period: until February 5, 2024
  • Website of the event: https://www.pks.mpg.de/de/signal24
  • Event location: MPI PKS, Nöthnitzer Straße 38, 01187 Dresden
  • Topic cluster: Natural Science; Engineering and Computer Sciences
  • Participation costs: 200 EUR
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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March 2024

Individueller keramischer Knochenersatz – von bioabbaubar bis bioinert

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Extractive Pasts, Sustainable Futures?

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February 2024

6th Interdisciplinary PhD Workshop on Media and Computer Science 2024 -Interdisciplinary Barcamp on Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education

  • Period of the event: February 26 to 29, 2024
  • Registration period: closed
  • Website of the event: https://tu-dresden.de/codip/qualifikation/doktorandenworkshops?set_language=en
  • Event location: Conference hotel of the Stiftung Internationale Informatik und Tagungszentrum Sachsen / IBS Conference Hotel
  • Topic cluster: AI; Natural Science, Engineering and Computer Sciences; Humanities, Social Sciences and Teacher Education
  • Target group: The event is aimed at doctoral candidates, researchers and teachers who are intensively involved with AI for teaching and learning purposes, whether in their research or in their teaching.
  • Participation costs: Accommodation and catering costs will be covered by the organizer. Average cost per participant: ca. 600 EUR
  • Event language: German and English
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:
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Summer Schools 2025

Human Rights in Theory and Practice

  • 2024 in Leipzig, 2025 in Dresden
  • Participating DRESDEN-concept partners:

More Summer Schools in Dresden?

You miss a summer school that is supposed to be carried out by a DRESDEN-concept partner in Dresden in 2024? Then please let us know. We are also happy to get information on your summer school plans for 2025 or 2026 to prepare our further campaign, so do not hesitate to contact us at any time!

Contact person in the Strategy and Internationaliza­tion Team of TU Dresden

Alexander Ling

Research Assistant Strategic Partnership Work

Phone: +49 351 463 39602
E-Mail: dresden-summer-schools@tu-dresden.de

Contact person in the DRESDEN-concept Head Office

Anne Michalk

DRESDEN-concept Public Relations and Monitoring Advisor

Phone: +49 351 463 40428
E-Mail: dresden-summer-schools@tu-dresden.de

Color Coding DRESDEN-concept Partner

TUD Dresden University of Technology

University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus + Universities of Applied Sciences

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