Summer and Winter Schools
Have you already planned your lecture-free time? No? How about, for example, a short stay in Japan or Scandinavia? There is a wide range of summer and winter schools all around the world. Take part in workshops of diverse topics or follow regional study courses or language classes. You can choose your own priority.
Information on ILIAS
Summer and winter schools offer you clear advantages: The organizational and time-consuming effort is low. In a very short time you will get an insight into university life at a foreign university and at the same time you will get new cultural and linguistic impressions.
This type of stay abroad can certainly spark your interest in a new and exciting region and why not be the starting point for a longer stay abroad?
All information on current summer- and winter schools can be found on ILIAS.
COVID-19 notice!
Please note the current Covid-19 regulations valid for summer semester 2022 on TH Köln's Coronavirus Information website.
What else you should know
Approval
Ask the contact persons in your faculty whether the achievements you got in a summer or winter school can be approved in your studies.
Financing
If you participate in a summer or winter school, you can apply for the PROMOS scholarship program in order to receive a course flatrate-scholarship of € 500 (see info box below).
As part of the “Go East” initiative, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers financial support for summer and winter schools in order to motivate students for the region of East Central, Southeast and Eastern Europe. There are also summer school organizers who offer their own scholarship programs. It's worth asking!
