European Summer Course 2026:
Resilience, Sustainability and Challenging Global Crisis – Exploring Law, Policy and Governance
Come and join us for an academically demanding and wide-ranging program and experience the atmosphere of an international seminar!
You will meet renowned international experts in European law, politics and economics. The lecturers are academics or practitioners and will give you an inside view of the EU.
Young, active and open-minded people (esp. Bachelor-, Master- and PhD- students / young professionals) with a strong interest in the European Union and its current challenges are invited from all fields of study and from all over the world.
Different teaching methods will be used such as:
- lectures and discussions
- professionally designed workshops and simulations
- field trips to Strasbourg, Trier and Schengen.
Participants will receive a certificate of participation.
- Strasbourg: European Court of Human Rights, European Parliament, Council of Europe
- Trier: Germany's Oldest City
- Schengen
Celtic Wall in Otzenhausen
The participation fee is 990 Euro. This includes program fee, field trips (to Strasbourg, Trier and Schengen), full board (all meals) and lodging during the duration of the Summer Course. It does not cover travel expenses to/from Otzenhausen.
Special conditions available to students at Saarland University! Please contact esc(at)europainstitut.de for more information.
Scholarships are available to
- Students of Saarland University
- Students enrolled at one of the Transform4Europe (T4EU) partner universities (Transform4Europe Alliance)
It is possible to apply for a scholarship to partially cover the costs for the ESC 2026. However, in case a scholarship will be granted, travel costs will not be covered.
Scholarship recipients are selected based on the professional quality and interest of the applicants.
Europa-Institut, Saarland University
Campus B2 1
66123 Saarbrücken|Germany
E-mail: esc(at)europainstitut.de
Gefördert durch den Internationalisierungsfonds der Universität des Saarlandes.