European Summer Course 2025 #NextGenEU: The EU as a Global Actor for Integration, Equality and Engagement
Come and join us for an academically demanding and wide-ranging program and experience the atmosphere of an international seminar!
The European Summer Course 2025 #NextGenEU: The EU as a Global Actor for Integration, Equality and Engagement will take place from 28 July - 6 August 2025 at the Europäische Akademie Otzenhausen.
#NextGenEU deals with a broad range of important political, legal and economic developments of today’s European Union.
The European Summer Course is organized by the Europa-Institut in cooperation with the European Academy Otzenhausen, the ASKO Europa-Stiftung and the trans-European higher education alliance Transform4Europe and includes visits to Luxembourg, Strasbourg, Trier and Saarbrücken!
This year's summer course will deal with:
- EU as a Global Actor
- Navigating Conflicts in the 21st Century
- Equality and Diversity as Human Rights
- AI & Societal Computing
- Energy Security and Natural Resources
The deadline for filling out the form and sending the additional documents (except the transcript of records) is 30 April 2025 at 23:59 CET at the latest. The additional documents should be sent to esc@europainstitut.de with subject: ESC 2025 #NextGenEU I Application-Last Name, First Name.
Please fill in the application form first and then send an E-mail with the following attachments to esc(at)europainstitut.de:
- CV
- Academic transcripts/certificates
- Language Certificate (not needed in case you studied in English or lived for a longer period (min. 6 months) in an english-speaking country)
- Proof of enrollment (in case you apply for a scholarship)
In case the official documents cannot be provided in English, please send also a translation. No official attestation is needed.
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, Luxembourg, Trier and Saarbrücken
Participants will receive a certificate of participation.
- Luxembourg: European Court of Justice
- Strasbourg: European Court of Human Rights, European Parliament, Council of Europe
- Trier: Germany's Oldest City
- Celtic Wall in Otzenhausen
- Saarbrücken: Day at the Europa-Institut
The participation fee is 990 Euro. This includes program fee, field trips (to Strasbourg, Luxembourg, Trier and Saarbrücken), full board (all meals) and lodging during the duration of the Summer Course. It does not cover travel expenses to/from Otzenhausen.
Scholarships are available to
- Students of Saarland University
- Students enrolled at one of the Transform4Europe (T4EU) partner universities (Transform4Europe Alliance)
- Students enrolled at a partner university of the SEE EU Cluster (https://europainstitut.de/internationale-projekte/see-eu-cluster-of-excellence )
It is possible to apply for a scholarship to partially cover the costs for the ESC 2025.
Scholarship recipients are selected based on the professional quality and interest of the applicants.
Europa-Institut, Saarland University
Campus B2 1
66123 Saarbrücken|Germany
Tel: +49 (0)681 302 3653
E-mail: esc(at)europainstitut.de
Gefördert durch den Internationalisierungsfonds der Universität des Saarlandes.