The International Summer University organised by Vienna University of Technology offers a high quality academic programme focusing on technology, architecture, business and culture complemented with German language courses. Students will have the possibility to learn from, communicate and network
The circulation in the atmosphere and in the oceans is at the heart of the climate machine. Geophysical fluid dynamics, dealing with the properties of flow in a rotating system, forms the core of the summer school. A systematic treatment will be presented, and numerous exercises will help to master
Philosophy in school, is a way to work with questions and problems in all school subjects and in pre-school activity. Doing philosophy helps to develop a critical mind, oral skills and democratic ability. The course is based on practical work. The students shall do philosophy together, as well as
Science is an intellectual field which raises some fascinating questions about its own practice. Many of those questions cannot be answered by more science, but rather by philosophy. The course will explore some contemporary issues in the philosophy of science. Issues to be considered may include:
The course examines various historically important arguments for the existence of God. We examine both historical and interesting contemporary arguments in this field, including the ontological argument, the cosmological argument, and teleological arguments. Questions that arise out of this
Over 50 years ago, Merleau-Ponty began his great work The Phenomenology of Perception with the words: 'what is phenomenology'' The aim of this course is to continue to ask that question about the nature of what has become one of the most important philosophical movements in the last 100 years.
Today's society is confronted with ever increasing health care costs. One of the factors is the cost of drug innovations. Diseases waiting for therapeutic solutions, are complicated and multifactorial in nature. As a result, drug innovation has become even more complex leading to high tech and
In 1962, former Secretary-of-State Dean Risk declared that Britain 'has lost an Empire, and has yet to find a role'. This course examines the highs and lows of the Anglo-American relationship since World War Two as Britain adjusted to a junior partnership with the US. We shall consider key
This course offers you the opportunity to collaborate with nursing students and teachers from different countries. The course has two paralell tracks. The theme of the first track is Strategic and Clinical Nursing Leadership and the theme of the second track is Pediactric Oncology. The programme
The Institute of Informatics of Tallinn University offers a unique two-week course in experimental interaction design enabling fully hands-on insight into new media. During the first week, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of new media, interaction design, pervasive, ubiquitous,
