TU Braunschweig Summer School

Summer Schools are a great opportunity to combine theoretical knowledge with exciting practical experience. Together with students from all over the world, you can develop your academic skills, learn German, make new contacts and experience German history and culture in TU Braunschweig's Summer School courses.

TU Braunschweig looks back on a history of almost 300 years and thus has the longest tradition among technical universities in Germany. It is one of the nine leading technical universities in Germany and has two clusters of excellence and around 200 international partnerships.

The main campus of TU Braunschweig is only a few minutes' walk from the historic centre of the city of Braunschweig with its many picturesque half-timbered buildings and medieval townscape.

Ideal conditions for innovative summer school courses at a traditional location.

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Course offer 2022

The Entrepreneurship Hub cordially invites you to participate in the Entrepreneurship Spring School from 21 to 28 February.

You have a business idea, are looking for motivated co-founders and need support and inspiration to develop a sustainable business model? Or are you looking for innovative start-up teams to join? Then the Entrepreneurship Spring School is a good starting point for you to learn the basics of entrepreneurship and develop innovative ideas. In addition to exciting workshops by start-up experts and experienced founders, all teams receive individual business coaching. Students can also receive 3 ECTS.

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The International Entrepreneurship Summer School 2022 welcomes applications from students, researchers and early career scientists from all over the world. Hosted by Technische Universität Braunschweig and Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, IESS22 will focus on Entrepreneurship skills and their practical application. In its third year, the International Entrepreneurship Summer School will be held entirely online and take place from 22-29.08.2022 with an additional Kickoff Workshop on 14.08.2022.

The Summer School will provide insight into the German Start-up ecosystem and hands on training for those thinking about entering it. The week-long series of events will feature lectures from international Entrepreneurship experts, talks by Start-up founders sharing their experiences and personal advice from mentors and coaches.

Participants will form international teams, develop their own research-based Start-up ideas and design an innovative business model. In a final pitch, they will then be able to convince a jury and gain support in taking the next steps in their Start-up ventures.

Participation is free of charge for qualified applicants. Places are limited and allocated on a rolling basis. Applications are now open. Apply here.

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Our summer courses have a long tradition: Every year we offer 4 to 6-week intensive courses in German language and culture during the summer semester break. In this courses you will learn German in small groups at up to 4 different language levels. You will have 6 lessons on each of the five weekdays, during which you will improve your grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary at the language levels A1 to C1. You will also learn a lot about German culture and regional studies.

If the classes in 2022 will take place online or in person has not been decided yet. They will be accompanied by an extensive excursion and social programme. The way the programme takes place will depend on the hygiene regulations that apply at the time. We will visit historic towns, museums and regional companies. We will see some of TU Braunschweig’s research facilities and have innovative research projects explained to us. During field trips we get more familiar with the nature and culture of the region. Fun activities and enough free time to explore Braunschweig on your own round off our programme.

The courses are aimed at students and young professionals from all over the world who want to use the semester break to improve their German. They are particularly suitable for all students from our partner universities who are planning to study at TU Braunschweig in the following semester.

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The world is facing an enormous challenge in transferring aviation into a more sustainable and greener transport mode. Zero emission flights, including the wider mobility sector, are the current priority and require enormous research and development activities which can by no means be limited to classical aerospace disciplines.They require new interdisciplinary approaches, methods and teams covering all aspects from aerospace as well as areas such as materials and structures, chemistry, electrical engineering or even economics and social sciences. In our Summer School course, you can acquire both theoretical knowledge and practical project experience in the field to address these grand challenges, and to connect with fellow students from different countries.

Time period: 2023

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Time period: 20 June 2022 to 29 July 2022

Together with other summer school participants from different continents, you will join the curriculum classes of TU Braunschweig’s teacher education. This means you will be integrated into the regular classes with German students, learn alongside them, and get to know them.

In our summer school you can take different courses in the areas of pedagogy, psychology, history, theology, sports, and more. You will also have the chance to get practical insights and experience in regional schools.

To give you the opportunity to get to know the area and its people, there is also an extensive social program in and around our beautiful town: We will visit historic (even older) towns, museums, and regional companies, such as Volkswagen and Jägermeister. We will see some of TU Braunschweig’s research facilities and learn about innovative research projects. During field trips you will get to see and experience more of the nature and culture of the region. Fun activities and enough free time to explore Braunschweig on your own round off our program.

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In the construction industry, tasks are increasingly shifting from "new building" to "construction in stock". The majority of the buildings and infrastructures needed in the future have already been built. Due to the ageing of existing structures and changing requirements, strategies for the maintenance and modernisation of buildings are becoming increasingly important.

In the Summer School, you will have the opportunity to examine a specific building/ensemble from the 1970s at TU Braunschweig using methods of modern building research, as well as to exchange ideas with fellow students from different countries and at the same time get to know the city and region.

When: 22 August 2022 to 01 September 2022

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