Summer and Winter School

Seeking for a short stay in the University of Fribourg during summer and winter break?

UniFr offers a wide range of choices:

• Subject-specific summer and winter school led by faculties, individual professors and institutes
• Short stay programs open to all students from all subject area organized by the International Relations Office in collaboration with faculties, individual professors and institutes.
• Customized program per request

• Summer and Winter School

  

  Summer and Winter Schools offered by the University of Fribourg

  Questions concerning financial support for the creation of Summer and Winter School at the University of Fribourg can be addressed to the International Relations Office: international@unifr.ch

  Regulations

  To download the application form, please refer to the application form available in French or German.

  Summer and Winter Schools offered by faculties

  1. «Lyrik fürs Auge: Visualität(stheorie) in Gedichten vom Barock bis zur Gegenwart»
     

      7 to 11 June 2021

     Teaching language: German
     Organized by Prof. Ralph Müller
     Department of German, Faculty of Humanities
     Details
  2. A Contemporary Form of Expression: Glass Art in the 20th and 21st Centuries
      20 August to 3 September 2021
     Teaching language: German, French and English
     Organized by Prof. Julia Gelshorn
     Department of Art History and Archaeology, Department for Philosophy, Virtocentre Romont 
     Details   
  3. Thinking Diffraction – Doing Diffraction
     7 to 11 September 2020 (cancelled)
     Teaching language: German and English
     Organized by Prof. Edgar Forster
     Department of Education and Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities
     Details
  4. «Arrangements» 
     22 June to 2 July 2021(cancelled)
     Teaching language: English
     Organized by Prof. Emanuele Delucchi 
     Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Medicine
     Details
  5. «Data Analytics and Machine Learning»
     

     7 February to 18 February 2022 

     Teaching language: English
     Organized by Prof. Martin Huber
     Department of Economics, Faculty of Managment, Economics and Social Sciences
     Details

  Summer and Winter Schools offered by research Institutions

  1. Summer University on Federalism, Decentralisation and Conflict Resolution
     17 August to 4 September 2020 (postponed)
     New date: summer 2022 (new dates TBC)
     Teaching language: English
     The Institute of Federalism
     Details
  2. A summer research stay in the laboratory of the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials
     Period I: From May 15 to August 15 
     Period II: From June 15 to September 15 
     Working language: English
     National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) for Bio-Inspired Materials
     The Adolphe Merkle Institute
     Details
• Short Stay Programs

  

  Every summer and winter, the International Relations Office of the University of Fribourg organizes short stay programs welcoming international students from all backgrounds to spend one-three weeks on our campus. Gain your unique experience through exploring the culture, language(s), and high-quality teachings in the best seasons of Switzerland!
  For any inquiry, please contact international-shortstudy@unifr.ch

  Online February Winter School 2022: Monday 7th to Friday 11th 2022 (registration open!)

  Language: English

  BA/MA/PhD students with English proficiency, no prerequiste required

  The program starts with a common course of Switzerland in a nutshell. During the next three days, the participant select to join one of the two Winter Schools.

  Winter School 1:

  International Business, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

  This course explains the reasons that keep Switzerland on top of the Global Innovation

  Index; it introduces the entrepreneurship phenomenon and approaches towards it from different sectors. Participants will be teamed up for a group work.

  The course will also decode the basics in the operation of multinational corporations; explain what is marketing, the ingredients in the marketing mix, and its power across geographic boarders.

  Winter School 2:

  Python for Data Analytics & Machine Learning (1.5 ECTS*)

  Suitable for beginners, this course dives deep in three topics:

  • Introduction to Python for predictive modeling;
  • Unboxing the Machine Learning Algorithms in Python;
  • Deep Learning with Python

  Participants will gain hands-on experience throughout the course.

  *1.5 ECTS are issued upon full attendance and successful completion of the project work.

  The program wraps on the fifth day by gathering all participants, with a review of the week’s learning and highlights.

  Registration before 7 Jan 2022 link

  For further information: international-shortstudy@unifr.ch

  Brochure

  Past Programs 

  Online Summer School 2021: 23 August – 27 August 2021 

  Introduction to Switzerland, International Communication and Business

  Optional module of French for Beginner

  Brochure

  Online Winter School 2021: 14 February – 19 February 2021
  

  Online Winter School 1: International Business, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  Online Winter School 1: R programming
  Brochure

   

  Online Summer Programm 2020: 17 August - 21 August 2020 
  Brochure

• Customized Program

  

  If you would like to inquire about creating a customized course, please contact international-shortstudy@unifr.ch