Schools in Scandinavia

Note: This page reflects last year’s information and will be updated by early fall 2026.

  • Denmark

    University of Copenhagen

    humanities.ku.dk/education/summer/

    • Application Deadline: April 1

    • Courses:

      • Ways of Living: Danish Architecture & Urban Design

      • Dates: July 29 - Aug 9 (including weekends)

      • Copenhagen Past & Present w/ Danish Language

      • Dates: TBA

      • Gender and Sexuality: Pasts, Presents, Futures

      • Dates: Aug 5 – Aug 14

    • Tuition & Fees:

      • Non-EU/EEA/Swiss applicants: DKK 9,375 for 7.5 ECTS

      • DKK 18,750 for 15 ECTS

    Aarhus University

    international.au.dk/education/admissions/summeruniversity/welcome-to-ausummer-university

    • Application Deadline: March 15

    • Course Period:

      • Term 1: July 2 – July 19

      • Term 2: July 22 – August 9

    • Tuition & Fees:

      • Housing is not offered

      • Tuition depends on the classes a student enrolls in

    • Courses: A wide variety of classes are offered within the following academic areas:

      • Management

      • STEM

      • Humanities

      • Health & Medicine

      • Economics & Business Economics

      • Social Science

    See course list (including fees) here:

    https://international.au.dk/fileadmin/ingen_mappe_valgt/2024_AUSU_Course_List_for_Download.pdf

    Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

    dtu.dk/english/education/summer-university

    • Application Deadline: May 15

    • Course Period:

      • Term 1: June 6 – June 26

      • Term 2: July 8 – July 26

      • Term 3: August 5 – August 23

    • Tuition & Fees:

      • Tuition: TBA

    Copenhagen Business School (CBS)

    cbs.dk/en/study/cbs-summer-university

    University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

    sdu.dk/en/summerschool

    • Application Deadline: May 1

    • Course Period: 5 Aug – 16 Aug

    • Tuition & Fees:

      • Tuition for Non-EU Students:

      • Engineering and Science Courses: 8,635 DKK/course

      • Business and Social Sciences: 4,035 DKK/course

      • Humanities: 3,850 DKK/course

      • Housing (offered but not guaranteed): 2,800 DKK

    • Courses:

      A variety of classes are offered in the following academic areas:

      • Business, Economics, and Social Sciences

      • Chemistry

      • Civil and Architectural Engineering

      • Engineering Physics

      • Environmental Engineering

      • Healthcare Engineering

      • Innovation and Design Engineering

      • Manufacturing and Management Engineering

      • Robotics and Drone Technology

      • Software Engineering and Computer Science

  • Aalto University Summer School

    aalto.fi/en/aaltosummer

    • Application Deadline: May 31

    • Course Period: Most classes are 2 weeks in July or August

    • Tuition & Fees:

      • Tuition is course specific, but approximately 600€/course

    • Courses:

      • Courses are offered in the following fields:

      • Arts & Design

      • Business & Economics

      • Entrepreneurship

      • Language & Culture

      • Technology & Engineering

      • Health & Well-being from Finnish Nature

      • Planning at Urban Areas

      • From Idea to Prototype

      • Social Change in a Digital Age

      • Your Good Life

      • Solving Wicked Problems of the Future Ocean

      • Introduction to Circus Arts

    University of Helsinki - Open University

    helsinki.fi/en/admissions-and-education/openuniversity/summer-courses-open-university

    • Application Deadline:

    • Course Period: Summer courses are offered from early May to the end of August.

    • Tuition & Fees:

    • Courses: Full course catalog will be published on March 4th

    Turku Åbo Summer School (University of Turku)

    turkuabosummerschool.utu.fi

    • Application Deadline: April 14

    • Course Period: August 5 – August 16

    • Tuition & Fees:

      • Social program: €100

    • Courses:

      • Creativity & Innovativeness

      • Contemporary International Trade

      • Design Plugin Intensive

      • Financing & Financial Markets

      • Foundations of Multiculturalism

      • Game Design

  • University of Oslo (UiO)

    uio.no/english/studies/summerschool/

    • Application Deadline: February 15

    • Course Period: 24 June – 2 August

    • Tuition & Fees:

    • Courses:

      • Art in NorwayNorwegian History

      • Gender Equality in the Nordic Countries

      • From Ibsen to Fosse: An Introduction to Norwegian Literature

      • The Norwegian Welfare State

      • International Politics

      • Intensive Elementary Norwegian, Level I

      • Intensive Elementary Norwegian, Level II

      • Intensivt Mellomkurs I Norsk, trinn III

      University i Sørøst Norge (University of South Eastern Norway)

      usn.no/english/academics/find-programmes/internationalsummer-school-ringerike/

      • Application Deadline: March 1

      • Course Period: June 3 – June 27

      • Tuition & Fees:

        • $3000, includes courses, housing, two weekend trips, local activities, gym membership, and partial board

      • Courses:

        • International Management

        • International Marketing

      Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

      ntnu.edu/studies/international/norwegianlanguagecourses/summer

      • Application Deadline: June 9

      • Course Period: 28 July – 18 August

      • Tuition & Fees:

        • Housing is not offered

      • Courses:

        • Intensive Norwegian (beginners or intermediate)

  • Jönköping University (JU)

    ju.se/en/study-at-ju/our-programmes/summer-programmes/jusummer-school.html

    • Application Deadline: April 1

    • Course Period: 3 June - 28 June

    • Tuition & Fees:

      • Tuition: 25 000 SEK*

      • Social and cultural package: 1500 SEK (Welcome lunch, social activities,

      • cultural trip, excursions, Swedish Midsummer and farewell dinner)

      • Housing (provided)

    • Courses:

      • Purchasing Logistics with a Global Perspective

    University of Gothenburg – Summer School for Sustainability

    gu.se/en/study-in-gothenburg/exchange-student/summerschool-for-sustainability

    • Application Deadline: March 15

    • Course Period: June 28th – August 2nd (5 weeks)

    • Tuition & Fees:

      • Accommodation (not guaranteed): 4000 SEK

    • Courses:

      • Biodiversity in Western Sweden

      • Managing Migration

      • Digitalization in a Changing World

      • Imagining Justice for a Sustainable World: Perspectives from Fiction,

      • Philosophy and Religion

      • Teaching Sustainable Development from a Global Perspective

    Linnaeus University (Linnéuniversitetet)

    • Contact: summeracademy@lnu.se

    Linköping University (LiU)

    liu.se/en/education/liu-summer-academy

    • Application Deadline: March 25

    • Course Period: June 28th – July 27th 4 weeks

    • Tuition & Fees:

      • Accommodation (guaranteed but optional): 6500 SEK

      • Social activities (optional):

      • Welcome dinner 500 SEK

      • Trip to Vadstena 500 SEK

      • Trip to Stockholm 1700 SEK

    • Courses:

      • Alternative Energy: past, present, future, and innovations

      • High tech meets people meets processes: quality improvement in healthcare

      • Leadership and Organisational Behaviour in Contemporary Organisations

      • Nanotechnology - Sustainability Challenges and Social Impact

      • Superman, Daisy Duck and Tintin: reading and learning in the world of comics

      • Sweden: Language, Culture and Society

      • The Use (and Abuse) of Culture

      • To team or not to team: interprofessional collaboration and learning in health care