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Short-term mobility programmes

The International Summer Schools at our university are short, interdisciplinary programmes designed to facilitate international exchange between students from our university and our partner institutions. These programmes are open to both Bachelor’s and Master’s students who are interested in current topics relating to future-oriented education. Building on the concept of Global Citizenship Education, they focus on cross-cutting issues relating to topics such as social justice, multilingualism, democracy, decoloniality, digitalisation and sustainability. 

Organisation and structure

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Our Summer Schools are usually organised as blended formats, combining an online phase with a full-time programme lasting approximately one week at our university:

  • a collaborative online phase with access to a shared, interactive learning platform and course materials
  • on-campus programme at Karlsruhe University of Education, featuring lectures, workshops, courses, school visits and excursions
  • group project with a final presentation
  • welcome event and cultural programme

Students from our partner universities can usually earn 3 ECTS credits for participating in our Summer Schools.

Topics and content

In a globalised world, a critical engagement with current societal challenges – such as social justice, digital transformation, environmental crises, colonial legacies and power structures in the production and transmission of knowledge – is becoming increasingly important, particularly for future education professionals and teachers. Building on the concept of Global Citizenship Education and our university’s profile fields, our Summer Schools take an interdisciplinary approach to these cross-cutting themes and explore how educational processes can be designed to be inclusive, sensitive to diversity and critical of discrimination.

Thematic focuses of previous and planned Summer Schools include, for example: 

Current calls for applications and programmes will be published on this page as they become available. The next programme is expected to take place in October 2027 as part of the international ‘Global Teaching’ conference.

Registration & Participation

We publish current calls for applications, including application deadlines, on this page in due time. The general following application requirements apply: 

  • enrolment on a degree programme at Karlsruhe University of Education or one of our partner universities
  • English language proficiency at a minimum of B2 level (self-assessment; no formal proof required)
  • interest and motivation to engage with the course programme, the exchange and reflection
  • application comprising a short letter of motivation, a CV and a current transcript of records

Participation in our Summer Schools is free of charge and includes a welcome event, the full course programme with workshops and lectures, access to the learning platform and course materials, excursions and a cultural programme. Participants from our partner universities must cover their own travel, accommodation, meals and personal expenses during their stay. Please contact your home university in good time to enquire about any potential financial support. 

Contact

Organisation

Karlsruhe University of Education

Building

3

Room

116

Availability

By arrangement

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Updated on 8 October 2026 by Mirjam Hitzelberger