European Summer Course 2026:
Resilience, Sustainability and Challenging Global Crisis – Exploring Law, Policy and Governance
Come and join us for an academically demanding and wide-ranging program and experience the atmosphere of an international seminar!
The European Summer Course 2026: Resilience, Sustainability and Challenging Global Crisis – Exploring Law, Policy and Governance will take place from 13 July - 22 Juy 2026 at the Europäische Akademie Otzenhausen.
The Summer Course deals with a broad range of important political, legal and economic developments of today’s European Union and is organized by the Europa-Institut in cooperation with the European Academy Otzenhausen, the ASKO Europa-Stiftung and the trans-European higher education alliance Transform4Europe and includes visits to Strasbourg, Trier & Schengen! Moreover, the last three days of the course will take place at Saarland University Campus.
This year's summer course will deal with:
- EU Integration, Institutions & Decision-Making
- Global Crises & International Public Law
- Economic Security, Raw Materials & Strategic Resilience
Sovereignty and EU Responses
The deadline for filling out the form and sending the additional documents (except the transcript of records) is 15 April 2026 at 23:59 CET at the latest. The additional documents should be sent to esc@europainstitut.de with subject: ESC 2026 I Application-Last Name, First Name.
Please fill in the APPLICATION FORM and then send an E-mail with the following attachments to esc(at)europainstitut.de:
- CV
- Academic transcripts/certificates
- Language Certificate (not needed in case you studied in English or lived for a longer period (min. 6 months) in an english-speaking country)
- Proof of enrollment (in case you apply for a scholarship)
In case the official documents cannot be provided in English, please send also a translation. No official attestation is needed.
Please note that you will receive feedback on the result of your application once the selection process has concluded, at the beginning of May.
You will meet renowned international experts in European law, politics and economics. The lecturers are academics or practitioners and will give you an inside view of the EU.
Young, active and open-minded people (esp. Bachelor-, Master- and PhD- students / young professionals) with a strong interest in the European Union and its current challenges are invited from all fields of study and from all over the world.
Different teaching methods will be used such as:
- lectures and discussions
- professionally designed workshops and simulations
- field trips to Strasbourg, Trier & Schengen.
Participants will receive a certificate of participation.
- Strasbourg
Trier & Schengen
The participation fee is 995 Euro. This includes program fee, field trips (to Strasbourg, Trier& Schengen), full board (all meals) and lodging during the duration of the Summer Course. It does not cover travel expenses to/from Otzenhausen.
Scholarships are available to
- Students of Saarland University
- Students enrolled at one of the Transform4Europe (T4EU) partner universities (Transform4Europe Alliance)
- Students enrolled at one of the SEELS Network partner universities (SEELS Network)
It is possible to apply for a scholarship to partially cover the costs for the ESC 2026. However, in case a scholarship will be granted, travel costs will not be covered.
Scholarship recipients are selected based on the professional quality and interest of the applicants.
Europa-Institut, Saarland University
Campus B2 1
66123 Saarbrücken|Germany
E-mail: esc(at)europainstitut.de
Gefördert durch den Internationalisierungsfonds der Universität des Saarlandes.