Summer School on Development Policy

The University of Bonn invites graduate and postgraduate students as well as young professionals from any field of study or discipline to a Summer School on Development Policy in Bonn.

The program is organized in cooperation with the German Corporation for International Cooperation / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

The Summer School on Development Policy will take place from July 30 to August 10, 2018.

The program offers:

- classes that cover the main areas of development policy
- guest lectures on selected issues of development policy
- excursions (for example to governmental institutions and development organizations)

The Summer School is open to 30 participants. The program is conducted in English.

Target group

The Summer School aims at providing graduate and postgraduate students as well as young professionals with insight into the field of development policy.

Course aim

The Summer School introduces students to the main areas of development policy and examines important development policy issues. The students will be able to discuss development policy issues with professionals from international organizations, governmental institutions, development organizations, research institutions, and the University of Bonn.

Credits info

6 EC
At the last day of the Summer School, every participant who regularly attended the program will receive a Certificate of Attendance.

If you are interested in obtaining ECTS credits, you can gain

2 ECTS credits (equivalent to 1 U.S. credit) by regularly attending the Summer School

or

6 ECTS credits (equivalent to 3 U.S. credits) by regularly attending the Summer School and submitting a paper of about 6.000-6.500 words to developmentpolicy-summerschool@uni-bonn.de up to 4 weeks after the end of the Summer School.

Fee info

EUR 760: The participation fee amounts to 760 Euros (including the costs for the excursions). The fee does not include housing or meals.

Scholarships

A very limited number of grants will be awarded by the University of Bonn to excellent Summer School applicants. Only students can apply for a grant. The grants will consist of partial or full participation fee exemption but exclude housing and meals.