Our main application round deadline has passed, but don't worry:
You can still apply for available courses in our second application round!
Application deadline for on-campus course is 1 June and online courses is 15 June
Our online courses are offered in a fully professional large scale set-up with online assistance. All courses will have synchronous online activities with strong focus on engaging online pedagocy amongst others developed by AU’s Centre for Educational Development.
Our On-Campus courses are planned to take place in Aarhus, Denmark, if the circumstance allow it.
Widely cited as one of the world’s most liveable places, Aarhus has all the advantages and resources of a big city while keeping to a manageable size.
All courses at AU Summer University is credit bearing.
You will be able to receive ECTS credits by attending the course and taking the exam. The portfolio of courses will differ in workload, duration, credits awarded, and level depending on the academic focus area.
You will only be able to attend one course at a time since all courses are intensive courses.
5 ECTS courses have a workload between 125 - 150 hours depending on academic focus area. Teaching takes place between 2-4 weeks with a total number of contact hours between 25-30 of 45 min. depending on preparation time and workload, evaluation format and academic focus area.
10 ECTS courses have a workload between 250 - 300 hours depending on academic focus area. Teaching takes place between 3-4 weeks with a total number of contact hours between 50-60 of 45 min. depending on preparation time and workload, evaluation format and academic focus area.
Students from AU's international partner universities, Aarhus University or any other Danish University, who are approved by their home university will not have to pay a course fee.
If you cannot get a nomination from your home university, your university is not one of our partner universities or if you are not currently enrolled in a university you will have to pay a course fee.
The fee is determined by your citizenship (if you have an EU citizenship or not), the subject area and amount of ECTS credits of the course you are interested in.
The exact EU And NON-EU fee for each course appears on the course page for each course.
The course fee includes a 3% administration fee.
All fees are stated in EUROs.
You can cancel your registration up to 2 weeks before the course start. Within this deadline, we will refund the full amount you have paid. You do not have to provide a reason for cancelling.
2021 Teaching Dates
Term 1: 5 July - 23 July.
Term 2: 26 July - 13 August.
Some courses may have other teaching dates. See individual course pages.
Application dates
15 January - April 8
Our application deadline is April 8th and you can apply here.
AU Summer University courses are mainly held at Campus Aarhus. However some courses are placed outside Aarhus due to the fact that the content of the courses is related to a sudden location/need of material or laboratory. Please look at each courses page for the venue of the course.
Our On-Campus courses are planned to take place in Aarhus*, Denmark, if the circumstance allow it.
Widely cited as one of the world’s most liveable places, Aarhus has all the advantages and resources of a big city while keeping to a manageable size.
*unless specifically stated on the course page, a few courses are taught outside Aarhus.
| Course | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Site-specific audiodrama | BA | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 824 | 1579 | |
| Sounding city - sonic interventions and storytelling for liveable urban spaces | BA | 10 | 9/8-20/8 | 824 | 1373 |
| Course | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Histories and Languages of the Viking Age: Old Norse & Medieval Latin | BA | 10 | 5/7-23/7 | 824 | 1373 |
| Course | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Climate Change - Cross-disciplinary Challenges and Solutions | MA | 5 | 2/8-13/8 | 137 | 1245 | |
| Hands-on advanced methods and techniques in plant science and biotechnology | MA | 5 | 16/8-27/8 | 137 | 1245 |
| Course | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| International Organisation and Cooperation | MA | 10 | 5/7-23/7 | 687 | 1717 |
| Course | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Diagnosis of Plant Disease | MA | 5 | 28/6-9/7 | 137 | 1245 | |
| Feed Ration Planning in Dairy Cattle Herds | MA | 5 | 9/8-19/8 | 137 | 1245 | |
| Food & Ingredients | MA | 5 | 27/7-7/8 | 137 | 1245 |
| Course | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Translational Physchobiology | BA | 5 | 5/7-23/7 | 584 | 1313 |
| How to write and publish a research paper | MA | 5 | 2/8-13/8 | 584 | 1313 |
| Psychoactive drugs in forensic medicine | MA | 5 | 26/7-13/8 | 584 | 1313 |
| Clinical Global Infectious Diseases | MA | 5 | 9/8-27/8 | 584 | 1313 |
| Course | Academic area | Time of day | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Site-specific audiodrama | Culture & Media | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 824 | 1579 | |
| Sounding city - sonic interventions and storytelling for liveable urban spaces | Culture & Media | 10 | 9/8-20/8 | 824 | 1373 | |
| Translational Physchobiology | Health & Medicine | 5 | 5/7-23/7 | |||
| Genetic Engineering using CRISPR/Cas | Health & Medicine | 5 | 9/8-20/8 | 584 | 1313 | |
| Histories and Languages of the Viking Age: Old Norse & Medieval Latin | Humanities | 10 | 5/7-23/7 | 824 | 1373 |
| Course | Academic area | Time of day | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Climate Change - Cross-disciplinary Challenges and Solutions | Natural Science | 5 | 2/8-13/8 | 137 | 1245 | |
| Hands-on advanced methods and techniques in plant science and biotechnology | Natural Science | 5 | 16/8-27/8 | 137 | 1245 | |
| International Organisation and Cooperation | Social Science | 10 | 5/7-23/7 | 687 | 1717 | |
| Diagnosis of Plant Disease | Technical Science | 5 | 28/6-9/7 | 137 | 1245 | |
| Feed Ration Planning in Dairy Cattle Herds | Technical Science | 5 | 9/8-19/8 | 137 | 1245 | |
| Food & Ingredients | Technical Science | 5 | 27/7-7/8 | 137 | 1245 |
| Course | Academic area | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Diagnosis of Plant Disease | Technical Science | MA | 5 | 28/6-9/7 | 137 | 1245 | |
| Translational Physchobiology | Health & Medicine | BA | 5 | 5/7-23/7 | |||
| Histories and Languages of the Viking Age: Old Norse & Medieval Latin | Humanities | BA | 10 | 5/7-23/7 | 824 | 1373 | |
| International Organisation and Cooperation | Social Science | MA | 10 | 5/7-23/7 | 687 | 1717 |
| Course | Academic area | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Site-specific audiodrama | Culture & Media | BA | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 824 | 1579 | |
| Sounding city - sonic interventions and storytelling for liveable urban spaces | Culture & Media | BA | 10 | 9/8-20/8 | 824 | 1373 | |
| Genetic Engineering using CRISPR/Cas | Health & Medicine | BA | 5 | 9/8-20/8 | 584 | 1313 | |
| Climate Change - Cross-disciplinary Challenges and Solutions | Natural Science | MA | 5 | 2/8-13/8 | 137 | 1245 | |
| Hands-on advanced methods and techniques in plant science and biotechnology | Natural Science | MA | 5 | 16/8-27/8 | 137 | 1245 | |
| Food & Ingredients | Technical Science | MA | 5 | 27/7-7/8 | 137 | 1245 | |
| Feed Ration Planning in Dairy Cattle Herds | Technical Science | MA | 5 | 9/8-19/8 | 137 | 1245 |
Our online courses are offered in a fully professional large scale set-up with online assistance. All courses will have synchronous online activities with strong focus on engaging online pedagocy, developed by AU’s Centre for Educational Development.
| Course | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Six Sigma Design & Innovation | Morning | MA | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 687 | 1245 |
| Course | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Reading Women: Contemporary Feminist Literature from Latin America and Spain | Afternoon | BA | 10 | 5/7-23/7 | 824 | 1373 |
| Serial(ized) crime on TV across Europe | Morning | BA | 10 | 5/7-23/7 | 824 | 1579 |
| Course | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Financial Analysis and Decision Making-A Simulation Approach | BA | 5 | 5/7-16/7 | 343 | 730 | |
| Global Logistics & International Trade | Morning | BA | 5 | 5/7-16/7 | 343 | 730 |
| Google Analytics and Web Traffic Acquisition | BA | 5 | 26/7-6/8 | 343 | 730 | |
| Money and Banking | Morning | BA | 5 | 26/7-6/8 | 343 | 730 |
| Financial Analytics in R | Afternoon | MA | 5 | 26/7-6/8 | 343 | 858 |
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| Course | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| The Interdisciplinary Summer School on Cognitive Neuroscience | MA | 5 | 5/7-23/7 | 584 | 1313 |
| The Interdisciplinary Summer School on Neuroimaging (ISSN) | MA | 5 | 5/7-23/7 | 584 | 1313 |
| Mother-Child-Health | MA | 5 | 26/7-13/8 | 378 | 1313 |
| Healthy Entrepreneurship and Innovation | MA | 5 | 2/8-13/8 | 378 | 1313 |
| Genetic Engineering using CRISP/CAS | MA | 5 | 9/8-20/8 | 584 | 1313 |
| Course | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| The Humanities and the Global Environmental Crisis | Mid day | BA | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 824 | 1373 |
| Talk at Work | Morning | BA | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 824 | 1373 |
| Reading Narratives of Slavery, Memory and Human Rights | BA | 10 | 2/8-13/8 |
| Course | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Introduction to Design Thinking: Understanding Creativity and Applying Innovation in Real Life | Afternoon | BA | 5 | 5/7-16/7 | 343 | 730 |
| Course | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Animal Law | MA | 10 | 5/7-23/7 | 1236 | 1717 | |
| Current issues in international Human Rights Law | MA | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 1236 | 1717 |
| Course | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Positive Organisational Behaviour (POB) | Morning | BA | 5 | 5/7-16/7 | 343 | 730 |
| Strategic Management of Risk | BA | 5 | 5/7-16/7 | 343 | 730 | |
| Vision, Decision, and Leadership | MA | 5 | 26/7-6/8 | 343 | 858 | |
| Management information systems (MIS) | Afternoon | MA | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 687 | 1717 |
| Course | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Interactive Service Marketing | MA | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 687 | 1717 |
| Course | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Climate Change - Cross-disciplinary Challenges and Solutions | MA | 5 | 2/8-13/8 | 137 | 1245 |
| Course | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Youth, Drugs and Alcohol: Social Science Approaches | BA | 10 | 5/7-23/7 | 687 | 1459 | |
| Substance Use Disorders: Critical Views on Interventions and Recovery | BA | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 687 | 1459 |
| Course | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Gene Mapping | Morning | MA | 5 | 2/8-6/8 | 137 | 1245 |
| Genomic prediction in animals and plants | Morning | MA | 5 | 9/8-13/8 | 137 | 1245 |
| Course | Academic area | Time of day | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Six Sigma Design & Innovation | Computer Science | Morning | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 687 | 1245 |
| Financial Analytics in R | Economics & Finance | Afternoon | 5 | 26/7-6/8 | 343 | 858 |
| Animal Law | Law | 10 | 5/7-23/7 | 1236 | 1717 | |
| Current issues in international Human Rights Law | Law | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 1236 | 1717 | |
| Vision, Decision, and Leadership | Management | 5 | 26/7-6/8 | 343 | 858 | |
| Management information systems (MIS) | Management | Afternoon | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 687 | 1717 |
| Interactive Service Marketing | Marketing | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 687 | 1717 | |
| Gene Mapping | Technical Science | Morning | 5 | 2/8-6/8 | 137 | 1245 |
| Genomic prediction in animals and plants | Technical Science | Morning | 5 | 9/8-13/8 | 137 | 1245 |
| The Interdisciplinary Summer School on Cognitive Neuroscience | Health & Medicine | 5 | 5/7-23/7 | 584 | 1313 | |
| The Interdisciplinary Summer School on Neuroimaging (ISSN) | Health & Medicine | 5 | 5/7-23/7 | 584 | 1313 | |
| Mother-Child-Health | Health & Medicine | 5 | 26/7-13/8 | 378 | 1313 | |
| Healthy Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Health & Medicine | 5 | 2/8-13/8 | 378 | 1313 |
| Course | Academic area | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Reading Women: Contemporary Feminist Literature from Latin America and Spain | Culture & Media | Afternoon | BA | 10 | 5/7-23/7 | 824 | 1373 |
| Serial(ized) crime on TV across Europe | Culture & Media | Morning | BA | 10 | 5/7-23/7 | 824 | 1579 |
| Financial Analysis and Decision Making-A Simulation Approach | Economics & Finance | BA | 5 | 5/7-16/7 | 343 | 730 | |
| Global Logistics & International Trade | Economics & Finance | Morning | BA | 5 | 5/7-16/7 | 343 | 730 |
| Introduction to Design Thinking: Understanding Creativity and Applying Innovation in Real Life | Innovation & Entrepreneurship | Afternoon | BA | 5 | 5/7-16/7 | 343 | 730 |
| Animal Law | Law | MA | 10 | 5/7-23/7 | 1236 | 1717 | |
| Positive Organisational Behaviour (POB) | Management | Morning | BA | 5 | 5/7-16/7 | 343 | 730 |
| Strategic Management of Risk | Management | BA | 5 | 5/7-16/7 | 343 | 730 | |
| The Interdisciplinary Summer School on Cognitive Neuroscience | Health & Medicine | MA | 5 | 5/7-23/7 | 584 | 1313 | |
| The Interdisciplinary Summer School on Neuroimaging (ISSN) | Health & Medicine | MA | 5 | 5/7-23/7 | 584 | 1313 |
| Course | Academic area | Time of day | Level | ECTS | Dates | EU fee € | NON-EU fee € |
| Six Sigma Design & Innovation | Computer Science | Morning | MA | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 687 | 1245 |
| Google Analytics and Web Traffic Acquisition | Economics & Finance | BA | 5 | 26/7-6/8 | 343 | 730 | |
| Money and Banking | Economics & Finance | Morning | BA | 5 | 26/7-6/8 | 343 | 730 |
| Financial Analytics in R | Economics & Finance | Afternoon | MA | 5 | 26/7-6/8 | 343 | 858 |
| The Humanities and the Global Environmental Crisis | Humanities | Mid day | BA | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 824 | 1373 |
| Talk at Work | Humanities | Morning | BA | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 824 | 1373 |
| Reading Narratives of Slavery, Memory and Human Rights | Humanities | BA | 10 | 2/8-13/8 | |||
| Current issues in international Human Rights Law | Law | MA | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 1236 | 1717 | |
| Vision, Decision, and Leadership | Management | MA | 5 | 26/7-6/8 | 343 | 858 | |
| Management information systems (MIS) | Management | Afternoon | MA | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 687 | 1717 |
| Interactive Service Marketing | Marketing | MA | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 687 | 1717 | |
| Substance Use Disorders: Critical Views on Interventions and Recovery | Social Science | BA | 10 | 26/7-13/8 | 687 | 1459 | |
| Gene Mapping | Technical Science | Morning | MA | 5 | 2/8-6/8 | 137 | 1245 |
| Genomic prediction in animals and plants | Technical Science | Morning | MA | 5 | 9/8-13/8 | 137 | 1245 |
| Mother-Child-Health | Health & Medicine | MA | 5 | 26/7-13/8 | 378 | 1313 | |
| Healthy Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Health & Medicine | MA | 5 | 2/8-13/8 | 378 | 1313 |
