In this course, we explore how materials like bones, plants, and other organic remains can reveal information about past diets, environments, and human movement.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: Sep 2, 2026 - Jan 15, 2027

Apply by: August 16, 2026

This is an advanced literature course on Miguel de Cervantes’ masterpiece, Don Quixote.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027

Apply by: August 17, 2026

This course explores critical issues of the Anthropocene through a regionally focused lens.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027

Apply by: August 17, 2026

This course offers the methodological basics so that archaeological results and papers can be critically analysed and assessed for the study of African societies.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027

Apply by: August 17, 2026

This course aims at conveying deep, interdisciplinary and long-term insights into the cultural, ecological, ideological, linguistic, political, religious, and social processes underlying dynamic, language-based identities and identity formation in Africa, with particular emphasis on Bantu-speaking Central and East Africa.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027

Apply by: August 17, 2026

This introductory course provides an overview of the main language phyla in Africa, their defining features and the methods used for their classification.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027

Apply by: August 17, 2026

This course gives an extensive introduction of the most prevalent affective disorders, their genetic or environmental causes, the underlying brain mechanisms as well as new clinical methods to treat them.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027

Apply by: August 17, 2026

The course aims to familiarise students with organisational structures of companies in different European countries and provides a legal and economic analysis of different topics of the governance of companies.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027

Apply by: August 17, 2026

This course zooms in on an issue which has induced many heated discussions in Russia in the past and which continues to (co)determine Russia’s (cultural) politics until today: is Russia a Western, Eastern or a self-contained culture / civilization?

Type: virtual course

Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027

Apply by: August 17, 2026

This course aims at the acquisition of advanced, theory-based scientific insights in literary translation.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027

Apply by: August 17, 2026

This course explores the complex interactions between the marine environment and human health, examining both the benefits—such as food, air quality, and well-being—and the risks posed by natural disasters, pollution, and pathogens, while highlighting the need for interdisciplinary approaches to sustainable management and policy development.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027

Apply by: August 17, 2026

In this course, you will learn to compute various properties of crystalline solids at the atomic scale using hands-on computer exercises.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027

Apply by: August 17, 2026

In an era of information overload, political polarization, and global challenges from armed conflicts to climate change, it’s vital to learn how to evaluate information critically.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: Oct 28, 2026 - Feb 10, 2027

Apply by: September 30, 2026

This course develops students’ skills for effective communication in online and pluricultural environments, with a focus on intercultural competence, digital etiquette, and adapting communication styles across platforms.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: Oct 28, 2026 - Feb 10, 2027

Apply by: September 30, 2026

The use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has become part of everyday academic life and raises questions about both its scientifically correct use and its potential for changing academic careers.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: Oct 29, 2026 - Feb 11, 2027

Apply by: September 30, 2026