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Frequently Asked Questions

You will find the application form under the button "Application" at this website, and at the specific course page. For most courses online application and payment is available.
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This varies from course to course. Deadlines are mentioned on each course page. If you apply after the given deadline, sometimes we will be able to accept you. But the course can be fully booked. In that case you are too late. If you want to be sure, please contact the contact person you find under "information and registration".
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This differs from course to course. Sometimes you qualify for a scholarship because your university has an agreement with Utrecht University, sometimes a foundation sponsors specific target groups, and in other cases the course leader gives a waiver to a few outstanding students. It is clearly indicated at the site, under "courses".
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Utrecht Summer School runs at least four exchange programmes with Spain, Italy, Portugal and France. These courses are ment for Dutch students, especially for those with a major study in the relevant language. Online application via this website usually starts in February. See this site.
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Please see the website of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Utrecht Summer School doesn't send letters of invitation to participants.
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If you have been accepted for a course, it is still important to pay the course fee as soon as possible. Placement will be based on the order of payment (first-come first-served). If you have paid, the course director will send you predeparture information a few weeks in advance of the course. In the meantime, we ask course directors to post their schedules on the course pages.
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Yes, if you have paid the course fee, we can send you a Letter of Acceptance by (regular) mail. This can be useful (or even necessary) for your visa application procedure. We only send letters of acceptance to people who need to apply for a visa. Contact us to request a letter of acceptance.
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After your application has been accepted by the course director, you will receive a payment request by e-mail. You can pay online by creditcard (Visa or MasterCard) or by wired transfer. To secure your place you should pay within 45 days after you have been accepted.
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Costs will be owed in the event of cancellation or if the participant interrupts the course or ends it prematurely. These costs are as follows:

• If the participant cancels more than 4 weeks before the start of the course, he/she will have to pay 15% of the full course fee (including housing).
• If the participant cancels within one month before the start of the course, he/she will have to pay the full course fee.

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International wire transfers may take up to 2 or 3 weeks to process internally. As soon as we have received your money, we will send you an email.
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In most of the cases we give credits. Those are ECTS credits, guaranteed by Utrecht University. It is up to your own university, however, to accept the credits in the context of your study. If you want to be sure on that, please contact your own study advisor. He or she can always contact our course leaders, in order to learn more about the content and the level of the course.
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The European Credit Transfer System ECTS was developed by the Commission of the European Communities in order to provide common procedures to guarantee academic recognition of studies abroad. It provides a way of measuring and comparing learning achievements, and transferring them from one university to another. This is achieved through the use of a common ECTS credit unit and a common ECTS grading scale. The average course load for an academic year is 60 ECTS credits. That means that a week of serious studying is equivalent to more or less 1,5 ECTS. Click here for further information.
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No, but it helps always if you made some effort before. We offer Dutch language courses for those who want to fully integrate into our culture! ;)
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No, we do not ask that. Be aware, however, that you have to be quite fluent in English. We expect you to be able to follow the lectures and to participate actively in the discussions.
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All students will stay in one of the apartments for guest students. It is not possible to choose one of the locations yourself. For more information about the housing locations, see Housing.
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They are never far away. Not more than 20 minutes biking from the university buildings. Most of them are closer.
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We try to put students that are doing the same course as much as possible together. In order to manage that, we allocate rooms and apartments at the moment we know the right numbers. Therefore we guarantee lodging, but you will know quite late the exact place.

At any rate you will be lodged together with other Summerschool students.
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In most of the courses: yes. Have a look under "Fee".
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There is always at least a shared kitchen and a shared bathroom. Some rooms have even their own services. For more information about the housing locations, see Housing.
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Housing is provided from the Saturday before the course starts, until 12 noon on the last Friday of the course. In case the course ends on a Thursday, your lodging is still available until the Friday. Rooms are available for the course period only; extending the renting period is not possible.
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The key pick-up desk is open on Saturday and Sunday from 12 PM to 4.30 PM.
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You can stay in a hostel for one night and pick up your key the next day. You may also try to find a class mate to pick up your key.
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Yes there is. See Social Programme for more info.
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No, we always try to make students from different countries and different disciplines meet. Therefore a joint social programme is important, we think.
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