BEST Courses are a once in a student life time experience. You can find out everything you need to know about BEST Courses on the About page. Then check out How to Apply! and start writing your motivational letter. Make sure to check the Photo Gallery, all pictures are taken during BEST Courses. If you still have questions read the FAQ page and see what others say after returning from a BEST course. You can apply to up to 3 courses, choose your favorites and apply! Here is the list of BEST Summer Courses:
You can be accepted to at most one BEST Course or Engineering Competition and any number of Events on Education.
Fuel Up Your Cells!
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Environmental Engineering)
Aalborg, Denmark, from 3 June 2010 until 14 June 2010,
Industrial Design Up Your Spine
- Type: BEST Engineering Competition (Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science/Automatic Control/Informatics, Electrical/Electromechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Power Engineering, Transport Engineering)
Zagreb, Croatia, from 3 June 2010 until 14 June 2010,
tapeIstanbul: Create the shortfilm of European Capital of Culture
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Machine & Instrument engineering/Design, Multimedia and Communication Design)
Istanbul, Turkey, from 12 June 2010 until 20 June 2010,
Clouds, Pirates and the Island of Paxos – the Hitchhiker’s Guide to Distributed Computing
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Computer Science/Automatic Control/Informatics, Telecommunications/Electronics)
Stockholm, Sweden, from 14 June 2010 until 25 June 2010,
Concrete Structures Design
- Type: BEST Course on Technology
Brno, Czech Republic, from 23 June 2010 until 3 July 2010,
R.U.R.: Rusty Ugly Robots
- Type: BEST Course on Technology
Bratislava, Slovakia, from 28 June 2010 until 9 July 2010,
Roooaaar! Vroom! Whoosh! Choo-choo! Transportation course incoming!
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Transport Engineering)
Warsaw, Poland, from 30 June 2010 until 9 July 2010,
I made it, I ate it!
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Biological/Biotechnical/Gene Engineering, Chemistry/Chemical Technology, Food Engineering, Production Engineering/Management)
Tallinn, Estonia, from 2 July 2010 until 16 July 2010,
Work virtually! Boost your career at student speed!
- Type: BEST Symposium on Education
Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 2 July 2010 until 13 July 2010,
Purify Today – Drink It All The Way
- Type: BEST Course on Technology
Belgrade, Serbia, from 2 July 2010 until 12 July 2010,
Sex is good, but not as GOOD as our FOOD!
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Agronomics/Forestry, Food Engineering)
Skopje, Macedonia, from 4 July 2010 until 15 July 2010,
It’s a kind of magic – Use your hands, do miracles! – ceramics in use.
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Materials Engineering)
Krakow, Poland, from 5 July 2010 until 18 July 2010,
You can fly if you apply!
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering, Control Engineering/Systems engineering)
Kyiv, Ukraine, from 6 July 2010 until 16 July 2010,
Bored of your local Dish Network ? Launch your own satellite!
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science/Automatic Control/Informatics, Control Engineering/Systems engineering, Materials Engineering, Power Engineering, Telecommunications/Electronics, Transport Engineering)
Liege, Belgium, from 6 July 2010 until 19 July 2010,
Ghent deLIGHTed!
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Architecture, Optics/Optometry)
Ghent, Belgium, from 6 July 2010 until 20 July 2010,
My Dream is to fly over the rainbow, so high
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering)
Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, from 6 July 2010 until 15 July 2010,
Smart Buildings – Discover Intelligent Housing
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Computer Science/Automatic Control/Informatics, Control Engineering/Systems engineering, Electrical/Electromechanical Engineering, Electronic/Electrotechnical Engineering, Mechatronics, Telecommunications/Electronics)
LODZ, POLAND, from 7 July 2010 until 17 July 2010,
Some call it Crisis, we call it a Game!
- Type: BEST Course on Career Related Skills (Economics/Business Administration/Marketing, Production Engineering/Management)
Athens, Greece, from 9 July 2010 until 22 July 2010,
Urban Invaders – where to put what.
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Architectural Engineering, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering)
Vienna, Austria, from 9 July 2010 until 23 July 2010,
Sustainable Energy: Delighted to be Enlighted
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Economics/Business Administration/Marketing, Electrical/Electromechanical Engineering, Power Engineering)
Brussel VUB, Belgium, from 10 July 2010 until 24 July 2010,
MADterials… to the space and beyond!
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering, Industrial Engineering)
Madrid, Spain, from 10 July 2010 until 21 July 2010,
This Summer the Care Bears are learning Material Science
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Materials Engineering)
Brasov, România, from 11 July 2010 until 18 July 2010,
Biomedical Scene Investigation, BSI Leuven
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Biomedical Engineering)
Leuven, from 11 July 2010 until 24 July 2010,
Restore.Renew.Revive.Do you care about old buildings?
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Civil Engineering)
Iasi, from 11 July 2010 until 24 July 2010,
Communication protocols – how a human can teach computers talk to each other
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Computer Science/Automatic Control/Informatics)
Chisinau, from 11 July 2010 until 22 July 2010,
10 minutes around the world
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Telecommunications/Electronics)
Lviv, Ukraine, from 11 July 2010 until 25 July 2010,
“Just like a Pill? “
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Chemical Engineering, Chemistry/Chemical Technology, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Medicine/Dental Medicine, Petroleum Engineering, Pharmacy)
Veszprém, Hungary, from 11 July 2010 until 21 July 2010,
Find ME. I’m in Heaven!
- Type: BEST Course on Technology
Maribor, Slovenia, from 12 July 2010 until 22 July 2010,
Try this one! The hard truth about the soft skills.
- Type: BEST Course on Career Related Skills (Economics/Business Administration/Marketing, Production Engineering/Management)
Gliwice, Poland, from 12 July 2010 until 25 July 2010,
010: My name is Art, Tech Art.
- Type: BEST Course on Technology
Patras, Greece, from 16 July 2010 until 31 July 2010,
Rock my summer! Tune into the secrets of audio engineering
- Type: BEST Course on Technology
Bucharest, from 17 July 2010 until 28 July 2010,
From Cresus to crisis, what is the BEST way back?
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Economics/Business Administration/Marketing)
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, from 18 July 2010 until 27 July 2010,
Come on baby light my fire, LED all the light bulbs retire!
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Applied Sciences)
Eindhoven, The Netherlands, from 18 July 2010 until 31 July 2010,
Smart houses of the future!
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Architectural Engineering, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Electronic/Electrotechnical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering)
Nis, Serbia, from 20 July 2010 until 30 July 2010,
Home Alone. Green Edition
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Power Engineering)
Timisoara, Romania, from 22 July 2010 until 2 August 2010,
Do you want to go far? Take the electric car!
- Type: BEST Course on Technology
Madrid, Spain, from 24 July 2010 until 2 August 2010,
CSI: Coimbra’s Summer Investigation
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Applied Sciences, Biological/Biotechnical/Gene Engineering, Biology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry/Chemical Technology, Computer Engineering, Computer Science/Automatic Control/Informatics, Electrical/Electromechanical Engineering, Electronic/Electrotechnical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine/Dental Medicine, Pharmacy, Physics/Physics Engineering, Telecommunications/Electronics)
Coimbra, Portugal, from 25 July 2010 until 8 August 2010,
The Fast and the Furious – Goes Green!
- Type: BEST Course on Technology
Copenhagen, Denmark, from 25 July 2010 until 7 August 2010,
Wireless Communication: Connecting people
- Type: BEST Engineering Competition
Chania, Greece, from 25 July 2010 until 7 August 2010,
A.V.E. Manager! – A Very Efficient Manager
- Type: BEST Course on Career Related Skills (Economics/Business Administration/Marketing, Industrial Management)
Rome, Italy, from 28 July 2010 until 6 August 2010,
MONSTER Machines
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Agronomics/Forestry, Environmental Engineering, Machine & Instrument engineering/Design, Mechanical Engineering)
Budapest, Hungary, from 29 July 2010 until 10 August 2010,
Pimp my ride: Faster, Lighter, GREENer
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Mechanical Engineering)
Gothenburg, Sweden, from 30 July 2010 until 14 August 2010,
Drive Yourself: Energise Europe
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Chemistry/Chemical Technology, Civil Engineering, Electrical/Electromechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Transport Engineering)
Lisbon, Portugal, from 1 August 2010 until 14 August 2010,
Driving to the Future
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Control Engineering/Systems engineering, Electrical/Electromechanical Engineering, Electronic/Electrotechnical Engineering, Machine & Instrument engineering/Design, Power Engineering, Transport Engineering)
Helsinki/Espoo, Finland, from 5 August 2010 until 20 August 2010,
New solutions to old problems – Biotechnology for a sustainable future
- Type: BEST Course on Technology
Lund, Sweden, from 8 August 2010 until 22 August 2010,
BEST UX – User Experience and Intercultural Design
- Type: BEST Course on Technology
Tampere, from 8 August 2010 until 21 August 2010,
There is no planet B!
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Environmental Engineering)
Uppsala, Sweden, from 13 August 2010 until 25 August 2010,
University is not enough? Cross the bridge to real world!
- Type: BEST Symposium on Education
Sofia, Bulgaria, from 20 August 2010 until 28 August 2010,
The city of the future, a sustainable approach
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Civil Engineering, Territory Engineering, Transport Engineering)
Almada, Portugal, from 22 August 2010 until 4 September 2010,
“Into The Blue: The Endless Fight Between The Sea And Man”
- Type: BEST Course on Technology (Architecture, Civil Engineering, Economics/Business Administration/Marketing, Environmental Engineering, Naval Architecture & Engineering)
Ankara & Bodrum , Türkiye, from 26 August 2010 until 7 September 2010,
Think it, build it, fly it!
- Type: BEST Engineering Competition
Porto, from 31 August 2010 until 14 September 2010,
BEST Leisure events:
You can be accepted to any number of the following activities.
B9: The World is Mine!
- Type: Leisure Event
Ekaterinburg, Russia, from 17 July 2010 until 26 July 2010,
Fly or Die – Not Just a Parachuting Course.
- Type: Leisure Event
Gliwice, Poland, from 27 July 2010 until 9 August 2010,
Partner Organisation Events:
You can be accepted to any number of the following activities.
DANGER -high voltage-
- Type: Partner Organisation Event (Electrical/Electromechanical Engineering, Electronic/Electrotechnical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Power Engineering)
Aachen, Germany, from 11 June 2010 until 19 June 2010,
