Agriculture is the most important way of food production, but how did it emerge and become so successful? This course will lead the students through the early stages of agriculture. Besides an overview over its emergence and spread, the course will provide solid insights into the important methods and current debates.

Course dates: Online: 8 Oct - 10 Dec 2024 (Tuesdays, 18.15 - 19.45 CET)
Apply by: 31 July 2024

How can you use your language skills in the global conversation about climate change? This course brings together students and scholars with interests in multilingualism, translation, globalisation and the environmental humanities, to reflect on how to build a more equitable and respectful conversation on climate change.

Course dates: Online: Sept 2024: 2 sessions TBA + feedback 27 Sept, (Onsite: 13 - 18 Sept 2024)

Apply by: 15 April 2024

University education aims to introduce critical thinking by dissecting complex ideas and questioning assumptions. This course focuses on developing critical thinking skills and fostering effective online and in-person communication through a Ted-Talk style presentation.

Course dates: Online: 21 Oct - 22 Nov, 2 - 6 Dec 2024 (onsite: 25 - 30 Nov 2024)

Apply by: 15 April 2024

The course provides knowledge on innovative processes and innovative thinking as a tool to solve need-based problems in interdisciplinary teams. With the application of game design, the task for the student groups is to create solutions promoting changes in health behaviours and in health care.

Course dates: Online: 29 July - 18 Aug 2024 (On-site in Uppsala: 5-18 Aug 2024)

Apply by: 15 April 2024

This interdisciplinary course will give you an increased understanding of the complex relationship between migration and health and the ethical principles connected to it. You will also gain knowledge about how different definitions and the migratory process impacts the health of migrants and how health outcomes will vary for different groups of migrants.

Course dates: Online: 4 Sep – 4 Dec 2024

Apply by: 15 April 2024

The course aims at increasing knowledge about the psychosocial aspects of cardiovascular disease. The course content will cover causes of mental illness in cardiovascular disease and psychological treatments in this setting. Risk factor management is a major challenge for both primary and secondary prevention and it is, to a large extent, behavioural.

Course dates: Online: 30 Sep – 6 Dec 2024

Apply by: 15 April 2024

The course is aimed at students in natural science and healthcare programmes and deals with the effects of environmental problems on health from a neurological/psychiatric perspective. The aim is to provide a picture of the mechanisms behind the risks and at the same time provide instruments to develop analysis and strategies from an interprofessional perspective. 

Course dates: Online: 7 Oct – 8 Nov 2024 (Onsite in Uppsala: 28 Oct – 1 Nov 2024)

Apply by: 15 April 2024

The course presents water resource management in sustainable cities. Introduction to challenges and sustainable adaptation measures for drinking water supply and wastewater as well as stormwater management, with focus on treatment, distribution and collection systems.

Course dates: 4 Nov 2024 – 19 Jan 2025 (On-site in Uppsala: 11-15 Nov 2024)

Apply by: 15 April 2024

This interdisciplinary course will give you an increased understanding of the complex relationships between health, environment, and climate change. This will also incorporate sustainable cities and well-being.

Course dates: 7-25 Oct 2024 (On-site in Uppsala 7-11 Oct 2024)

Apply by: 15 April 2024

The course provides a basic understanding of the city's development and sustainability with perspectives from technology, ecology and art science, including architecture and with a specific focus on technical and green infrastructure.

Course dates: 2 Sep 2024 – 6 Dec 2024 (On site in Uppsala: 14-18 Oct 2024)

Apply by: 15 Apr 2024

What is it like to live in the shadow of bigger neighbours? To realise that your country will never win the World Cup? Find out and compare experiences in one of Europe's small nations!

Course dates: Online: 16 sept - 15 Nov 2024 (Onsite: 7 - 11 Oct 2024)

Apply by: 15 April 2024

This course aims to help students develop their intercultural communication and collaboration skills.

Course dates: 4 March - 12 April 2024 (6 weeks)

Apply by: Registration closed