27 nov 2015 - 15:38 CET

We are delighted to inform you of our newly launched University of Kent Summer Schools in Brussels, Canterbury and Paris, and the scholarships available for Summer School students.
The Summer School courses are designed for students (or professionals) who are either thinking about studying on a post-graduate degree programme in the UK or who simply wish to benefit from a short and intensive international study experience. In Canterbury, students can select to attend one, two or three courses from Sun 03 Jul to Sat 13 Aug 2016, or combine these with our European Summer School <http://www.kent.ac.uk/summerschools/europe/index.html> . Students would therefore be able to take from 45h to 150h in class over a period of one to six weeks, or a total of 200h by combining the Brussels and Canterbury courses. The dates for each study-block are as follows:

Sun 19 Jun – Sat 02 Jul 2016

Europe and the World (Politics, Brussels)

Sun 03 Jul – Sat 16 Jul 2016 (Politics)

Sat 09 Jul – Sat 16 Jul 2016 (Arts)

European Security and Foreign Policy (Politics, Canterbury) or  Exploring Visual Cultures (Arts, Canterbury)

Sun 17 Jul – Sat 30 Jul 2016

Medieval Canterbury (History, Canterbury) or Skills in Molecular Biology (Biosciences, Canterbury) or

Revolutions (Arts & History, Paris)

Sun 31 Jul – Sat 13 Aug 2016

Wartime in Kent (History, Canterbury) or Investigating the Social Mind (Psychology, Canterbury)

As a Summer School student at Kent, individuals will benefit from an opportunity to have a study experience at the University of Kent, one of the top 20 universities in the UK, according to the Guardian University Guide 2015. Individuals will also benefit from on-campus accommodation <http://www.kent.ac.uk/accommodation/> , social activities, excellent resources and facilities  <https://www.kent.ac.uk/locations/canterbury/> , world-class academic schools with high quality teaching   <http://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/why/> and an opportunity to enhance their appeal to potential employers and graduate schools.

We have twenty £500 scholarships available for the Canterbury Summer School. If students wish to apply for a scholarship they will need to indicate this in their personal statements at application.

Full details on the Canterbury Summer Schools can be found at
http://www.kent.ac.uk/international-pathways/iss/courses.html  and details of our European Summer Schools in Brussels and Paris can be found at http://www.kent.ac.uk/summerschools/europe/index.html

If you have any questions regarding the above, please do not hesitate to contact us by emailing summerschools@kent.ac.uk