Sustainability Summer Programme: What is Sustainability and How Can STEM Help?

With the world progressing into a deeper climate crisis, the concept of sustainable living is becoming a priority for governments, organisations and even individual households. Many advances towards promoting a sustainable lifestyle and economy have been made but there are still opportunities in areas including materials and designs.

At our 2024 Sustainability Summer Programme, we offer students the chance to join our world class academic colleagues from the Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy to look at the concept of Sustainability and how STEM can help society work towards this goal. Within this accredited course, we will explore different areas of STEM with a view to encouraging and inspiring innovations by bringing people together from all over the world to explore practical solutions.

The course is split into mini themes that spread across the different areas of STEM covered by the faculty. During the course, you will have the opportunity to explore Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Sciences, Renewable Energy, and Mining and Geology, amongst other areas. By looking at all these different areas, you can see how each is crucial to the goal of sustainability and get a rounded view of STEM in these areas. The second portion of the course is a group research project available from one of the specified programme areas above to allow you to focus in and do a deep dive into a particular area that you are passionate about alongside students with the same motivation from around the world. Through different activity types including plenaries, workshops and seminars students will use the insights into the different areas to then work on projects that could have a real life impact on the concept of sustainability.

• Self Catering Accommodation Provided
• 6 Day trip to London
• Social Programme including day trips and evening activities
• Application Deadline 1st May 2024
• £3,750

Register Your Interest in our International Summer School 2022

The International Summer is an Undergraduate level summer programme offering students the chance to study at the University of Exeter for 3 weeks and earn up to 15 ECTS Credits or 6-8 US Credits towards their degree. The programme offers a variety of subject choices taken from across our colleges in the following area strands:

• Business
• Psychology
• Health and Medicine
• The Environment and Climate Change
• International Relations
• Human Rights
• Law
• Literature
• History
• Politics
• Art History and Visual Culture
• Drama, Performing Arts
• British Culture
• Bioengineering

The programmes are taught on our beautiful campuses in Exeter and taught by our faculty along with external professionals specialising in topics and field trips.

Included within the price of the International Summer School is on-campus accommodation and a varied and exciting social programme including day trips to areas such as the beautiful St Ives and the fascinating city of Bath. The social programme also includes evening activities and other optional day trips and activities on and off-campus. All transport for the social programme as well as airport meet and greet and transfer is included in the programme.

One of the key features of the International Summer School is the chance to experience the UK and meet people from all over the world. Our summer programme has boasted a group of more than 25 nationalities from around the world in the last three years and really gives people the chance to learn about their interests from the perspectives of others.

Our London orientation trip offers the participants the opportunity to see London and truly get to explore the city with organised activities and free time and really get to know your fellow classmates before starting the programme back on our campus.

The programme is suitable for any person over the age of 18 providing you meet the entry requirements. This is particularly aimed at students currently studying at university and want to earn extra credits or experience studying in a renowned UK university or interested in a postgraduate course and would like to learn more about a specific subject. The course is also ideal for professionals who are looking to improve their knowledge about a specific subject area as well as people who are looking to enjoy the experience of studying and visiting the UK for a short period of time.