- Course location
- Hamm
- Teaching language
- • English
- Language level of course
- • English: B2
- Date(s)
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12 July - 25 July 2026 (registration deadline: 15 April 2026)
- Information on dates, prices and mode of study
- The university offers a limited number of scholarships. Students can either apply for a full scholarship (1,800 EUR) or a partial scholarship that covers 50% of the total cost (900 EUR). Selected partner universities are authorised to send a limited number of their students to the summer school with scholarships.
- Target group
- The summer school welcomes anyone who is enrolled at a university at the time of the programme and is interested in the fields of business and engineering.
- Description/content
- What do cars, x-rays, and MP3s have in common? They were all first engineered in Germany! Today, Germany is one of the leading export countries of machinery and technology. This elite status is primarily owed to the German phenomenon of "Der Mittelstand". "Der Mittelstand" refers to the wide range of small- to medium-sized enterprises that form almost 99% of all German companies, making them the heart of the German economy!
As products increase in their technological complexity, companies could choose to specialise in a part of some product’s value chain. One company could provide only logistical solutions, for example, aiding other companies in completing their end products. And that’s how the "Mittelstand" contributes to the variety of value chains, both on a local as well as a global level!
In our yearly summer school, students from all over the world can learn more about German engineering business. We break it down into three major components:
• Science: engineering and science lectures taught by the university’s faculty members
• Business: daily visits to successful small- and medium-sized companies around the region of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Culture: cultural and intellectual aspects of the German engineering business, planned excursions, get-togethers, and leisure activities
The summer school is held in English and is usually conducted over the course of two weeks in July. We invite students around the world, who are enrolled at a university at the time of the programme, to apply.
More information: https://summerschool.hshl.de/ (https://summerschool.hshl.de/)