August 3-28, 2026
Virtual Component: July 1 - August 3
The Globalization Program is VIU’s education program for Bachelor's and Master’s-level students in VIU’s member institutions. The program brings together talented, motivated students in a truly multicultural, international, and interdisciplinary environment. Students enjoy a powerful learning experience in which they develop their capacity for critical thinking, working across disciplines, creatively embracing new ideas.
VIU introduced a Summer Session of the Globalization Program in 2022, with the aim of extending the opportunities to study and teach at VIU. Through this opportunity, VIU will also serve the needs of those students who otherwise face barriers to participation during the semester-long programs.
Courses will be delivered through interactive forms of tuition (seminars, discussions, presentations, etc.), to foster group work and to mix nationalities and students from different disciplines. The number of students per class may vary from 10-20.
Each course consists of 40 hours of tuition including a virtual component that will be held before the beginning of the program (July 1-August 3, 2026).
The aim of the virtual component is to facilitate interaction before and after the program and strengthen the network among the participants.
The virtual component may include online classes/presentations/discussions and asynchronous activities, facilitating collaborative online learning exchange and teamwork.
The following courses are offered for the 2026 Summer Session:
(link to course descriptions on each course title - forthcoming)
Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in a Globalized World: Ethics, Governance, Sustainability, and Human-Centered Design
Polat Goktas, Sabancı University
.
Microbes in Human History: From Fermentation to Synthetic Biology
Adrien Birot, Université de Bordeaux
.
Rethinking Social Worlds through Bodies. An Anthropological Approach
Isabelle Gobatto, Université de Bordeaux
.
One Health in a Globalized World: Animals, Humans and the Environment
Iveren Winifred Nyinoh and Liliane Mukaremera, University of Exeter
.
Human Movement and Connection
Emma Lucy Figures, University of Exeter
.
Venice in the Metaverse: Human Behaviour, Technology and User Experience
Sarune Savickaite, University of Exeter
.
Application from students will be accepted starting from April 2026.
Students need to pre-register to the VIU portal to receive the login and password necessary to register for courses.
The pre-registration link will be available in a white box at the side of the pages in the Summer Session section of the VIU website.
