VIU will offer a wide range of Intensive Graduate Activities in 2025.
Students and scholars from the member universities are encouraged to explore the programs on offer in 2025, and apply early to guarantee their place.
The programs are the outcome of intense collaboration among the universities and have been developed based on the mandate of the member universities through the VIU Academic Council.
There are three types of intensive graduate activity at VIU.
- VIU International PhD Academy
Interdisciplinary intensive programs on major societal challenges, with a parallel training program in transversal skills to prepare advanced PhDs for research careers in academia or in the private sector.
- VIU Graduate Seminars
Thematic intensive seminars, on a focused topic approached from a multidisciplinary perspective. The aim is to support early-career PhDs who are beginning their research and to facilitate interdepartmental cooperation. Significant cooperation among departments in the member universities is expected.
- VIU Summer/Spring Schools
VIU supports the development of VIU Summer Schools, which are intensive taught programs that are offered each year. They are addressed to students of varying levels; check each program brochure. The Schools are also open to applicants outside of the VIU membership.
PhD Academies
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Rethinking Rural Futures in an Age of Climate Change: Migration, Adaptation, and Sustainability Transitions May 12-17, 2025 Call for applications: December 2, 2024 – January 31, 2025 |
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Law and the Global Economy. Training the next generation of Academic leaders September 15-19, 2025 Call for applications: January 15 – May 15, 2025 |
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Wandering Across Sustainable Terrains and Environments July 7-12, 2025 Call for applications: December 2, 2024 – March 10, 2025 |
Graduate Seminars
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Critical Phenomenology: Theory and Applications June 2-6, 2025 Call For Application: December 2, 2024 – February 2, 2025 |
Summer and Spring Schools
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Equipping Researchers with Skills, Strategies and Confidence for Science Communication March 31- April 4, 2025 Call for applications: November 15, 2024 - January 15, 202 |
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Organizing for Sustainable Futures: Micro and Macro-Institutional Conditions of Transformation June 16-20, 2025 | 9th Edition Call for applications: December 2, 2024 – February 20, 2025 |
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Summer Institute on Ageing June 9-13, 2025 | 12th edition Call for applications: opening soon |
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Ethics and Health Care June 16-19, 2025 | 4th edition Call for applications: December 2, 2024 – January 31, 2025 |
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Linguistic Landscapes: Using Signs and Symbols to Translate Cities June 30 - July 4, 2025 Call for applications: December 2, 2024 – March 2, 2025 |
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Advanced Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management June 30 - July 4, 2025 | 4th Edition Call for applications: December 2, 2024 - March 2, 2025 |
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Global Mental Health and Human Rights: Decolonial Perspectives on Structural Violence and War July 21-25, 2025 Call for applications: December 2, 2024 – March 20, 2025 |
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Films in Venice and Filming Venice August 25 - September 3, 2025 | 7th Edition Call for applications: January 15 - April 27, 2025 |
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Exploring Nucleic Acids: from biophysics to molecular biology September 22-26, 2025 Call for applications: January 15– May 15, 2025 |
