Short-term programmes 2026

These short-term programmes are offered by UvA Economics and Business host universities. On the UvA World Map you can find more information about the destination, programme, dates, accommodation, estimated costs, excursions and more.

Always select your own study programme on the UvA World Map. Some agreements are set up at the level of study programmes or the faculty. Within the UvA World Map you can select two faculty programmes:

• Faculty-free (agreement with UvA EB)
• Faculty-paid (no agreement with UvA EB)

Faculty free short-term options 2026

Short-term options at our partner universities will be published here from January 2026 onwards. The World Map will contain no options until that moment.

When?

The Summer School programmes take place at different periods in the summer, depending on the university and programme you choose. Other short-term programmes can take place throughout the academic year. Please find the specific details of the programme on the UvA World map.

Conditions for all applicants

All applicants must meet the following conditions for the short-term faculty-free programmes:

• You are enrolled as a full-time, fee-paying student at the University of Amsterdam throughout the programme
• You will receive priority if you have not participated in, or will not participate in, an exchange programme
• You accept the Terms and Conditions for the UvA Short-Term Programme (pdf)

Please note that host universities can have additional entry requirements.

Costs

If you have been selected to one of our faculty-free programmes, the tuition fee is waived. Keep in mind that there might be additional costs, such as accommodation, food, excursions, insurance and visa, which can differ per programme. For faculty-paid programmes, the tuition fee is at your own expense.

How to apply

You can find the different application deadlines on the UvA World map.

Please contact the EB Exchange Office if you are interested in taking part in one of the short-term programmes.

For the faculty-free programmes, applications are closed.

If you are interested in a faculty-paid programme, please check the application procedure at the host university.

After application

Students will be selected by a random draw if there are more applicants than spots. The selection process is as follows:

1. We check your application and decide if you meet the requirements
2. We decide your priority category (we check if you have participated or will participate in an exchange programme)
3. We start a lottery among the priority students (students who have not participated in an exchange have priority).
4. If not all places are filled, another lottery will be held with the remaining students.

You will be excluded from the selection if you have submitted an incomplete application or if you are not a full-time, fee-paying UvA student throughout the short-term programme.

Course approval

If you would like to register the courses of the short-term programme on your UvA grade list, you need to submit a request to the Examinations Board for approval of the courses you wish to take at the host university.

• You can submit your request to the Examinations Board once you have finalised the application for the courses that you are taking abroad and if you can provide the Board with the course descriptions of the courses you applied for (including the amount of credits, the level of the courses, weekly topics and literature).
• Take note that courses passed abroad can be included in your study programme in three ways: as an exemption for obligatory courses, as electives or as extracurricular courses.
• It will take six weeks at most for the Examinations Board to process your request and communicate its decision.