Only students from IDEA League partner universities can apply for the IDEA League Summer Schools. Application criteria differ per Summer School. Please visit the Summer School’s SiROP pages for more information on the application criteria.

The IDEA League is not able to decide on your university’s behalf how many credits you will be awarded for taking an IDEA League summer school. However, we make clear the investment in terms of time that you will have to make (usually 40 hours) and provide any information required for the university to make those decisions. Some summer schools will also provide optional extra assignments, if desired, which will help to justify the assignment of credits.

Some Summer Schools are open for a very limited number of non-IDEA League students. However, different terms and conditions apply and students from these universities cannot apply through SiROP. In most cases, participation as a non-IDEA League student is accepted only if nominated by the organisers directly. Please visit the website of the specific Summer Schools to see if this option is offered. If the option is not explicitly stated, then unfortunately, only applications from IDEA League universities will be considered.

No, BSc students cannot apply for the IDEA League Summer Schools.

Questions regarding the content of the Summer School should be sent to the IDEA League Summer School organisers. In 2024 these will be:

Closing the Loop: (Re-) Design for Disassembly & Circular Economy

Oleksandr Melnychuk oleksandr.melnychuk@polimi.it 

Computational Design for Additive Manufacturing

Tino Stankovic tinos@ethz.ch 

Jun Wu J.Wu-1@tudelft.nl 

Zjenja Doubrovski E.L.Doubrovski@tudelft.nl 

Serena Graziosi serena.graziosi@polimi.it 

Nicholas Meisel nam20@psu.edu 

Open Ground: De-paving Urban Surfaces

Chiara Geroldi chiara.geroldi@polimi.it 

Andrea Bortolotti andrea.bortolotti@polimi.it 

Sustainable Development Goals Olympiad

Serena Graziosi serena.graziosi@polimi.it 

Analysis and Modelling of Road User Behaviour

Marco Dozza marco.dozza@chalmers.se 

Jonas Bärgman jonas.bargman@chalmers.se 

Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Applications

Andrea Coraddu A.Coraddu@tudelft.nl 

For technical questions or problems please use the “Report a problem” function on the website or write to support@sirop.org.

Questions regarding the application process should be sent to the IDEA League Summer School Applications contact person at your own university:

TU Delft: Ismail Yetim, I.yetim@tudelft.nl

ETH Zurich: Andrea Heinzelmann, andrea.heinzelmann@akd.ethz.ch

RWTH Aachen: idealeague@rwth-aachen.de

Chalmers: idealeague@chalmers.se

Politecnico di Milano: idea-league@polimi.it

Yes, it is possible to apply for more than one Summer School. However, please note that, after you have confirmed your participation, it is not possible to cancel anymore, unless you can present a valid reason. We therefore ask you to carefully consider your applications.

The application dates are indicated on the main page of every Summer School

We strive to inform you on your final application status within one month after the close of applications.

Yes, application without any MSc grades is possible. Please send a copy of your BSc grades and specify in the motivation letter why you do not yet have any MSc grades.

If you have been selected for a Summer School, you will be asked to confirm or cancel your participation. After you have confirmed your participation, it is not possible to cancel anymore, unless you can present a valid reason. We therefore ask you to carefully consider your application.

Yes, students must be enrolled at one of the IDEA League partner universities during the time of the Summer School.