Learning global and local sustainability through cooperation
The Summer School s designed to enhance your understanding of sustainability and equip you with the skills needed for impactful decisions in both your professional and personal lives. The participants are encouraged to actively take part in (political) discussions in order to become self-efficacious, solve problems, and set the experience into the context of the course. Key Topics:
- An in-depth analysis of the Sustainable Development Goals and the latest findings of the IPCC Report (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), enhancing your grasp of pressing global and local sustainability challenges.
- Sustain2030, a dynamic simulation game where you navigate the complexities of political and financial constraints as a stakeholder in a citizens‘ council.
- A group poster presentation that consolidates your learning outcomes, serving as your non-graded assessment.
Schedule
September 14-18, 9 am to 5 pm block course (all day in presence), TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn Str. 12
Credits and Registration
The Summer School is open to Bachelor and Master students from all disciplines. Students can achive either 3 or 5 ECTS according to their study program. Please contact your student advisory service bevor registration. In combination with the Lecture Series „Climate Change, Sustainability, and Future Designs“, the Summer School is recognized as basic module for the Certificate for Sustainabilty (read more).
Please register via course Nr. 430048 using the campus registration system. After the registration deadline, please contact Birgit Frey (birgit.frey@rub.de) regarding available places.
Application deadline September 09, 2026
Campus-Link for Bachelor’s and Master’s students (course Nr. 430048)
The Summer School is a UA Ruhr cooperation project, offered by the Sustainability Office and the Faculty for Psychology at the TU Dortmund.
