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Gallicano Field School in Medieval Archaeology and Bioarchaeology
The Gallicano Field School in Medieval Archaeology and Bioarchaeology offers students a unique opportunity to engage in archaeological and bioarchaeological fieldwork. The program is centered around excavations at the Pieve di San Cassiano site in Gallicano, a municipality located approximately 20 miles north of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.

Al Tikha Archaeological Field School (Oman)
Together with its outreach activities, the variety of contexts explored at Al-Tikha serves as a reference point for the academic community and for wider audiences interested in antiquity, making Al-Tikha an ideal venue for the Winter School and for training a new generation of students and researchers.

Flow Cytometry: From Fundamentals to Cell Viability Assays
This international summer school offers an immersive day in the world of flow cytometry.It combines solid theoretical foundations with hands-on laboratory training.

Microwaves and mm-waves for the Design of Advanced Wireless Links: Communication, Sensing and Power Transfer
Through 48 hours of lectures, the program offers a comprehensive introduction to electromagnetics (EM) and its application to the design of communication systems, radar and sensing technologies, wireless networks, and high-frequency circuits. It awards 6 ECTS credits and is offered both on campus, and online.

Discovering Cell Biology: a Basic Course in Cell Culture Handling and Cell Viability Assays
This Discovering Cell Biology: a Basic Course in Cell Culture Handling and Cell Viability Assays, Certificate from University of Pisa summer school is a full-immersion workshop on cell culture techniques for both adherent and suspension cell lines with particular emphasis on cell viability assays.

Introduction to Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Geosciences
This is an introductory-level course of Machine Learning. The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the main machine learning methods and their application to geophysical, geochemical, geological and environmental data.

Acropoli of Populonia Archaeological Field School
This Archaeology Summer School takes place in the scenic medieval castle of Populonia, overlooking the Gulf of Baratti and the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago. The aim of the Summer School is the acquisition of knowledge on archaeological research in the study of the ancient world, practicing the stratigraphy method and the drafting of scientific documentation in the field.

Zooming into the Cell: A Hands-On Course on Cellular and Subcellular Gene Expression Analysis
Our summer school is a practical, full-immersion course covering biotechniques that can be applied to the study of several biological subjects related to cell biology, gene expression and ultrastructural observations.

Grounded Theory and Qualitative Methods
The Summer School will be an opportunity to deepen the understanding of the Grounded Theory’s contribution to the development of qualitative methods, and its coherence with the theoretical and methodological heritage of Symbolic Interactionism will be highlighted.

Consciousness and Cognition
The Consciousness and Cognition Certificate from University of Pisa will be organized in order to explore the enigma of Consciousness from different points of view, with the participation of teachers who are experts in all these disciplines.

Introduction to Python for Geoscience Applications
The Summer School aims to provide students with the basic concepts of Python software and, through practical exercises on a computer running Python, to address some of the most common applications in the field of geosciences.

AI for Archaeologists, with Python
The Winter School will enable participants to explore and visualize data with Python, set up and train neural networks from scratch and/or by modifying pre-trained networks (transfer learning), in order to perform classification tasks based on images/texts. It is built around a new paradigm, which takes into consideration archaeologists as both producers and users of digital archaeological data.

Osteoarchaeology and Paleopathology
The Osteoarchaeology and Paleopathology course from University of Pisa is an academic program aimed at training students in anthropological and paleopathological laboratory methods. It is an outstanding opportunity for students to gain experience in bioarchaeological investigation by working side-by-side with leading researchers in the field.

Postgraduate Qualifying Pathway
Supercharge your ability to make a meaningful impact over the duration of your career with the Postgraduate Qualifying Pathway programme from University of the Sunshine Coast.

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
The Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) certificate course from Westcliff University offers an intensive introduction to all areas of linguistics relevant to ESL/EFL students, morphology, phonology, and syntax.

Computer-Aided Drug Design
This Computer-Aided Drug Design programme from University of Pisa will cover all the main computational techniques used in drug discovery, supplying a basic level of knowledge of this research field.

Study Abroad Undergraduate (3 course option)
The Study Abroad Undergraduate (3 course option) programme at University of the Sunshine Coast is a short semester-based programme, allowing you the flexibility to study three or four courses (36 or 48 units) over one semester.

Integrated Water Monitoring Assessment Across Time and Scale
Mineral water holds both exclusive socio-economic value and deep cultural value significance.The complexity of water-rock interaction processes requires integrated and multidisciplinary approaches for their effective characterization.This Summer School will offer a comprehensive, field-based learning experience, covering a broad range of topics crucial to the study of mineral and thermal waters

Advanced Techniques for the Analysis of Novel Materials Strategic for Sustainability Transitions. III. Biodegradable polymers
The Winter School offers a one-week full-time multidisciplinary program. It is devoted to training students with a technical-scientific background on the advances of analysing materials of interest in environmental and green chemistry. Note that, even if the focus of this year is biodegradable polymers, the knowledge acquired during the school may be applied to several other materials.

Law and Geopolitics
The Summer School will illustrate the relationship between law and geopolitics in the following areas: new technologies (with a focus on artificial intelligence), climate change, circular economy, sustainable development, food sovereignty, migration, war, security, and sports.