ENLIGHT Courses

 

Are you ready to embark on a transformative educational journey across boundaries? Join us as we redefine education and empower you to shape your future! Check out the student video about ENLIGHT's challenge-based courses. 

This page displays the ENLIGHT Courses accessible for students from all ENLIGHT universities. Check out the Course Catalogue for the full offer of all ENLIGHT universities. There you can also find information on the application process.  

Glossary:

  • Blended intensive programme: consists of an online component and a short on-site component hosted by the organizing university. This format can be Erasmus+ funded.
  • Virtual course: all lessons and assessments are carried out online.
  • Physical course: all lessons are carried out physically (on-site), hosted by the organizing university. 

In an era of information overload, political polarization, and global challenges from conflicts to climate change, it’s vital to learn how to evaluate information critically.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: 30 Oct 2025 - 12 Feb 2026

Apply by: 30 September 2025

  • Entry requirements: good level of English
  • Type: virtual course
  • Level: Bachelor, Master
  • Host: University of Göttingen
  • Study Field: All fields
  • Course dates: 30 Oct 2025 - 12 Feb 2026
  • Apply by: 30 September 2025
  • ECTS: 3
  • Registration status: Open
  • Number of places available: 8 in total
  • Type: virtual course
  • Level: Bachelor, Master
  • Host: University of Göttingen
  • Study Field: All fields
  • Course dates: 29 Oct 2025 - 11 Feb 2026
  • Apply by: 30 September 2025
  • ECTS: 3
  • Registration status: Open
  • Number of places available: 8 in total

The use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has become part of everyday academic life and raises questions about both its scientifically correct use and its potential for changing academic careers.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: 30 Oct 2025 - 12 Feb 2026

Apply by: 30 September 2025

  • Entry requirements: good level of English, some experience in writing term papers
  • Type: virtual course
  • Level: Bachelor, Master
  • Host: University of Göttingen
  • Study Field: All fields
  • Course dates: 30 Oct 2025 - 12 Feb 2026
  • Apply by: 30 September 2025
  • ECTS: 3
  • Registration status: Open
  • Number of places available: 8 in total
  • Type: virtual course
  • Level: Master
  • Host: University of Göttingen
  • Study Field: Science and Technology
  • Course dates: 27 Oct 2025 - 13 Feb 2026
  • Apply by: 17 October 2025
  • ECTS: 6
  • Registration status: Open
  • Number of places available: 10 in total

The main goal of this course is to provide an overview and a first-hand experience concerning an alternative approach to technology use that is based on the notion of tinkering.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: 16 Sep 2025 - 30 Jan 2026

Apply by: 18 August 2025

  • Type: virtual course
  • Level: Master
  • Host: University of Tartu
  • Study Field: Social Sciences
  • Course dates: 16 Sep 2025 - 30 Jan 2026
  • Apply by: 18 August 2025
  • ECTS: 3
  • Registration status: Open
  • Number of places available: 15

The course introduces cryptographic concepts and their use in real-world applications without delving into formal definitions and math.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: 1 Sep - 16 Dec 2025

Apply by: 18 August 2025

  • Entry requirements: basic programming skills
  • Type: virtual course
  • Level: Bachelor, Master, PhD
  • Host: University of Tartu
  • Study Field: Science and Technology
  • Course dates: 1 Sep - 16 Dec 2025
  • Apply by: 18 August 2025
  • ECTS: 6
  • Registration status: Open
  • Number of places available: unlimited

In this course, you will learn to compute various properties of crystalline solids at the atomic scale using hands-on computer exercises.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: 22 Sep 2025 - 31 Jan 2026

Apply by: 18 August 2025

  • Entry requirements: basics of condensed matter physics and/or materials science, basics of quantum physics, basics of numerical methods
  • Type: virtual course
  • Level: Master, Bachelor 3
  • Host: Ghent University
  • Courses – Focus area: Health and Well-being, Digitalisation
  • Study Field: Medicine and Pharmacy, Science and Technology
  • Course dates: 22 Sep 2025 - 31 Jan 2026
  • Apply by: 18 August 2025
  • ECTS: 6
  • Registration status: Open
  • Number of places available: unlimited

This course explores the complex interactions between the marine environment and human health, examining both the benefits—such as food, air quality, and well-being—and the risks posed by natural disasters, pollution, and pathogens, while highlighting the need for interdisciplinary approaches to sustainable management and policy development.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: 22 Sep 2025 - 31 Jan 2026

Apply by: 18 August 2025

  • Entry requirements: basic knowledge of biology, ecology, physics and chemistry
  • Type: virtual course
  • Level: Master
  • Host: Ghent University
  • Courses – Focus area: Health and Well-being, Climate Change
  • Study Field: Medicine and Pharmacy, Science and Technology
  • Course dates: 22 Sep 2025 - 31 Jan 2026
  • Apply by: 18 August 2025
  • ECTS: 3
  • Registration status: Open
  • Number of places available: 50 in total. Number of places per university will be confirmed.

The course explores the relevance of size in shaping historical experience. Using the examples of Belgium, Estonia, Ireland and Slovakia, it traces the history of these small nations from their emergence out of larger unions or empires to their experiences as small independent states.

Type: blended intensive programme (Erasmus+ or SEMP funding)

Course dates: 1 Sep - 15 Nov 2025

Apply by: 15 April 2025

  • Type: blended intensive programme (Erasmus+ or SEMP funding)
  • Level: Master, Bachelor 2, Bachelor 3
  • Host: University of Tartu
  • Courses – Focus area: Culture and Creativity
  • Study Field: Humanities
  • Course dates: 1 Sep - 15 Nov 2025
  • Apply by: 15 April 2025
  • ECTS: 5
  • Registration status: Open
  • Number of places available: 5 per university for University of Galway, Comenius University Bratislava, Ghent University and University of Tartu. 3 per university for the other universities.

This course delves into pressing issues surrounding sustainability in the the Middle East, gaining a comprehensive and nuanced perspective from professionals and scholars from different fields.

Type: physical course

Course dates: 1 - 5 Sep 2025

Apply by: 15 April 2025

  • Entry requirements: enrolled in Middle Eastern Studies, Islamic Studies, Anthropology, History, Geography or equivalent
  • Type: physical course
  • Level: Master, Bachelor 3
  • Host: University of Bern
  • Courses – Focus area: Digitalisation, Climate Change, Energy and Circular Economy, Equity
  • Study Field: Humanities, Social Sciences, Economics and Law
  • Course dates: 1 - 5 Sep 2025
  • Apply by: 15 April 2025
  • ECTS: 5
  • Registration status: Open
  • Number of places available: 5 per university for University of Bern, Ghent University and University of Göttingen

This course is designed for postgraduate students (MA and PhD) who seek to strengthen their critical thinking skills and engage with fundamental philosophical concepts from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: 8 Sep 2025 - 30 Jan 2026

Apply by: 18 August 2025

  • Type: virtual course
  • Level: Master, PhD
  • Host: University of Tartu
  • Study Field: Humanities
  • Course dates: 8 Sep 2025 - 30 Jan 2026
  • Apply by: 18 August 2025
  • ECTS: 6
  • Registration status: Open
  • Number of places available: 20

This course is dedicated to developing students' digital and media agency so as to be able to make use of the various affordances of the digital mediatized life as well as to mitigate potential risks technology saturated societies uphold.

Type: virtual course

Course dates: Sep 2025 - 30 Jan 2026

Apply by: 18 August 2025

  • Type: virtual course
  • Level: Bachelor, Master
  • Host: University of Tartu
  • Study Field: Social Sciences
  • Course dates: Sep 2025 - 30 Jan 2026
  • Apply by: 18 August 2025
  • ECTS: 6
  • Registration status: Open
  • Number of places available: unlimited