About the program

The LMU (Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat Munchen) European Studies Summer School offers introductory lectures on the European Union as a preparation for analysing contemporary identity politics in Europe. Participants will acquire expertise on both the EU's history, policy-making processes and policy priorities and discuss how decades of European governance, migration flows, recent crises, and the rise of populist parties' impact on European citizens' identity formation, political mobilization, and societal conflict. To understand how identity politics plays out in different EU member states and the transnational European realm, participants will attend lectures and round-table sessions in three different cities.

Program dates

European Studies in Vienna - Prague - Munich:

Program dates: July 21, 2025- August 14, 2025

Arrival date: July 20, 2025 (in Vienna)

Departure date: August 15, 2025 (from Munich) 

Eligibility requirements

There are limited spaces for this program. Students will be selected based on their academic merit.

To be eligible to participate in the LMU summer school, you must meet the following criteria.

• Be enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree program
• Have a minimum 2.7 cumulative GPA (CGPA).
• Completed at a minimum of 24 credits toward your current degree program by the time you leave for the program.

Program course

The European Union: Challenges, Crises and Solution Approaches, is designed to introduce the complex political and institutional landscape of the European Union. It will explore the EU's governance structure, focusing on the challenges it faces and the innovations that have emerged in response. 

To successfully pass the course, students need to meet the following requirements:

• regular attendance
• preparation for and active participation during class
• completion of homework assignments by the deadlines
• writing an essay of 3500 words

Estimated costs & bursary

Host institution fee: There are no tuition fees attached to this summer program for Concordia students. However, there is an application fee: 

• € 200 Early bird registration fee  March 1
• € 400  Regular registration fee

Concordia tuition: 3 credits of Concordia tuition to be paid to Concordia University. For an estimate of tuition fees, please use the tuition and fee estimator.

Additional costs: Participants are responsible for paying their own airfare, meals, health insurance, travel documents and all other costs associated with this program. You can find practical information regarding the cost of food, local transportation, visa documents etc. on the LMU website.

Quebec Mobility Bursary

To help with the costs of going abroad, Concordia offers a $1,725.00 CAD Quebec Mobility Bursary to students.

To qualify, you must be a Concordia student enrolled in a Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctoral degree program and approved to participate in the summer school program. 

Important to note: 

• Summer school program applicants do not need to submit a bursary application as it is part of the on-line summer school program application, and you will automatically be considered for the Quebec Mobility Bursary.
• Approved students will receive the bursary payment upon arrival and reception of the mandatory Confirmation of Arrival form.
• Details on the payment of the bursary will be sent to successful applicants.  

Contact Concordia International if you have any questions about the Quebec Mobility Bursary. 

Accommodations

The program offers accommodation to the participants in student residential halls or hostels.

• In Munich students will be accommodated in student residential halls in their own single room. (440 Euros)
•  Prague (150 Euros)  and Vienna (440 Euros)