LAB Summer School

Lahti Summer School 2025 CO-DESIGN BETTER URBAN LIVING AND WELLBEING will be organized on 

26 May - 6 June 2025

Mandatory online sessions will be on 12 May and 22 May.

Welcome to our summer school which is aimed for students interested in sustainable urban environments with either technical, business, design, social, communications or healthcare background. Multidisciplinary and international summer school focuses on themes related to planetary health. During the summer school, you will learn how human health and the health of the planet are closely connected and what can be done to protect and enhance both.

The presentations and discussion during the weeks will take place in authentic location in Lahti and surroundings. This way you can experience the environment and nature like locals. Program contains several sessions and lectures from experts, from field of environment, health and urban living.

Come and experience the international feeling in this Summer School! All students are welcome!

Topics of the summer school

Some examples of the topics:

• Our impact on the environment
• The impact of environmental changes on our health
• Achieving sustainable lifestyles
• Delivering successful consultancy presentation
• Service design

Case topics of the 2025 here.

This international summer school is aimed for both Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students with either technical, business, design, social, communications or healthcare background. All students are welcome! Please notice that we are taking max 80 students to course.
 

Study Program 5 ECTS 

The 2-week intensive study program consists of online pre-days, and two weeks course on campus. Study methods are teamwork, lectures, excursions, presentations and workshops. 

• After registration, a mandatory pre-assignment will be sent to all registrants.
• Before the physical course, there are two mandatory online sessions: Monday 12 May (at 10-12 Finnish time) and Thursday 22 May (at 10-12 Finnish time). A link to the sessions and a more detailed program will be sent to participants by April 28 at the latest.
• The physical part of the summer school starts on May 26 at 10 (Finnish time).

​Fees 

No fee.
Accommodation and travel to and from Lahti will be arranged and covered by participants. 

ERASMUS+ BIP 

The course will be arranged as an Erasmus+ BIP. 
Please check with your home university’s International office if you are eligible and how to apply the grant.

Registration

Lahti Summer School registration is now open until 15 April 2025.

LAB students
Registration via Peppi 
LA00BU32-3005 Summer School / Co-designing Better Urban Living and Wellbeing

Other students
Registration via Mobility Online from this LINK

All registered participants will receive a pre-assignment by email on April 16th (after the registration deadline). The due date for this pre-assignment is April 24th.
The final selection of participants will be made after this date. Only students who have returned the pre-assignment will be accepted to the course. Accepted students will be notified by email.
Please note that we will accept a maximum of 80 students for the course.