Blended Intensive Programmes
What: a new type of mobility mixing physical mobility (for 5 to 30 days) and virtual learning (no time limit, though still reasonable)
Where: the physical mobility will take place at the Organising University.
Who: all ATHENA students, the level/field of study will vary depending on the BIPs
Process: Apply for the BIP using the link provided to you by the university. When you are selected, contact your local International Relations Office to ensure they can fund your mobility (through Erasmus+ or other means). Contact your pedagogical advisor and let them know of your mobility. Once all of this is done, you will need to fill in a Learning Agreement completed with the information provided to you and send it back to the Receiving University. Book your accommodation and transport.
Once on site, enjoy and learn!
List of upcoming BIPs
♦ Sensor Driven Modelling for Healthy Living – May 2025
This module focuses on utilizing predictive models to enhance decision-making in the field of active healthy living. It equips students with the tools and knowledge to analyse and model the musculoskeletal system, using advanced technologies like AnyBody musculoskeletal software, optical motion capture (BTS) and inertial motion capture (Xsens). Additionally, students will learn how to measure and process biosignals and apply AI techniques to develop personalized solutions for age-related health challenges. The integration of advanced analytic techniques allows for enhanced analysis and predictive modelling, fostering innovation in healthcare applications such as rehabilitation and injury prevention, facilitating healthy living.
Physical mobility: 19th – 23th May 2025
Virtual Mobility: 5th – 9th May 2025
Where: VILNIUS TECH, Vilnius, Lithuania
ECTS: 3
Application: deadline 5th April via this link
Additional information: click here
Contact : julius.griskevicius@vilniustech.lt
♦ Digital Tools for Built Heritage Diagnosis – June 2025
Are you ready to dive into the future of heritage preservation? The Summer School in Orléans, France (June 16–20, 2025) offers an immersive programme focused on Digital Tools for Built Heritage Diagnosis. Explore how cutting-edge technologies, from 3D scanning to artificial intelligence, are transforming our understanding and preservation of historical structures.
Physical mobility: 30th June – 4th July 2025
Virtual Mobility: 23th – 27th June 2025
Where: VILNIUS TECH, Vilnius, Lithuania
ECTS: 3
Application: deadline 31st May via this link
Additional information: click here
Contact : linkmenufabrikas@vilniustech.lt
♦ Summer School: MAKERS 5.0 – June 2024
If you’ve ever dreamt of mastering rapid prototyping techniques, this is your chance. We invite beginner-level students to dive deeper into the world of 3D modeling, 3D printing, laser cutting, woodworking, metalworking, CNC, and other cool technologies! We offer a two-week-long intensive course (one week fully online, packed with theoretical and practical workshops, teamwork, and other fun) and a fully on-site week here in Vilnius, Lithuania, at the very creative workshops of VILNIUS TECH ‘LinkMenų fabrikas’.
Previous BIPs
♦ Emerging Materials and Applications – February 2025
In collaboration with the (a) EMINENT MSc Program and (b) the INFRACHIP Research Infrastructure, the HMU organizes a Blended Intensive Program in Emerging Materials and Applications.
♦ Winter School of Sound and Vision 2.0: Immersive Music Video Creation – January 2024
Participate in this October in the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme — Winter School of Sound and Vision 2.0. This programme offers a specialised opportunity for students to develop essential skills in filming, editing, sound recording, cinematographic lighting, design, and other key aspects of video content creation.
♦ Digital Environmental Geosciences – January 2025
Simulation work in the field of environmental geosciences has become essential, both in research and in the industry world. Thus, this BIP will introduce the basic principles of four simulation techniques widely used in environmental geosciences: Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Digital Rock Physics and Microfluidics (DRP & MF), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and Reactive Transport Modeling (RTM)
♦ Interactive Geriatric Palliative Care – September 2024
Join us for an immersive learning experience in geriatric nursing care at our Interactive Geriatric Palliative Care Summer School. Designed for local and international students, this program offers hands-on training through simulations, virtual reality learning, and interactive workshops.
♦ 3rd International Summer School, Sustainability in International Business – September 2024
SUSTAINABILITY is becoming an increasingly important direction in business operations. It is rooted in the negative consequences of the neo-liberal development paradigm in the world and the calls for sustainable development by international organisations and national governments. The latter implies that countries, organisations, and individuals focus on achieving economic prosperity and positively impacting the natural environment and society.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS involves interactions and business activities between many countries, companies, and stakeholders. Companies are responding to calls to implement sustainability in their business practices with varying degrees of commitment; some incorporate aspects of all three pillars of sustainability (economic, social, environmental) into their international business practices, while others focus on just one or two. Different types of companies offer many examples of good practices in this area.
Physical mobility: 9th September – 14th September 2024
Virtual Mobility: 6th September 2024
Where: University of Maribor, Slovenia
ECTS: 3
Application: apply here before 24th June 2024
Additional information: click here
Contact: intsummschool.feb@um.si
♦ 4th International Summer School, Organisation, Management & Society – September 2024
The 4th International Summer School “Organization, Management & Society” will be organised for international and local students to introduce the interdisciplinarity of organisational sciences, which is crucial for the successful management of organisations. The summer school will cover the following topics: organisation and organising ; human resources and education systems and the interplay with the green and digital transition ; information systems and the interplay with the green and digital transition ; digitisation and artificial intelligence ; management.
Physical mobility: 2nd September – 7th September 2024
Virtual Mobility: 26th August & 13th September 2024
Where: Kranj, University of Maribor, Slovenia
ECTS: 3
Application: by 26th June 2024 via this link
Additional information: click here
Contact: erasmus.fov@um.si
♦ Sustainable Logistics: Theoretical Heroes Tackle a Real Green Challenge – September 2024
Mark your calendars! We are excited to invite you to the 11th International Logistics Summer School scheduled for 2 – 10 September 2024 at the Faculty of Logistics, University of Maribor, in Celje, Slovenia. The Summer School will be organised as part of the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP), which present a fantastic opportunity for students to participate in a unique and enriching educational experience.
♦ ICT in Precision Agriculture – August 2024
Precision agriculture is an innovative approach that combines information and communication technology (ICT) with agriculture in order to improve its efficiency and reduce waste. ICT in precision agriculture can help farmers monitor crop growth and soil health in real-time, leading to better decision-making and higher yields.
♦ Solution Design – August 2024
Are you ready to face a real life problem in an international team of students of different professions and with experienced professors and experts? If YES, don’t hesitate to register for the 2024 Solution Design Summer School!
♦ Barrier-free Public Transport – July 2024
Embrace the Future of Inclusive Cross-border Mobility: Join us in Maribor, Slovenia, for an immersive learning experience focused on creating an inclusive and barrier-free cross-border public transport system. In an increasingly interconnected European landscape, cross-border mobility remains a challenge, particularly for individuals with disabilities. Public transportation systems and schedules often lack the necessary coordination to facilitate seamless and efficient travel experiences.
♦ Evidence-based practice in health professionals – July 2024
Topics: fundamentals of EBP, principles and key competencies of EBP, literature search and evaluation, application of EBP in practice.
Physical mobility: 1st July – 5th July 2024
Virtual Mobility: April to June 2024
Where: Klagenfurt, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria
ECTS: 3
Application: TBD
Additional information: click here
Contact: u.tscherne@fh-kaernten.at
♦ Introduction to Technical Communication – July 2024
Technical communication is focused on the user of services or products and is an essential and transversal competence. Moreover, it is a professional area that is booming globally, most notably because of the digital and technological context of today’s world, and the need to inform the users in a clear way in order to create more value in products/services.
Physical mobility: 1st July – 5th July 2024
Virtual Mobility: 26th June 2024
Where: ISCAP – Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
ECTS: 3
Application: please apply here before 15th June 2024
Additional information: click here
Contact: alexalb@iscap.ipp.pt
♦ Risk Management & Sustainability – May 2024
Picture yourself immersed in a fulfilling program, blending online workshops with the dynamics of on-site team interactions. Explore live case studies, facing the complexities of real-world scenarios, and boost your creativity through engaging project work and presentations.
♦ Diagnostics in Gynaecology – May 2024
The blended intensive programme will include a virtual component that will begin with a brief introduction to the realm of clinical diagnostic thinking in the field of medicine, as well as various instructional methodologies employed for enhancing clinical diagnostic reasoning.
Physical mobility: 26th May – 31st May 2024
Virtual Mobility: 1st April – 30th June 2024
Where: University of Maribor, Slovenia
ECTS: 3
Application: via this link before 15th March 2024
Additional information: click here
Contact: bip.erasmus@um.si
♦ Information Management in the Digital Era – May 2024
Start a life-changing adventure in Information Management in the Digital Era with the esteemed Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal’s Porto Accounting and Business School. Imagine yourself fully engaged in a program that combines the dynamics of in-person team interactions with virtual workshops. Investigate real-world case studies, deal with the difficulties of real-world situations, and develop your creative thinking via stimulating project work and presentations.
Physical mobility: 27th May to 31st May 2024
Virtual mobility: 29th April to 21st May 2024
Where: ISCAP, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto
ECTS: 3
Application: register by 20th March 2024 via this link
Contact: milenacarvhalo@iscap.ipp.pt
♦ Spring School on Rapid Prototyping: MAKERS 5.0 – April 2024
If you’ve ever dreamt of mastering rapid prototyping techniques, this is your chance. We invite beginner-level students to dive deeper into the world of 3D modeling, 3D printing, laser cutting, woodworking, metalworking, CNC, and other cool technologies! We offer a two-week-long intensive course (one week fully online, packed with theoretical and practical workshops, teamwork, and other fun) and a fully on-site week here in Vilnius, Lithuania, at the very creative workshops of VILNIUS TECH ‘LinkMenų fabrikas’.
♦ Winter school of Sound and Vision 2.0: Immersive music video creation – November 2023
During this winter school you will learn: Camera work (the movement of the frame according to the dynamics of the song highlights); how to direct (how the group performs, in what space, how they move, and what they do); Lighting (what mood is created by the song, how the light interacts with the music, and what style); Sound (how the live performance is recorded, the quality, and style) ; how to edit (synchronization, what colours have been chosen, and what the overall mood of the piece reflects).
♦ Diversity in a Digitalized World – Challenges and opportunities for (re-)establishing social justice – October 2023
The objectives of the BIP are for students to work internationally in inter and transdisciplinary teams on the one hand, and to acquire multi-professional perspectives on the other. The BIP is about critically reflecting on diversity in the digitalised world in order to discuss, in a further step, the challenges and possibilities that can contribute to the (re)establishing of social justice through digitalisation. The aim is to develop a vision of how social justice can be achieved through digitalisation, based on the students’ personal interest in knowledge.
Physical mobility: 23rd – 27th October 2023
Virtual Mobility: 2nd – 20th October 2023
Where: Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Klagenfurt, Austria
ECTS: 3
Registration: deadline 10th September. To register, please send an email to c.pichler@fh-kaernten.at.
Additional information: click here
♦ Sustainable Entrepreneurship – October 2023
Teams of students from CUAS and from all over the Alps-Adriatic region, as well as from Barcelona and ATHENA countries, will develop business ideas embedding sustainability and the SDGs. This cross-border collaboration does not only contribute to the entrepreneurial mindset of the students, it also strengthens their consciousness about sustainability and helps them develop intercultural and language skills.
♦ Sustainability Summer School – September 2023
Teachers, students and practitioners are invited to participate in this summer school. Teachers are invited to deliver sustainability related courses in online sessions and to supervise group works during on-site session. Practitioners and business partners are invited to provide problem-based cases to be solved during the summer school. Scholarships are available for students and teachers from ATHENA partner universities.
♦ Sustainability in International Business – September 2023
SUSTAINABILITY is becoming an increasingly important direction in business operations. It is rooted in the negative consequences of the neoliberal development paradigm in the world and the calls for sustainable development by international organisations and national governments. The latter implies that countries, organisations and individuals not only focus on achieving economic prosperity, but also seek to have a positive impact on the natural environment and society.
♦ Open Science Summer School – September 2023
The University of Maribor Summer School offers PhD students and young researchers an opportunity to learn and develop skills in the fields of research data management, open access to research results, the use of open research infrastructure, supercomputing resources and the European Open Science Cloud.
♦ Simulation and Games in Nursing – September 2023
The University of Maribor, Faculty of Health Sciences, is organizing a SUMMER SCHOOL Simulation and Games in Nursing Education for nursing students with NO FEE for participants. The work will be done in pre-assigned small groups and will cover topics related to the significance of games and simulation in nursing education, 3D infographics creation, simulation escape rooms etc.
♦ Dyslexia and Foreign Language Teaching – September 2023
On this course teachers will be able to learn more about the issues surrounding the concept of dyslexia, but mainly gain practical teaching tools and insights to help diverse students with difficulties associated to dyslexia features to learn foreign languages.
Physical mobility: 11th-15th September 2023 (Porto, Portugal)
Virtual Mobility: 4th-6th September 2023
Where: Institute Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
ECTS: 6
Registration: TBC
♦ Organization, Management and Society – September 2023
The summer school “Organization, Management and Society” will deal with trends in organization and management, challenges of HR, HR and artificial intelligence as well as digital transformation and AI in information systems. The students will work individually and in groups and will have consultations with professors.
♦ Renewable Energy Sources – September 2023
Renewable energy sources and the green transition have become pivotal topics in addressing the pressing challenges of climate change and environmental sustainability. As traditional fossil fuel reserves dwindle and their negative impact on the planet becomes more apparent, the urgent need to shift towards renewable energy has gained significant momentum. Renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biomass, offer cleaner alternatives that harness natural processes and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
♦ Sustainable Travel: Re-defining the world of travel – August/September 2023
In the 10th International Logistics Summer School, you will learn about the challenges and opportunities that arise in transporting travellers, goods, and services sustainably and will include resource management, waste reduction, and improving transportation efficiency. We welcome students from all academic backgrounds interested in logistics and sustainable travel to join us for this unique opportunity.
♦ Solution Design Summer School – August/September 2023
Are you ready to face a real life problem in an international team of students of different professions and with experienced professors and experts? If YES, don’t hesitate to register for the 2023 Solution Design Summer school!
♦ International Summer School “Mastering Music Video Creation” – June 2023
This programme offers a unique opportunity for students to develop their filming, editing, cinematographic lighting, sound recording, design, and other essential video content creation skills.
♦ ATHENA Soft Skills Academy – May 2023
Join us for an interactive and informative workshop on soft skills development! Learn to improve your communication, problem-solving, teamwork, and time-management abilities. Participate in hands-on exercises, group activities, and role-playing scenarios to help apply your learning skills. Take this opportunity to take your professional growth to the next level.
- Physical mobility: 15th May – 20th May 2023
- Virtual mobility: 6th March – 31th May 2023
- Where: Hellenic Mediterranean University (Crete, Greece)
- ECTS: 3
- Registration: closed
♦ Blended Mobility Projects – February 2023
Multidisciplinary teams of students working on real life projects for European companies focusing on digital transformation.
- Physical mobility: 13th February – 17th February 2023
- Virtual mobility: 20th February – 23th June 2023
- Location: University of Orléans, France
- ECTS: up to 18
- Registration: closed
♦ Makers 5.0 – January 2023
Industry 5.0 invities us to focus on topics such as sustainability, resilience and people. So we invite makers to participate in the international winter school “MAKERS 5.0” and develop their prototyping skills in an interdisciplinary environment.
- Physical mobility: 23rd January – 27th January 2023
- Virtual mobility: 30th January – 3rd February 2023
- Location: Vilnius Tech (Lithuania)
- ECTS: 3
- Registration: closed
♦ Water, Energy, Mineral ressources and Pollution mitigation – January 2023
Introduction of the basic principles of four simulation techniques widely used in environmental geosciences: Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Digital Rock Physics and Microfluids (DRP & MF), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Reactive Transport Modeling (RTM).
Applications of these techniques in real-world systems will be presented during morning seminars by international experts from academia and industry.
- Physical mobility: 9th January – 13th January 2023
- Virtual mobility: 16th January – 7th April 2023
- Location: University of Orléans, France
- ECTS: 3
- Registration: closed
