Location:

Athens, Greece

Program Type:

Study Abroad

Degree Level:

Undergraduate

Term:

Summer

Program Overview

Program Description:

The Olympia Summer School on Science and ICT is a unique international program lead by preeminent academics at the ancient sanctuary of Olympia and Athens, aiming to broaden the perspective of post-graduate science students through philosophy of science, ethics, history, and business and communication skills. The Summer School provides post-graduate science students throughout the world a unique opportunity for multi-disciplinary exploration and cultural enrichment through intense sessions with top industry leaders, decision makers and academics such as Stanley Wasserman (Indiana University Bloomington), Theodosis Tasios (National Technical University of Athens), David Goldberg (University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne) among others.

This year the program will focus on two emerging multi-disciplinary fields: Smart Management of the Human Environment (Part of SmartEN ITN project activities)- where information and communication technologies meet Civil Engineering, and Social Networking - where sociology meets information and communication technologies

Setting Description:

AIT is a non-for profit centre of excellence for education and research. Part of our mission objectives is to provide high quality education to a broad audience of students: Full registration in AIT’s Summer Schools combines a high quality curriculum with four star accommodation facilities, meals, local transportation, and sightseeing tours to archeological and other sites in a single package. Early Full Registration (May 6, 2011) : 695 euros per week· Late Full Registration (May 30, 2011) : 985 euros per week Limited Registration We also offer the alternative of a limited registration that covers only tuition, for those participants who would like to integrate summer school activities to their own summer schedule. Early Limited Registration (May 6, 2011): 395 euros per week Late Limited Registration (May 30, 2011): 545 euros per week SmartEN If you are a SmartEN research fellow (either early stage or experienced), make sure that you check the corresponding field in the regi