The Utrecht Summer School, founded in 1986 by Utrecht University, is the largest academic summer program in The Netherlands and belongs to the biggest summer schools in Europe. It's characterized by strong academic courses covering a wide range of subjects. In 1986, Utrecht Summer School started with one course: Dutch Culture and Society. Nowadays, three decades later, the summer school has developed a broad selection of about 200 courses at all levels. The Utrecht Summer School is a cooperation of the Utrecht University, HU University of Applied Sciences and HKU University of the Arts. These institutions of higher education offer high quality, fully accredited summer courses on bachelor, master and PhD level. All courses are taught in English by our academic staff. For most of the courses ECTS credits are rewarded. In 2018 Utrecht Summer School attracted over 3.500 students from around 120 different countries.