List of season events

You can apply for up to three BEST Courses per season, but you can only be accepted to one of them.

Additionally, you can apply for up to three other events (BEST Events on Education or BEST Leisure Events) per season, and get accepted to any number of them.

Check out our Map of Europe to find out more about the locations.

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BEST Learning Events

You can be accepted to at most one BEST Course and any number of Events on Education.

EdYOUcation - Raise Your Hand, Make a Change

Type: BEST Symposium on Education (Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering, Agronomics/Forestry, Applied Sciences, Architectural Engineering, Architecture, Automotive Engineering, Biological/Biotechnical/Gene Engineering, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry/Chemical Technology, Civil Engineering, Computational Sciences, Computer Engineering, Computer Science/Automatic Control/Informatics, Control Engineering/Systems engineering, Economics/Business Administration/Marketing, Electrical/Electromechanical Engineering, Electronic/Electrotechnical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Food Engineering, Geology, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Management, Machine & Instrument engineering/Design, Materials Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Medicine/Dental Medicine, Mining/Mineral Resources Engineering, Multimedia and Communication Design, Naval Architecture & Engineering, Optics/Optometry, Petroleum Engineering, Pharmacy, Physics/Physics Engineering, Power Engineering, Production Engineering/Management, Rural and Surveying Engineering, Telecommunications/Electronics, Territory Engineering, Textile Engineering & Technology, Transport Engineering, Veterinary Medicine)
Aveiro, Portugal, from 30 August 2013 until 8 September 2013,
application closed on 12 May 2013 at 23:00 CEST (Application deadline has passed.)

How I met your Killer!

Type: BEST Course on Technology (Applied Sciences, Biological/Biotechnical/Gene Engineering, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry/Chemical Technology, Medicine/Dental Medicine, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine)
Participation requirements: Prior knowledge required (The participants have to be a technology student or science student about related fields.)
Academic complexity: Basic [Read more]
Izmir, from 31 August 2013 until 8 September 2013,
application closed on 12 May 2013 at 23:00 CEST (Application deadline has passed.)

The next step of evolution: HomoSmartphonus!

Type: BEST Course on Technology (Applied Sciences, Architecture, Automotive Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science/Automatic Control/Informatics, Economics/Business Administration/Marketing, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Machine & Instrument engineering/Design, Multimedia and Communication Design, Telecommunications/Electronics, Transport Engineering)
Participation requirements: No prior knowledge required
Academic complexity: Basic [Read more]
Barcelona, Spain, from 6 September 2013 until 15 September 2013,
application closed on 12 May 2013 at 23:00 CEST (Application deadline has passed.)

Once upon a time in a wild,wild CODE!

Type: BEST Course on Technology (Computational Sciences, Computer Engineering, Computer Science/Automatic Control/Informatics)
Participation requirements: Prior knowledge required (Basic programming skills Java/C/.NET)
Academic complexity: Basic [Read more]
Sofia,Bulgaria, from 9 September 2013 until 15 September 2013,
application closed on 12 May 2013 at 23:00 CEST (Application deadline has passed.)

The Next Ice Age? Are You Prepared?

Type: BEST Course on Technology (Applied Sciences, Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Control Engineering/Systems engineering, Electrical/Electromechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Machine & Instrument engineering/Design, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Naval Architecture & Engineering, Petroleum Engineering)
Participation requirements: Prior knowledge required (Minimum requirements are 1 year of University level engineering background. It is preferable if your background includes marine, mechanical, civil engineering or other relevant fields of activity.)
Academic complexity: Advanced [Read more]
Trondheim, Norway, from 11 September 2013 until 20 September 2013,
application closed on 12 May 2013 at 23:00 CEST (Application deadline has passed.)

Do not disturb! City at work!

Type: BEST Course on Technology (Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering, Agronomics/Forestry, Applied Sciences, Architectural Engineering, Architecture, Automotive Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry/Chemical Technology, Civil Engineering, Computational Sciences, Computer Engineering, Computer Science/Automatic Control/Informatics, Control Engineering/Systems engineering, Electrical/Electromechanical Engineering, Electronic/Electrotechnical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Management, Machine & Instrument engineering/Design, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Multimedia and Communication Design, Naval Architecture & Engineering, Physics/Physics Engineering, Power Engineering, Production Engineering/Management, Rural and Surveying Engineering, Telecommunications/Electronics, Territory Engineering, Transport Engineering)
Participation requirements: No prior knowledge required
Academic complexity: Basic [Read more]
"Valladolid,Spain", from 11 September 2013 until 21 September 2013,
application closed on 12 May 2013 at 23:00 CEST (Application deadline has passed.)

Genetic playground

Type: BEST Course on Technology (Applied Sciences, Biological/Biotechnical/Gene Engineering, Biology, Environmental Engineering, Food Engineering)
Participation requirements: No prior knowledge required
Academic complexity: Basic [Read more]
Maribor, Slovenia, from 17 September 2013 until 26 September 2013,
application closed on 12 May 2013 at 23:00 CEST (Application deadline has passed.)

Moving forward ? Discover future mobility

Type: BEST Course on Technology (Civil Engineering, Electrical/Electromechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Transport Engineering)
Participation requirements: No prior knowledge required
Academic complexity: Basic [Read more]
Aachen, Germany, from 30 September 2013 until 11 October 2013,
application closed on 12 May 2013 at 23:00 CEST (Application deadline has passed.)

Become wiser - use the fiber!

Type: BEST Course on Technology (Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering, Applied Sciences, Automotive Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Sciences, Computer Engineering, Computer Science/Automatic Control/Informatics, Control Engineering/Systems engineering, Electronic/Electrotechnical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mathematics, Optics/Optometry, Telecommunications/Electronics)
Participation requirements: Prior knowledge required (- Understanding of a Fourier transform - Basic signal treatment (modulation, sampling, bandwidth, etc) - Electromagnetic fields (polarization, etc.) - Optical networks)
Academic complexity: Advanced [Read more]
Brussels, Belgium, from 13 October 2013 until 19 October 2013,
application closed on 12 May 2013 at 23:00 CEST (Application deadline has passed.)

H.E.R.O. - Handle Emergencies of Rome's Operations

Type: BEST Course on Technology (Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering, Agronomics/Forestry, Applied Sciences, Architectural Engineering, Architecture, Automotive Engineering, Biological/Biotechnical/Gene Engineering, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry/Chemical Technology, Civil Engineering, Computational Sciences, Computer Engineering, Computer Science/Automatic Control/Informatics, Control Engineering/Systems engineering, Economics/Business Administration/Marketing, Electrical/Electromechanical Engineering, Electronic/Electrotechnical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Food Engineering, Geology, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Management, Machine & Instrument engineering/Design, Materials Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Medicine/Dental Medicine, Mining/Mineral Resources Engineering, Multimedia and Communication Design, Naval Architecture & Engineering, Optics/Optometry, Petroleum Engineering, Pharmacy, Physics/Physics Engineering, Power Engineering, Production Engineering/Management, Rural and Surveying Engineering, Telecommunications/Electronics, Territory Engineering, Textile Engineering & Technology, Transport Engineering, Veterinary Medicine)
Participation requirements: No prior knowledge required
Academic complexity: Basic [Read more]
Rome, Italy, from 15 October 2013 until 22 October 2013,
application closed on 12 May 2013 at 23:00 CEST (Application deadline has passed.)

Pursuit of Water : from the river to your home

Type: BEST Course on Technology (Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics/Physics Engineering, Power Engineering)
Participation requirements: Prior knowledge required (It is recommended to have some basics on fluid mechanics.)
Academic complexity: Basic [Read more]
Nancy, France, from 26 October 2013 until 2 November 2013,
application closed on 12 May 2013 at 23:00 CEST (Application deadline has passed.)

I like to move it, move it: Detect me!

Type: BEST Course on Technology (Biomedical Engineering, Computational Sciences, Computer Engineering, Computer Science/Automatic Control/Informatics, Control Engineering/Systems engineering, Electronic/Electrotechnical Engineering, Machine & Instrument engineering/Design, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Multimedia and Communication Design, Physics/Physics Engineering)
Participation requirements: Prior knowledge required (Participants are expected to have worked on machine learning or image and signal processing applications and to have good Matlab or C++/C# skills.)
Academic complexity: Advanced [Read more]
Athens, Greece, from 27 October 2013 until 3 November 2013,
application closed on 12 May 2013 at 23:00 CEST (Application deadline has passed.)

BEST Leisure events

You can be accepted to any number of the following activities.

Highlanders of Transylvania v2.0

Type: BEST Leisure Event
Brasov, Romania, from 7 September 2013 until 16 September 2013,
application closed on 12 May 2013 at 23:00 CEST (Application deadline has passed.)

beCRAZY vol.4ever in Blue

Type: BEST Leisure Event
Dalyan, TURKEY, from 21 September 2013 until 28 September 2013,
application closed on 12 May 2013 at 23:00 CEST (Application deadline has passed.)