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Place: Budapest, Hungary Dates: 28 August 2016 to 4 September 2016 Season: autumn16 Organised by: BEST Group Budapest	Type: BEST Course on Technology Fee: 32.0 euro. Convert to BGN Bulgaria Leva HRK Croatia Kuna CSK Czech Republic Koruna EUR Euro DKK Denmark Kroner EEK Estonia Kroon HUF Hungary Forint ISK Iceland Kronur LVL Latvia Lat LTL Lithuania Litas MKD Macedonia (FYR) Denar NOK Norway Kroner PLZ Poland Zloty RON Romania Leu RSD Serbia Dinar RUR Russia Rubles SKK Slovakia Koruna SEK Sweden Krona CHF Switzerland Francs TRL Turkey Liras UAH Ukraine Hryvna GBP United Kingdom Pounds USD United States Dollars Depending on the country of your university, the amount of fee can be lower. [Read more] Application until: 15 May 2016 at 23:00 CEST Application deadline has passed.
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Participation requirements: No prior knowledge required Academic complexity: Basic [Read more] Working time: 24 hours (estimated)

General description

Are you concerned about the environment and the pollution we face nowadays?

Do you want an insight into the future of sustainable development?

Would you like to know what Hungary has to tell you about the electrical transportation industry?

Are you curious about what can be done for sustainability in an awesome city like Budapest?

Are you feeling hyped?

Then hop on your bike, take your pump trolley and catch our electricity driven train departing on the 28th of August! Join our journey to explore humanity’s chances of long-term survival with your companions from all around the continent. Make sure you don’t miss this chance to make new friends in just one week! Our organisers will guide you through several aspects of nature-friendly technological development! Finish your summer with the greatest no-waste-producing parties (we’ll do the cleanups) in Budapest, laying in the cradle of Carpathians in the heart of Europe.

Experience our capital to its fullest! Taste palinka! Try our delicious traditional dishes, visit the Hungarian Parliament Building and the siamese twin cities of Buda and Pest.

Academic information

• Fields of activity: Applied Sciences , Biological/Biotechnical/Gene Engineering , Biology , Biomedical Engineering , Chemical Engineering , Chemistry/Chemical Technology , Economics/Business Administration/Marketing , Environmental Engineering , Petroleum Engineering , Pharmacy , Physics/Physics Engineering , Power Engineering , Production Engineering/Management , Rural and Surveying Engineering , Territory Engineering , Transport Engineering
• Content and topics: Current topics on technologies for sustainability
• Learning goals and objectives: Gain an overview on current endeavours and possibilites for sustainable development, practice working in international team
• Examination type: Presentation of groupwork
• Number of ECTS credits issued: Not known yet [Read more]

Information for applicants

• Selection criteria for participants: Motivation and interest on the topic shown in application letter and questions

Practical arrangements

All of these are covered by the event fee.

• Lodging during the event: Hostel rooms
• Food during the event: Three times per day, at least one of them is hot meal
• Transportation during the event: Public transportation, walking

More information

For more information about this event, check out the following links (these links lead to outside this website - if they turn out to be unavailable, please try again later):

• Event website: http://best-budapest.hu/AC2016
• Event schedule: http://best-budapest.hu/AC2016/schedule-ac2016.pdf
• Event survival guide: http://best-budapest.hu/AC2016/AC16preSG.pdf