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Gain hands-on experience and learn how to apply your programming skills in a variety of related fields.

Summer school courses about programming and coding

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Are you ready to unlock your coding potential? VU Amsterdam Summer School offers a unique opportunity to learn from industry experts and develop the skills you need to succeed in the digital age.

From Python and Java to data analysis using R, you'll gain hands-on experience and learn how to apply your programming skills in a variety of related fields.

All VU Amsterdam Summer School courses take place in July. Use the register now button to stay up to date.

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Courses

Data Analysis in R

With the increasing use of alternative software packages like R in data analysis, now is the time to learn their ins and outs

Statistical Methods for Causal Inference

This course introduces students to advanced statistical tools of causal inference for impact evaluation and policy analysis.

Logic as a Tool for Modelling

Discover how logic models reasoning, knowledge, categorisation and language, from social interaction to sentence structure.
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Causal and Agentic AI: Basics and Multidisciplinary Applications

head with nodes over a city Learn how to model human causal pathways as agentic AI.
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Critical Learning in the Age of AI

A woman is working on her laptop and is using a collaboration tool Explore how tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini shape your academic practice while challenging ideas of understanding, authorship, and integrity.

Who can enroll in a programming or computer science summer course at VU Amsterdam?

  • Advanced undergraduate students
  • Postgraduate students and researchers who want to deepen their expertise
  • Recent graduates looking to apply specific computer science skills to their field
  • International students seeking high-level courses taught fully in English

Please see the application and admissions page for information about how to enrol.

Are you interested in computer or information sciences?

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