Summer School “Ecology and Climate Change”

River in Costa Rica


10-21 August 2026
Apply before 1 June 2026
Study language: English
Study location: Joensuu / Finland
Tuition fee: €550 per programme (free for UEF students, half price for selected Partner Universities)
Official website https://apply.summerschool.uef.fi/courses/browse (please apply through there)

For us, water and forest belong together.

In this summer school, we aim to combine fun, fieldwork, labs, lecture halls, and computing to understand how climate change, forests, and humans interact. We will focus on Finland and Latin America (and a little bit of other regions as well) and select a group of high-level teachers from around the world.

What you can learn:

Hydrology: We have high-class hydrologists who will teach the principles and basics of the modelling. How will hydrology change with climate change.

Forest Water Links: How does land use and forest management affect water quality? How can we manage land to improve streams.

Management: How