Integrated Blended Intensive Courses organized by the three universities from UP University Consortium (Oulu UAS, Vasile Alecsandei University of Bacāu and IMC Krems UAS).
3 COURSES
The course is based on human-centered design and testing business ideas with experiments.
Course 1 Community learning and exploration (5 ECTS)
Basics of Human-Centred Design Learning the principles and methods for exploring community needs.
Date: 3-7.02.2025
Finland
Course 2 Creative confidence and solutions (5 ECTS)
Developing Creative Confidence Gain the skills to develop tangible concepts and test them within communities
Date: 2-6.06.2025
Romania
Course 3 Entrepreneurship and catalyzing the change (5 ECTS)
Learn how to build businesses based on previously developed concepts. Understand how to catalyze change and why creating a positive impact is our ultimate goal.
Date: mid-October 2025 (exact dates will follow soon)
Austria
This program aims to empower participants to learn how to drive meaningful change in their personal and professional life and also in the lifes of their communities.
INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING?
If you are interested to join one or several courses of 3 UP BIPs, get in touch with the contact person of your university.
University of Bacau: Gabriel Mares mares.gabriel@ub.ro
IBM Krems UAS : Manfred Pferzinger manfred.pferzinger@imc.ac.at
Oamk UAS Ulla-Maija Törmälä ulla-maija.tormala@oamk.fi
If you are a student or a staff member from an other university of the UP University, ask your own international office for the opportunity to join one or several of the courses or send a message to Ulla-Maija. These courses are co-funded by Erasmus+Programme of the European Union. As a participating student / staff member you could get scholarship for the expences of the course from Eramsus+.
Flyer
This interactive webinar consists of 2 sessions.
SESSION 1: 04.11.2025 15:00-16:45 CET
SESSION 2: 18.11.2025 15:00-16:45 CET
Every classroom is composed by differing social structures and dynamics. The students’ skills to cope with the challenges of the current world might also vary. During this early stage of adulthood when entering university studies, unexpected challenges might occur. Students might face internal factors that cause crisis, such as sudden illness of themselves or a student colleague, teacher or even a close relative. In addition, other factors such as pressure from the ever-increasing digitalisation and social media, new social structures and situations, and the years of studying might be challenging because of the forthcoming exams, new environments to be explored and roles to be taken. Due to these reasons the pressure to cope with the studies might become overwhelming and motivation to study decrease.
As these life events or situations occur, sometimes unexpectedly, it is only human that these unforeseen situations or maybe crisis may emerge. During this webinar series we will focus on unexpected events and crisis, which needs actions or adaptations from the teacher to manage and support the individual students as well as the whole community of classroom.
Amid crisis, the responsibility of making the classroom environment safe and encouraging space often falls on the teachers. However, teachers are not supernatural humans, and need support and skills to cope with the professional burden it might cause and a possibility to improve their crisis leadership skills. Questions that we will be learning and discussing include aspects such as; what approaches should we use when encountering crisis in the classroom, what are the resources teachers can refer to, and how can we build resilience among our students, and take care of our own well-being.
Flyer
This interactive webinar consists of 2 sessions.
SESSION 1: 04.11.2025 15:00-16:45 CET
SESSION 2: 18.11.2025 15:00-16:45 CET
Every classroom is composed by differing social structures and dynamics. The students’ skills to cope with the challenges of the current world might also vary. During this early stage of adulthood when entering university studies, unexpected challenges might occur. Students might face internal factors that cause crisis, such as sudden illness of themselves or a student colleague, teacher or even a close relative. In addition, other factors such as pressure from the ever-increasing digitalisation and social media, new social structures and situations, and the years of studying might be challenging because of the forthcoming exams, new environments to be explored and roles to be taken. Due to these reasons the pressure to cope with the studies might become overwhelming and motivation to study decrease.
As these life events or situations occur, sometimes unexpectedly, it is only human that these unforeseen situations or maybe crisis may emerge. During this webinar series we will focus on unexpected events and crisis, which needs actions or adaptations from the teacher to manage and support the individual students as well as the whole community of classroom.
Amid crisis, the responsibility of making the classroom environment safe and encouraging space often falls on the teachers. However, teachers are not supernatural humans, and need support and skills to cope with the professional burden it might cause and a possibility to improve their crisis leadership skills. Questions that we will be learning and discussing include aspects such as; what approaches should we use when encountering crisis in the classroom, what are the resources teachers can refer to, and how can we build resilience among our students, and take care of our own well-being.
Flyer
We are pleased to present the new program for the ZHAW International Winter School 2026.
The Winter School offers study opportunities for approx.150 international students in five different interprofessional courses. Participants can choose from a variety of on-site and online courses in English or German.
What can Winter School participants expect?
Future health professionals and social workers gain new competences in dealing with complex and challenging interprofessional situations and learn how to collaborate efficiently.
Students participate in role-play activities, study visits, group projects and interactive lectures. They learn about working together in interprofessional teams, in different health and social systems and with clients and professionals from different cultures.
When?
5 January 2026 – 30 January 2026 all-day
Where?
ZHAW School of Health Sciences
Winterthur
Switzerland
Who can participate?
We welcome international future health and social work professionals to join the approx. 500 ZHAW BSc students in their third year of study in the fields of midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, health promotion and prevention, and social work.
Courses are primarily aimed at the bachelor level, but master level students are equally welcome to participate. Because some practical experience is required, participants must be at least in the second year of their BSc programme.
In which languages are the courses held? And which language level is required?
Some of the courses are held in English and some in German. Please check in the course details below if your chosen course is available in your preferred language. To attend a course, a B1-B2 language level is required.
How many credits can be gained and how much involvement is required?
For each course, students will gain 2 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credits subject to 50-60 hours of student work. Preparatory assignment, full-time attendance during the five course days and a successful end-of-week assessment are required. Participants can book one full-time course per week. All courses take place from Monday to Friday 08:00 – 17:00 Central European Time (CET) unless otherwise stated. Students will get a certificate after fulltime course attendance and successful completion of the course assignment(s).
In which format do courses take place?
Most courses will be held on campus in Winterthur. One course will be taught in an online format.
- On campus courses will require full-time presence in Winterthur.
- The online course does not require physical presence in Winterthur and can be taken from anywhere in the world. The course also requires full-time presence (please be aware of time zone differences; all time information refers to CET).
What are the course fees?
The course fee is CHF 50.00 (approx. EUR 50.00) per full-time course.
The total amount will be charged after registration with the course confirmation via the International Office (payment by Visa/Mastercard).
Please note that this fee does not include meals, accommodation, travel/visa costs, insurance or other personal expenses.
Contact
International Relations
0589344088
Did we spark your interest? All courses are now open for registration for students of health professions and social work. You and your students will find the new program and all necessary information on our website.
Partner universities
Please note that a limited number of places will be reserved for students from each of our partner universities until 30 September 2025. Your students can directly register via our website.
Please note that the online payment needs to be completed as part of the registration process.
Please be aware that courses have limited capacity, and some of them rely on a good mix of different health and social care professionals to deliver the desired benefit. We will do our best to accommodate each student’s first choice, but in some cases, we might ask them to choose an alternative option.
Please do not hesitate to contact us under international.gesundheit@zhaw.ch with any questions you may have. We are happy to help!
We are looking forward to welcoming your students and experiencing an unforgettable and inspiring International Winter School 2026.
DiSIBIP COURSE (organised parallel tot the Staff Conference that takes places from 22-24 April 2026)
The Diversity and Social Inclusion program aims to increase awareness of social inequalities in diverse contemporary societies by training future educators, healthcare professionals, and social workers using a cultural competence model with blended learning. The program addresses how cultural differences become problematic when viewed through power dynamics between majority and minority groups, leading to marginalization, and how socio-economic disparities connect to health inequalities and limited access to services.
Since these future professionals will work to bridge social gaps, their training emphasizes developing socio-cultural sensitivity, intercultural communication, and cooperation skills to better serve vulnerable populations who are often excluded from dominant institutional discourse.
This DiSIBIP course Participation will be worth 3 ECTS.
It will be led by experienced tutors during 5 days and will be organized parallel to the COHEHRE Conference which will take place on 22-24 April 2026.
The conference will be hosted by Universidade Católica Portuguesa Porto, Portugal.
Find out more about our host: Universidade Católica Portuguesa Porto
Enjoy their introduction: Universidade Católica Portuguesa no Porto | Shaping the Future 2025
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Explore, dream and discover Portugal.
DATE & PLACE
20-24 April 2026
Universidade Católica Portuguesa | Porto
Porto, Portugal
STUDENT NOMINATIONS
Nominations: Via your international office. After confirmation of your nomination, you will be invited to register and pay.
Cost: €75 for all lunches
No tuition fee: The BIP is co-funded by Erasmus+
Included in the registration: All lunches, social dinner, field work, local transport, network lunch, registration network conference, reception conference, closing, …
Housing in Porto: Numerous possiblities in hotels, hostels, AirBnB….
We invite to apply for a maximum of 5 mobility grants for student delegations from your institution for this DiSIBIP (Diversity and Social Inclusion) course.
Coordinators are invited to submit the nominated students (max. 5/institution) here.
Only coordinators are permitted to submit these nominations, not students.
MORE INFORMATION
More information on the programme, methodology, goals & learning outcomes and accreditation, as well as practical information (fee, travel…) will follow soon.
‘A unique opportunity for students to listen,
discuss and debate the issues around inclusion of
the most vulnerable group of people in our societies.’
COHEHRE conference 2026 – Porto
Staff Conference: April 22nd – 24th 2026
Student Conference: April 20th -24th 2026
More info will follow soon.
Keep an eye on our LinkedIn (COHEHRE) page and Facebook (COHEHRE Consortium) page to stay updated on the latest news!