Co-design Better Urban Living and Well-being Summer School

Do you want to learn more about innovative solutions for environmental challenges? Are you interested in how to combine urban living with nature and well-being? Do you want to know more about planetary health?

Welcome to our summer school Co-design Better Urban Living and Well-being – Planetary Health, which is aimed for students interested in environmental issues with either technical, business, design, social, communications or healthcare background. Multidisciplinary and international summer school focuses on themes related to planetary health. During the summer school,  you will learn how human health and the health of the planet are closely connected and what can be done to protect and enhance both.

This summer school is arranged in collaboration between all academic bodies operating in Lahti, including LAB University of Applied Sciences, LUT University, University of Helsinki, and Lahti University Campus. City of Lahti. In addition,  Päijät-Häme Joint Authority for Health and Wellbeing are also strongly involved.

Summer School is coordinated  by LAB University of Applied Science and Lahti University Campus.

When?

Summer school will be organized on May 26 – June 6, 2025 on site in Lahti City.. Compulsory online session annouced later.

Summer school starts 26th of May at 10, Niemenkatu 73, Lahti, Aalto auditorium

Enrollment period 1st of Feb to 15th of April. All students will get more information and a pre-assignment after 15th of April. We take a maximum of 80 students to the summer school. We may not be able to accept all applicants.

ERASMUS+ BIP 

The course will be arranged as an Erasmus+ BIP. 
Please check with your home university’s International office if you are eligible and how to apply the grant.

Topics of the summer school

Some examples of the topics:

• Our impact on the environment
• The impact of environmental changes on our health
• Achieving sustainable lifestyles
• Delivering successful consultancy presentation
• Service design

This international summer school is aimed for both Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students with either technical, business, design, social, communications or healthcare background. All students are welcome! Please notice that we are taking max 80 students to course.

Please use in the final outputs and guidebook this Sustainable Horizons visualization (you will get them from the tutor teacher).

This Summer School project challenge is from the Sustainable Horizons project, funded by European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation funding project.

Credits

The 2-week intensive study program consists of online pre-days, and two weeks course on campus. Study methods are teamwork, lectures, excursions, presentations and workshops. 

• After registration, a mandatory pre-assignment will be sent to all registrants.
• Before the physical course, there is a mandatory online session (the date will be announced later).
• The physical part of the summer school starts on May 26 at 10 (Finnish time).

International Experience, Finnish Summer

We will have staff and students coming from 10 – 20 different countries. The social programme offers the opportunity to experience Finnish summer and culture with activities, such as sauna bathing and swimming in the lake. The midnight sun guarantees 24 hours of daylight!

Fee and accommodation

No fee.
Accommodation and travel to and from Lahti will be arranged and covered by participants. 

Come and experience the international feeling in this summer school!

More information

Kaisa Vuorivirta, Lahti University Campus

kaisa.vuorivirta@lahdenyliopistokampus.fi

+358 29 412 0200

Useful links

Visit Lahti

This is Finland

Lahti European Green Capital 2021

LAB University of Applied Sciences

LUT University

University of Helsinki

Lahti University Campus