INTERNATIONAL

SUMMER SCHOOL – POLETNA ŠOLA – CORSI UNIVERSITARI ESTIVI – LJETNA ŠKOLA – SCUELE DI ISTÂT BOVEC 2026

Become part of the lively multilingualism of the Summer School Bovec and experience the linguistic and cultural diversity of the Alps-Adriatic region!

General Topic 2025

For details about the application process, programme schedule and more attend our online Info Sessions.

Online Info Session: Bovec Summer School highlights & scholarships 19.11.2025, 14:00–15:00

Online Info Session: Bovec Summer School highlights & scholarships 20.01.2026, 14:00–15:00

Programme

The Summer School Bovec 2026 preliminary schedule will be published soon!

For your information, please view the Summer School Bovec 2025 Programme

Intensive language courses

German for beginners
German for advanced learners
Slovenian for beginners
Slovenian for advanced learners
Italian for beginners
Italian for advanced learners
Croatian for beginners
Croatian for advanced learners
Friulian for beginners

Workshops on the 2026 general topic

Excursions

Language café & language swap

Film, music, games & literary evenings

Upon successful completion of the Summer School, participants will be awarded 3 ECTS credits points.

Accommodation

Hotel Alp, Bovec/Slovenia

Hotel website: http://hotel-alp-bovec.com/en/

full board
double room (to encourage language swap)

For more information about the location please visit the Soča Valley/City of Bovec tourism website.

Costs

Students from partner universities

Information on deadline, costs and scholarships are provided directly by the university of reference. Please contact the refence person indicated in the APPLICATION section below.

Students from Austrian universities and other Higher Education institutions

For information on costs and scholarships please refer to the German language website.

Application

Applicants must fulfil the following prerequisites:

be regularly enrolled at one of the partner universities in Slovenia, Italy, Croatia or at Austrian universities or other Austrian Higher Education institutions.
actively take examinations (at least 8 ECTS credits in WS 2025/26, or at least 5 ECTS credits on average in the last three semesters) or actively conducting research (PhD/Doctorate)
have a good knowledge of one of the Summer School languages: Slovene, Italian, Croatian, German and/or Friulan, and an interest in learning or improving on another of these languages during the Summer School.

Application process for students from partner universities:

Please get in touch with the contact person listed:

- Univerza v Ljubljani-Filozofska fakulteta, ga. Anja Golec: Golec [at] ff [dot] uni-lj [dot] si
- Univerza na Primorskem, Prof. Dr. David Bizjak: david [dot] bizjak [at] fhs [dot] upr [dot] si
- Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci, Associate Professor Željka Macan, PhD: zmacan [at] ffri [dot] uniri [dot] hr
- Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci, Tanja Diklić, lector: tanja [dot] diklic [at] ffri [dot] uniri [dot] hr
- Filozofski fakultet u Osijeku, univ.-doc. dr. Stephanie Jug: sjug [at] ffos [dot] hr
- Università degli Studi di Trieste, dott.ssa Elisa Domenis: elisa [dot] domenis [at] amm [dot] units [dot] it
- Università degli Studi di Udine, Sig.ra Cristina Protto: cristina [dot] protto [at] uniud [dot] it

Application process for students from Austrian universities and other Higher Education institutions:

Fill out and sign the APPLICATION FORM, which you can find on the German language website and send it together with the required documents to: summerschool [dot] bovec [at] aau [dot] at

Academic Director: Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Cristina Beretta, MA

Kindly supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Women, Science and Research

Contact & information

Dott.mag. Fiorenza Ninin

summerschool [dot] bovec [at] aau [dot] at

+43 463 2700 9255

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Summer School Bovec 2025 media coverage:

„Zdelo se jim je, da podoživljajo nekdanjo Avstro-Ogrsko“, Primorski Dnevnik, 24.09.2025 (Newspaper Reportage, slovenščino). Reportage by Gabriel Milic, Summer School Bovec 2025 participant

„Morski Val 28.07.2025“, Intervista con Cristina Beretta, Fiorenza Ninin e Luka Lončar, Radio Rai Furlanija Julijska krajina, 28.07.2025, URL: https://www.raiplaysound.it/audio/2025/07/Morski-val-del-28072025-d689b683-a176-4390-afd8-927cf516ef0f.html (Radio Podcast, slovenščino)

„Zaključena Poletna šola Bovec 2025“, Spletni strani Občine Bovec, 28. 07. 2025, URL: https://obcina.bovec.si/objava/1140148 (Internet article, slovenščino)

„Poletna šola Bovec 2025“, Interview mit Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cristina Beretta und Dott.mag. Fiorenza Ninin, Radio Agora, Sendetermin | Čas oddajanja: 25.7.2025 14:30; Oblikovanje / Gestaltung: Jaka Novak, URL: https://www.agora.at/news/detail/poletna-shola-bovec-2025 (Radio Podcast, slovenščino & Deutsch)

„Avenâl 24.07.2025 Scuele d’Istât a Bovec“, Intervista con Cristina Beretta e Fiorenza Ninin, Radio Onde Furlane, 24.07.2025, URL: https://radioondefurlane.eu/pontadis/avenal-24-07-2025-summer-school-sant-zorz/ (Radio, italiano & furlan)

„Večjezični čezmejni prostor zaživel”, Interview mit Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cristina Beretta, Dott.mag. Fiorenza Ninin und Mag.Dr. Nataša Hribar PhD, ORF Volksgruppen/Slovenci, 22.07.2025, ob 13.32, URL: https://volksgruppen.orf.at/slovenci/stories/3314549/ (Radio und Internet article, Deutsch & slovenščino)

„Studenti di sette atenei dell´Alpe Adria a lezione di identita´ e memoria europea“, Il Piccolo, 18.07.2025 (Newspaper article, italiano)

„Poletna šola čelovske univerze tudi v Gorici“, Primorski Dnevnik, 17.07.2025 (Newspaper article, slovenščino)

„Gli studenti dell´Alpe Adria nelle universita´ del Friuli“, Il Gazzettino, 16.07.2025 (Newspaper article, italiano)

„Bovec Summer School“, Il Piccolo, 16.07.2025 (Newspaper article, italiano)

„Gli atenei di Udine e Trieste sperimentano i valori europei grazie a GO2025“, News-Portal Friulisera, 15. 07. 2025, URL: https://friulisera.it/gli-atenei-di-udine-e-trieste-sperimentano-i-valori-europei-grazie-a-go-2025/(Internet article, italiano)

„GO2025 Le universita´di Udine e Trieste sperimentano e promuovono i valori europei“, News-Portal Nordest News, 15. 07. 2025, URL: https://www.nordestnews.it/2025/07/15/go2025-le-universita-di-trieste-e-di-udine-promuovono-e-sperimentano-i-valori-europei (Internet article, italiano)

Posredovati zelimo samozavest“, Interview with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cristina Beretta, ORF Volksgruppen/Slovenci, 25.04.2025, ob 12.30, URL: https://volksgruppen.orf.at/slovenci/stories/3302673/ (Radio and internet interview, German and Slovenian)