Overview
The international ICT Summer School gives you an excellent opportunity to enhance your knowledge on different areas of information and communication technology, and at the same time explore Finland, meet new people, and expand your network internationally.
The annual ICT Summer School will be held August 5-23, 2019 (preliminary information).
ICT Summer School Programme
Summer School programme consists of several intensive courses (3-5 ECTS credits). You can participate in one or more courses. The course offering varies every year. You can find the programme 2018 in the table below for reference. Programme for August 2019 will be published in April.
Programme 2018:
| Course name and ECTS (link to course description) | Time | Max. participants | Teacher |
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6 - 10 August |
30 | Dr. Aamir Khokhar, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland, UK | |
|
6 - 10 August |
24 | Prof. Dr. Norbert Jung, University of Applied Sciences, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany | |
| 6 - 17 August Mon - Fri 09:00-13:00 |
50 | Prof. Dr. Manfred Jungke, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
|
|
6 - 10 August |
24 | Prof. Dr. Hiroyuki Aoki, National Institute of Technology, Tokyo College, Japan | |
|
Introduction to Augmented Reality App Development for Android using ARCore (3 ECTS) |
6 - 10 August Mon - Fri 13:00-17:00 |
30 | Prof. Dr. Ansgar Gerlicher, Stuttgart Media University, Stuttgart, Germany |
|
Calibration of Measurement Devices and Data Evaluation (3 ECTS) |
6 - 10 August Mon - Fri 17:00-21:00 |
24 | Prof. Dr. Jörg Hoffmann & Mr. Werner Trentmann, Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
|
13 - 17 August |
24 | Dr. Shinji Chiba, National Institute of Technology, Sendai College, Japan | |
|
13 - 17 August |
24 | Gerke de Boer, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Holland | |
|
Introduction to Japanese Language & Culture (3 ECTS) |
13 - 17 August Mon - Fri 13:00-17:00 |
30 | Prof. Takeda Tsunemi, National Institute of Technology, Tokyo College, Japan |
| Introduction to Back-End Server Application Development using JEE (3 ECTS) |
13 - 17 August |
30 | Prof. Marcio Fuckner, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Holland |
| 13 - 17 August Mon - Fri 13:00-17:00 |
30 | Prof. Andre Suidman, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Holland | |
| 13 - 17 August Mon - Fri 13:00-17:00 |
24 | Prof. Dr. Hiroyuki Aoki and Prof. Dr. Akihiro Yamashita, National Institute of Technology, Tokyo College, Japan | |
| 13 - 17 August Mon - Fri 17:00 - 21:00 |
50 | Prof. Hideyuki Kobayashi, National Institute of Technology, Sendai College, Japan | |
|
Introduction to Japanese Language & Culture (3 ECTS) |
20 - 24 August Mon - Fri 17:00-21:00 |
30 | Prof. Takeda Tsunemi, National Institute of Technology, Tokyo College, Japan |
|
Introduction to the Internet of Things Using Raspberry Pi and AWS IoT (3 ECTS) |
20 - 24 August Mon - Fri 17:00-21:00 |
24 | Xing Liu, Ph.D., Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada |
|
Hydraulic Network Modeling Using R and EPANET (3 ECTS)
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20 - 24 August Mon - Fri 17:00-21:00 |
30 | Theodore G. Cleveland, Ph.D., P.E., M. ASCE, F. EWRI, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas Tech University |
Campus
ICT Summer School courses are held in Metropolia Leppävaara campus in the city of Espoo. The campus address is Vanha maantie 6, 02650 Espoo.
Location
Registration for the courses
Registration for the ICT Summer School courses starts in May 2019. Registration method depends on your background:
1. Metropolia degree students
- Enrol for the courses in OMA
- Courses are a free of charge for Metropolia degree students.
2. Students from foreign Partner Institutions
- Enrolment by email: tiina.piipponen(at)metropolia.fi
- Enrolments for the courses are accepted on a first come, first served basis.
- Check the list of Partner Institutions
3. Students from 3AMK partner schools: Laurea UAS and Haaga-Helia UAS
- Courses are a free of charge for Laurea and Haaga-Helia students.
- Each course has a certain amount of places reserved for Haaga-Helia and Laurea students.
- Enrolments for the courses are accepted on a first come, first served basis.
- 3AMK enrolment instructions
4. Students that do not study in Metropolia or any partner institution ( = Open University students)
- Students that do not study in Metropolia or any partner institution can enrol for Summer School courses through Metropolia Open UAS.
- Summer School courses are a part of the Open UAS Autumn offering and will be published on the Open UAS website. Please follow the Open UAS website for more information and enrolment instructions. Open UAS study fee is 15 euros/1 credit.
- Each course has a certain amount of places reserved for Open UAS students.
- Enrolments for the courses are accepted on a first come, first served basis.
- Open university contact information: avoinamk(at)metropolia.fi
Contact information
ICT Summer School is organized by Information and Communication Technology Degree Programme.
General questions related to ICT Summer School, please contact programme coordinator, Mira Myllärinen, mira.myllarinen(at)metropolia.fi
Interested in teaching in ICT Summer School?
We are constantly looking for new teachers with their favorite topics to join our team of ICT Summer School teachers. If you are interested to hear more about opportunities, do not hesitate to contact the Head of ICT Summer School, Dr. Antti Piironen, antti.piironen(at)metropolia.fi.
This is a lifetime experience - make the most of it!
Welcome to Leppävaara campus!
ICT Summer School is organized in Leppävaara campus in the city of Espoo.
Visit Espoo website introduces you to Leppävaara area and Espoo in general.
How to get to Leppävaara campus
The campus is close to the Leppävaara train station and easy to reach from Helsinki. Journey Planner will find you the best the public transportation connections from point A to point B in Helsinki region. Visiting students from partner universities are entitled to student discount.
Discover Helsinki!
The city center of Helsinki is only 15-20 minutes train journey away from Leppävaara. Find out all you can do in Helsinki:
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Visit Finland tells you all about Finland, its pleasantly warm summers and the midnight sun.
Interested in teaching in ICT Summer School?
We are constantly looking for new teachers with their favorite topics to join our team of ICT Summer School teachers.
If you are interested to hear more about opportunities, do not hesitate to contact the Head of ICT Summer School, Dr. Antti Piironen, antti.piironen(at)metropolia.fi.