VIU will offer a wide range of Intensive Graduate Activities in 2026.
Students and scholars from the member universities are encouraged to explore the programs on offer in 2026, and apply early to guarantee their place.
The programs are the outcome of intense collaboration among the universities and have been developed based on the mandate of the member universities through the VIU Academic Council.
There are three types of intensive graduate activity at VIU.
- VIU International PhD Academy
Interdisciplinary intensive programs on major societal challenges, with a parallel training program in transversal skills to prepare advanced PhDs for research careers in academia or in the private sector.
- VIU Graduate Seminars
Thematic intensive seminars, on a focused topic approached from a multidisciplinary perspective. The aim is to support early-career PhDs who are beginning their research and to facilitate interdepartmental cooperation. Significant cooperation among departments in the member universities is expected.
- VIU Summer/Spring Schools
VIU supports the development of VIU Summer Schools, which are intensive taught programs that are offered each year. They are addressed to students of varying levels; check each program brochure. The Schools are also open to applicants outside of the VIU membership.
PhD Academies
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Preventing and combating violence against women – the Istanbul Convention after EU accession |
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Glass: from Magma to the Windshield, Passing through Murano |
Graduate Seminars
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Zero Hunger’s Goal: the Global Challenge of a Sustainable and Quality Food for All
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Belief Change and Information Exchange: Current Trends in Epistemic Logic Call for applications: November 1, 2025 – January 20, 2026
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Mediterranean History and National Historiographies Call for applications: December 2, 2025– February 28, 2026
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Advanced Wireless Technologies for Enhancing the Radio Interface from 5G towards 6G Call for applications: December 2, 2025 – May 4, 2026
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International Law in the Age of AI and Cyber Call for applications: January 15 – June 25, 2026
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Winter, Spring and Summer Schools
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Digital Rights: Theory and Practice | 1st Edition Call for applications: closed
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Equipping Researchers with Skills, Strategies and Confidence for Science Communication |
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Organizing for Sustainable Futures: Micro and Macro-Institutional Conditions of Transformation |
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Summer Institute on Ageing Call for applications: January 15 - February 28, 2026 |
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Ethics and Health Care |
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Linguistic Landscapes: Using Signs and Symbols to Translate Cities | 4th Edition |
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Multiple Migrations and Transnationalism: Legal, Social, Linguistic and Educational Implications | 1st Edition
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Perverse Sheaves and their Categorification in Geometry and Representation Theory | 1st Edition Call for applications: December 2, 2025 – March 15, 2026
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Global Mental Health and Human Rights: Confronting 21st-Century Authoritarianism and Racial Supremacy | 3rd Edition |
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Videographic Criticism: Media, Spaces, and Ecologies | 1st Edition Call for applications: January 15 - March 31, 2026
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Films in Venice and Filming Venice |
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Learning from Conflict and Post-conflict Situations | 1st Edition Call for applications: tbd
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Exploring Nucleic Acids: from biophysics to molecular biology | 2nd Edition |
