summer school from 14 to 29 August 2024 at Bremen University and meantime courses 2024 year-round
The summer university Informatica Feminale has been developped at Bremen University and is organized since 1998 yearly in August or September. The course program is open for women students from all fields of studies and from all types of universities as well as for interested women in computing with any backgrounds.
Our archive gives an overview of the spectrum and activities of lecturers and participants along the schedules of the previous summer universities.
You will get more information about the steps to participate in the summer university. New participants will find answers to frequently asked questions:
> Informatica-Feminale-FAQ2024-en.pdf
From 14-29 August 2024 the 27th Informatica Feminale, the international Summer University for Women in Computing, will be held by University of Bremen.
Sponsoring Informatica Feminale at the University of Bremen provides opportunities
Every year 200-250 women students and professionals in Informatics / Computer Science and Engineering from national and international universities and colleges take part in the summer university at University of Bremen. With more than 25 years of experience the Informatica Feminale presents a successful forum for exchanging the latest ICT knowledge and networking internationally.
Companies with gender sensible organizational concepts and successful personal management strategies to promote women engineers to a broad spectrum of leading positions are invited to present their best practices to the participants of Informatica Feminale. Together with students, lecturers and women experts, we seek to discuss different perspectives.
Concurrently, we are offering multiple possibilities for sponsoring:
>Download sponsorship information
Join the summer universities with a technical course or recruiting presentations. Further proposals are welcome at any time.
We cordially invite you to support the Informatica Feminale.
For more details, please contact
Henrike Illig
phone: +49-(0)421-218-64467
email: if@informatica-feminale.de
Veronika Oechtering
Scientific director
Henrike Illig
Researcher
Student assistants
Amina Shabayeva
Alina Zander
Phone +49 (0)421 / 218 – 64469
Fax: +49 (0)421 / 218 – 98-64469
Email if@informatica-feminale.de
Postal address:
University of Bremen
Center of Excellence Women in Science and Technology
Department 3
P. O. Box 330440
D – 28334 Bremen
Germany
Delivery address:
University of Bremen
Center of Excellence Women in Science and Technology
Department 3
Bibliothekstraße 5, Haus MZH, Raum 1130
D – 28359 Bremen
Germany
https://www.informatica-feminale.de
Our lecturers are international, multi-lingual, highly motivated …
Most of our lecturers receive teaching assignments from the University of Bremen.
All who identify as women are welcome. We cordially invite women students of all disciplines, all terms and grades, of all types of colleges or universities as well as all women interested in computing and women professionals from all over the world!
In an environment at Bremen University, that provokes learning, you can work with commitment, get suggestions for your studies and accumulate current knowledge. You will experience professional studies and establish networks with women having manifold backgrounds.
Many of the courses correspond to regular semester courses (esp. concerning duration and requirements) and are accredited by the deans of studies at Bremen University. Therefore certificates and credit points can be gained.
For all courses of the Informatica Feminale the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (Informatics) issues confirmations of participation. For all courses of the Ingenieurinnen-Sommeruni the Departments of Engineering issue confirmations of participation.
There are several courses with the possibility to attain performance records or to obtain credit points in line with the European Credit Transfer System. The requirements for obtaining Credit Points will be determined by the lecturers and communicated to the course’s participants in advance. Some courses are very similar to regular semester courses; those that are accredited by the University of Bremen are marked in the program. Participants will have to apply for recognition of their achievements at their home universities themselves. On request individual confirmations can be issued, especially for educational leave of women from industry. More about “Bildungsurlaub” is explained in German on our web page Bildungsurlaub.
Hint for students of Bremen University
The University of Bremen will recognize all courses of the summer universities Informatica Feminale und Ingenieurinnen-Sommeruni as “General studies”. Additionally some of the courses are regular study part within the programs of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science – especially for Digital Media or Informatik Bachelor and Master. Others are regular study part within the programs of the Department of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering (Produktionstechnik) or within the programs of Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering. The courses are accepted for the summer semester 2024 or alternatively for the winter semester 2024/25. The amount of credit points are explained in each course description on this website.
For any questions please contact us via email or at our office:
University of Bremen, Informatica Feminale
Kompetenzzentrum Frauen in Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Building MZH Ebene 1
Veronika Oechtering (MZH 1120) and Henrike Illig (MZH 1130)
if@informatica-feminale.de
Meantime Courses
Participation in the meantime online program of the Informatica Feminale and the Ingenieurinnen-Sommeruni is free of charge.
Summer School Program on Place in Bremen in August 2024:
Students and unemployed are charged a one-time fee of 40 Euro for a participation of two weeks – regardless for which of the two summer universities Informatica Feminale or Ingenieurinnen-Sommeruni. The participation fee can be waived for those who support the conference office for approximately 4 hours. We also offer travel scholarships.
Employed women pay a fee of 40 Euro a day. Please contact us if you need special fees
If you wish to cancel your registration or registration for one of the courses, please contact us via e-mail, so that we can assign the places to other students. Please show your solidarity to other students and inform us in time, as many courses are highly requested.
Missing Fee for Meantime and Summer School Courses
If a participant registered for a course and doesn’t show up and didn’t cancel her participation at least 14 days in advance, she will be charged a fee of 40 Euro per course.
Re-funding of Fees for Meantime and Summer School Courses
Re-funding of participation fees for students or course fees for women, who paid per course day, will only be possible if cancellations are sent at least three weeks before the beginning of the first course (for students) or the specific course (others).
The cancelation must be send to the organizers of the summer university by email to
ifis-summerschools@uni-bremen.de
A variety of courses and seminars will be taught in English or in German or both English and German combined in such a way that all course information and material will be accessible to speakers of German and English. Some lecturers offer support in further languages during their course.
We require English or German language skills on such a level that participants are able to communicate and express themselves, understand complex and professional topics, and are able to fulfil assigned tasks in either English or German, depending on the course language. When registering for a course, please take notice of the language it is offered in.