Build a unique summer
Summer 2027
Explore each session to learn more about the features and courses.
How do you build your summer with DIS?
A summer session is a study period offered with varying durations and credit loads. For instance, some sessions are 3 weeks long and provide 3 credits, while others are 6 weeks long and offer 6 credits. These sessions can be held in various locations, including Copenhagen, Stockholm, or Greenland.
Choose one course per session. Get the most out of your summer by staying for multiple sessions. Here are a few ways to combine them.
Experience new ways of learning in small classes with highly skilled and engaged faculty. Use the city as your classroom and gain a greater understanding of the world.
+ Pursue your academic goals
+ Experience two Scandinavian capitals
+ Develop your skills and build your resumé
+ Engage with new cultures through place-based learning
Explore summer scholarships
We want to help you make your summer abroad happen, which is why DIS offers summer scholarships. We also recommend external scholarships such as the Gilman Scholarship, Fund for Education Abroad, and more.
How will you spend your summer?
Make the city your classroom
DIS courses bring you outside the classroom with Field Studies—exploring the city, meeting experts, and gaining firsthand insights into your course topics.
Visit startups in the Swedish tech scene, explore Danish design history at architectural sites, and get to know each city through an academic lens.
Experience summer in Scandinavia
Summer is a special time in Scandinavia, where locals flock outside to enjoy the seemingly endless daylight and the numerous festivals and events.
You can make yourself at home in each city, swimming in the Copenhagen canals, exploring Stockholm’s archipelago, and joining in midsummer traditions.
Explore Europe on Study Tour
Travel to a different European destination on a faculty-led Study Tour to see your course topic in real-life contexts in a new culture.
Study Tour is included in all courses under Session 2, Architecture & Design Session, Furniture Design Sessions, and select courses in Labs, Research, & Practicums Session.
Studying in both Stockholm and Copenhagen?
Transportation between sessions
If you choose multiple Summer Sessions in both Stockholm and Copenhagen, DIS provides transportation between the cities at the end of your session. The bus ride includes stops for sightseeing, lunch, and a chance to connect with fellow students on the same journey.
You may also arrange your own travel if you prefer. Check-in at your new housing starts on Arrival Day.
Curious about where you will live?
Arctic Experiential Studies: Greenland
Summer 2027 – 6 weeks | 6 credits
The Arctic sits at the center of today’s major global challenges, including climate change and rising geopolitical tensions. Greenland offers a rare and powerful lens through which to explore these dynamics.
This fully funded, six-week summer session takes you beyond the classroom and into one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable regions. With time spent in both Copenhagen and Greenland, you’ll explore the Arctic through hands-on fieldwork, transdisciplinary courses, and deep cultural engagement.
Designed for students with a strong sense of purpose, this program combines academic rigor with embodied learning and a commitment to reciprocity with Greenlandic communities.
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When endings lead to new beginnings
Sophia discusses her summer session in Stockholm, her Study Tour to Dublin, and how she spent her free time. As her time abroad comes to end, she leaves us with…
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Taking the leap
After a summer session in Copenhagen, Mace looks back on their time abroad, sharing highlights from their Session 2 course, Applied Psychotherapy, and their Study Tour in Zurich. They also…
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What it’s really like to study in Greenland for a month
Camille is in the inaugural Arctic Experiential Studies cohort this Summer 2026. Spending two weeks in Copenhagen and four weeks in Greenland, the group is studying Greenland from multiple perspectives:…
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Falling into place: Lessons from Stockholm to Venice
After a summer session in Stockholm and a Study Tour in Venice, Ruth looks back on what she learned abroad: her rose, bud, and thorn. She shares highlights from her…
