For who

The LOT schools are meant for advanced students. This means that we are open to PhD students affiliated with one of the LOT institutes (insert link) or other research institutes in the world. Research master students (REMA)affiliated with one of the LOT institutes, and who have finished at least 2 semesters of their program before the start of the school are also welcome to participate. We regret that we cannot accomodate MA students affiliated to research institutes that are not affiliated with LOT. Faculty, such as post-docs, are welcome to join.
Masterclasses are open for PhD students only (see Schedule).

Registration

Registration for regular courses and accommodation opens October 17th and closes December 16th. You will find the registration form under ‘Registration’. If you don't fill out the accommodation part, we will expect you to arrange for accommodation yourself.

If you need to cancel your registration (via lot@uu.nl), make sure you do this before the cancellation deadline of 10 days before the start of your courses in order to cancel without costs!

Master classes are open for PhD students only. Registration will be based upon application; there is a maximum of 12 students per class. See under ‘Schedule’ for the application terms.

Costs

Admission is free for those PhD students and second year research master students (REMA) who are officially affiliated with one of the eight institutes that participate in LOT. Please check with your own institute first before signing up for the LOT school to verify whether you have been registered as a PhD student and school fees have been payed for you to LOT. Non-LOT students must pay the following tuition fee (accommodation not included):
  • One week: 175 euro
  • Two weeks: 300 euro

Lodging

Lodging or accommodation is free for those PhD students and REMA students who are officially affiliated with one of the eight institutes that participate in LOT, with exception of the weekend in between both weeks. (Friday January 13th and Saturday January 14th). Check with the coordinator of your institute in case of doubt of LOT membership.

For non-LOT students, lodging is not for free and not included in the participation fee.
See for more information on prices and location of accommodation below the Local Info.

Payment

After you have registrated for the LOT Summerschool, you will recieve a payment form in your email box in case you need to pay yourself (external PhD students). Your payment can only be dealt with via Credit Card: Master or Visa. Borrowing someone else's card is no problem and can be noted on the form. The payment form has to be signed and send to the LOT Secretary Office in Utrecht via scan / email or regular mail, which is noted on the form.

Make sure your payment is done before the deadline of registration (December 16th) to be sure of your participation!

Travel costs

Travel costs reimbursement terms for PhD students and REMA students affiliated with one of the eight LOT institutes:
a reimbursement form can be found HERE. Also, you must save your tickets. If you travel with an OV Chipcard, make sure you include an overview of your travel costs from: https://www.ov-chipkaart.nl/login. You may reimburse your LOTschool travel costs for up to 4 months after the school (20 May 2012), which means that any forms received after that date will not be considered.

Cancellation policy

Courses & accommodation

Courses can be cancelled and changed up to 1 week before the start of the course.

Accomodation can be cancelled for free until 10 days before the start of your reservation.

Registration: if you need to cancel your registration completely, make sure you do this at least 10 days before the start of your courses in order to get your fee refunded.

Certificate

Participants who have attended a minimum of four out of five sessions can receive a certificate for that course. On the registration form it is requested whether you want to receive certificates or not. During each course an attendance sheet will circulate. Please sign this each session of the course, because otherwise you won’t receive the certificate. Certificates will be sent to you within 6 weeks after the school ends, from the LOT secretary Office in Utrecht via email.

Credits

Participants receive a certificate which is worth 40 LOT credits (equal to 20 study hours) when they have attended a minimum of four sessions for each course. Your own university will decide how many ECTS credits you will receive for this number of study hours. The LOT guideline is that Master students affiliated with one of the LOT institutes can earn 10 ECTS from their university by participating in four courses (over two weeks), and writing one extensive research paper (about 20 pages). More information can be found here.