Are you a student, postdoc researcher, university lecturer, doctor or technician at Eindhoven University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research, Utrecht University and/or University Medical Center Utrecht? And do you want to collaborate with professionals from other disciplines? Then i4PH’s educational programme has been developed for people like you. Integral thinking and effective cooperation with other disciplines are paramount in this programme.

TU Eindhoven, Wageningen University & Research, Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht are preparing their students and professionals for the future. They will increasingly be called upon to solve complex challenges in our society. This partnership brings together students from different institutions and disciplines.

Academics of the future

The academics of the future are learning to combine disciplinary knowledge and expertise with a broad range of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary knowledge and skills. This enables them to work and communicate with colleagues from other disciplines and with partners outside academia in complex and diverse contexts.

Innovative educational and didactic concepts

Together, the institutions create innovative educational programmes to engage students and professionals in shaping the future and tackling major societal challenges in the areas of energy, health, circular economy and nutrition. The alliance is committed to new forms of education, such as Challenge Based Learning. In this context, students from the various institutions and from different disciplines work together on existing social issues.

Mobility and flexibility

The four institutions promote student and staff exchanges for the purpose of multi, inter and transdisciplinary education. The ambition is to break down organisational barriers in various educational projects, stimulating knowledge exchange and increasing opportunities for collaboration. Students of Eindhoven University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research or Utrecht University can use the EduXchange platform to take courses at any of those institutions. The platform removes administrative barriers, so the students themselves can enrol in a straightforward way.

Preventive health

For all Bachelor, Master and PhD students at the Eindhoven University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research, Utrecht University and Utrecht University Medical Centre we offer subjects and courses on preventive health. One of these is the Student Challenge, starting in spring 2023. Want to follow or deliver a different course via i4PH? Information will follow soon.

Continuing education for young professionals

For postdocs, university lecturers, doctors and technicians working in preventive health, we are developing a special continuing education programme. With interactive meetings on interdisciplinary cooperation, courses on artificial intelligence (AI), teaching modules on nutrition and health for technicians and many other themes. Want to know more about what i4PH has to offer you as a young professional? Information will follow soon.