The undergraduate “Inter Academy Course”, which is taught every year in Utrecht for students of all Dutch universities is specifically tailored for undergraduate students. Each year the topic for next year’s school is selected by the National Astronomy Education Committee, which subsequently appoints a national coordinator for the course. A protocol (in Dutch) describes organizational aspects of these Inter Academy Courses. Dutch MSc students quite frequently “shop around”, that is to say take advanced courses at other institutes than the home university. In this way highly individual MSc programs can be realized, optimized w.r.t. the interests and skills of the MSc student. The same can be said about the final research projects. These are uniformly of very high quality, and specifically tailored projects can be realized at technically oriented research groups in, for example space research, soft- or hardware development, or instrument- or telescope-development groups (inside and outside the universities).
Most Dutch universities will reimburse the travelling expenses for following an Inter Academy Course. Ask your local secretaries for details on this matter.
For more information, see the official IAC Protocol (pdf).
Current IAC
Announcement new IAC
Title | tbd |
Lecturer | Prof. dr. C. Dominik (UvA) |
Start date | tbd |
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Location | |
Website | click here for the website |
Past IAC
List of previous IACs
1990: Röntgen- en gamma-astronomie |
1991: Toepassingen van relativiteit in de sterrenkunde |
1992: Computational astrophysics |
1993: Interstellaire materie |
1994: Melkwegstelsels |
1995: Waarneem- en reductietechnieken in de sterrenkunde |
1996: Accretieschijven |
1997: Het vroege heelal |
1998: Evolutie van planeten en planetenstelsels |
1999: Gravitational lensing |
2000: Stappen naar de sterren |
2001: Relativistische astrofysica |
2002: Stervorming |
2003: Het vroege heelal |
2004: Geschiedenis van de sterrenkunde |
2005: Computational astrophysics |
2006: Interferometry |
2007: Astrobiology/exoplanets |
2008: Astroparticle physics |
2009: The physics of GRB afterglows and the nature of their host galaxies |
2010: Modern data mining in astronomy |
2011: History of astronomy |
2012: Galaxy Structure, Dynamics and Evolution |
2013: Computational Astrophysics |