Courses open to individual applications
THE FOLLOWING SHORT-DURATION TRAINING COURSES ARE OPEN FOR DIRECT INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION. Please direct your inquiries to the contact persons listed in the detailed course descriptions.
UNU International Courses (UNU/IC)
The 6-week UNU/IC are held annually at UNU Centre in Tokyo with ca. 60 participants from all over the world. They are designed to provide postgraduate students and professionals with a college or university degree who wish to pursue an international career in public-service or private organizations with the knowledge and skills to analyze global issues from a truly global perspective, both theoretically and empirically. UNU provides full fellowships for 20 participants from developing countries. More...
Conflict Resolution
The joint UNU/University of Ulster International Conflict Research (INCORE) annually organizes a summer school for international policy makers and practitioners, comprising of courses on various aspects of conflict resolution. More...
Food Composition Data in Nutrition
UNU Centre supports 3-week Training Courses in the Production and Use of Food Composition Data in Nutrition in Wageningen, Netherlands, and Pretoria, South Africa. The courses are concerned with the production of analytical data for nutrients in foods, and the compilation of these data into food composition tables and nutritional databases. More...
Biotechnology
Various training courses and fellowships for individual research training are offered by the UNU Programme for Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNU/BIOLAC). More...
Plant Tissue Culture
The UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU/INRA) in collaboration with the Department of Botany, University of Ghana, Legon and the International Plant Genetic Research Institute (IPGRI), Rome, organizes a three-week training course in plant tissue culture technology for researchers, trainers, and technologists from East, West and Southern Africa. More...
Computer Applications in Natural Resource Management
The UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU/INRA) offers periodic four-week 'train-the-trainers' courses for academics and staff of African universities and research institutions in the application of current computer-based analytical tools to the investigation and management of Africa's natural resources. More...
Analysis and Management of Geological Risks
The 9-week Training Course on Analysis and Management of Geological Risks organized annually by the University of Geneva, Switzerland, is aimed at developing the knowledge base and skills required to take effective preventive measures to reduce the impact of natural disasters. UNU Centre provides fellowships for persons from developing countries. More...