Olomouc Summer Institute
Encyclopedia
Olomouc Summer Institute (Olomoucká letní škola) is a project assembling student
s from all over the world each year, at the beginning of July, in Olomouc
, the Czech Republic
. The project began in 1994 and in a time span of 11 years it evolved continuously. Beginning with 1998, the OSI welcomed a broad contingent of international students. All of the participating students are required to take part into different educational activities that are being held in English
, the official language of the program. The Classes and Seminars are dedicated to developing young leaders in order to sustain growing democratic societies. At the same time, the Olomouc Summer Institute offers to its participants exciting Special Activities, like the Leadership Challenge, which constitute the memories of a life-time for many alumni.
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
s from all over the world each year, at the beginning of July, in Olomouc
Olomouc
Olomouc is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. The city is located on the Morava river and is the ecclesiastical metropolis and historical capital city of Moravia. Nowadays, it is an administrative centre of the Olomouc Region and sixth largest city in the Czech Republic...
, the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. The project began in 1994 and in a time span of 11 years it evolved continuously. Beginning with 1998, the OSI welcomed a broad contingent of international students. All of the participating students are required to take part into different educational activities that are being held in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, the official language of the program. The Classes and Seminars are dedicated to developing young leaders in order to sustain growing democratic societies. At the same time, the Olomouc Summer Institute offers to its participants exciting Special Activities, like the Leadership Challenge, which constitute the memories of a life-time for many alumni.