East-West summer schools in microwave and optical engineering

Originated by the European Union under the Tempus Programme these Summer Schools have since then grown in strength, in the mean time based on other funding schemes, with participating universities from both the EU and eastern Europe. So far they took place annually in Warsaw, Rome, Guilford near London, Darmstadt, Prague, Warsaw and Bratislava. The next one will be in the year 1998 in Chemnitz. Students have to work on individual projects within small fully international groups of typically 4 or 5, attend lectures and have a competitive presentation of their results, sometimes with local industry offering prizes for the best groups. The language used is English. This course is at their home universities fully accepted as satisfying the normal course requirements. The industrial response to this multicultural course experience is indeed very positive.