Blended Intensive Programmes

In our interconnected world, academic success increasingly depends on the ability to collaborate across cultures, navigate diverse perspectives, and contribute meaningfully to global communities. This Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) prepares students to become culturally agile global citizens who can thrive in international academic and professional environments. Through a combination of virtual preparatory activities and intensive in-person experiences, participants develop critical competencies in intercultural communication, global awareness, inclusive leadership, and collaborative problem-solving.

Employers expect accountants to do more than get the numbers right. In this programme you will practise communicating financial insights, leading and working in international teams, making ethical decisions and adapting to change, through real-world scenarios, role-plays and case-based challenges. You will first work online with students from partner universities (COIL), then spend five days in Cork on live cases, take part in International Accounting Day, present your work to qualified accounting managers and receive their feedback. Academic mentors and industry professionals guide you throughout.

Broaden your horizon and test your financial, accounting and strategic skills with a business game that lets you learn in a fast and risk-free simulation environment how an enterprise operates. Form management teams with students from other countries, take decisions on general management, production, marketing and finance in a competitive market, listen to business people who advise on starting and directing a start-up company, and present your results at the end of the week. Working in a culturally diverse team is a challenge out of your comfort zone and expands your global network.

Nobody knows which day it will be, but we know who will be needed on it: the people who care for others every day. This programme brings together nursing and social work students from several countries to prepare for a crisis while there is still time to practise. Over one week in Klaipėda you will work through one shared question – what exactly are we preparing for, and what can each of us do already today? – in tabletop exercises, in simulation and in creative workshops.

Participants will explore emerging digital challenges from legal, technological, economic and psychological perspectives while working in international teams to develop innovative solutions.

This business week is about risk management. You and your team are assigned to a real-life business case for one of three participating companies, visit that company on Wednesday morning, work in an international group of 6 or 7 students in English, and present your risk analysis to a jury of company representatives. You also explore Rotterdam – Europe’s biggest port and the financial and business heart of The Netherlands – and meet students from other countries.

Learn how to manage organisations through the green and digital transitions. Through case studies and challenge-based teamwork in a multidisciplinary and international learning environment, you will apply green skills, responsible strategic management and innovation concepts to real organisational problems.

A traditional PAR Bootcamp built around a simple challenge: how do we turn a problem or opportunity into a value-creating project? In an international, interdisciplinary team you will go from identifying a problem to a solution, a business model and an implementation plan, and finish with a final pitch, with workshops, lectures, mentoring, company and startup visits, an entrepreneur panel and cultural activities in Rijeka.

Through thematic online lectures, collaborative work in international teams and physical mobility in Szczecin, students explore how human capital, infrastructure, natural resources, financial support and community networks can contribute to business competitiveness and environmental sustainability. They develop practical skills in market research, sustainability planning and business strategy development, and apply them to prepare and present a group project tailored to a selected international context.

Work in mixed international groups on a project that is as close as possible to a real-life entrepreneurial experience: focus on different aspects of a start-up and work with a case provided by one or more companies. Get input from company visits, workshops and guest lectures, and present your work in a compelling way to the entrepreneurs at the end of the week. You are challenged to think and communicate in another language.

This programme offers an overview of major psychotherapeutic approaches, including psychodynamic, cognitive behavioural, humanistic and integrative psychotherapy. Participants will gain theoretical knowledge, explore practical applications of different therapeutic methods, and exchange experiences in an international learning environment. The programme also promotes intercultural cooperation and the development of professional and communication skills.

How can digital communication and AI support human development while respecting the people they are intended to serve? Participants examine the evidence behind messages, the interests of different stakeholders, the use of personal data and the limits of AI-assisted content, and translate those judgements into a communication concept that is credible, inclusive and feasible to implement. The planned professional collaborator is SmartApp, a company working in digital marketing and artificial intelligence (subject to confirmation).

Work in an international team on brand identity and positioning for a business client. While creating a brand identity and developing visuals, draw upon your marketing and communication skills, find inspiration in guest lectures and a company visit, and pitch your proposal to a jury in a competition against other teams. Team spirit, commitment, enthusiasm and initiative are decisive.

Help create a more sustainable financial world. Work in an international team on cases related to sustainable finance, listen to guest lecturers on how financial institutions approach sustainability today, what evolutions to expect and how they find an equilibrium between sustainability and profitability, and present your results to a jury and the other groups. Which group will come up with the best ideas?