Study location	Germany, Berlin
Type	On Campus, full-time
Nominal duration	2 weeks
Study language	English
Awards	Summer School
Accreditation	3 ECTS

Tuition fee	€1,050 per programme The program price consists of the course/tuition fee (student or working professional, see details below) plus the registration fee (€60). Student course/tuition fee: €990 Working professional course/tuition fee: €1190 This course/tuition fee covers the course, course materials and a cultural program.
Registration fee	€60 one-time The registration fee is in addition to the course/tuition fee and covers the processing of your application. It is payable upon registration. Please note that the registration fee is non-refundable.

Entry qualification	At least one year of university experience or equivalent work experience The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / German. Please upload one of the following documents: University degree Transcript of records University enrollment certificate

Language requirements

English All applicants are required to upload a document or certificate to demonstrate their proficiency in English language. If you are a non-native English speaker, you must prove you have a score equivalent to the level B2 or above in the European system (the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, or CEFR), or provide evidence that you’ve undertaken an equivalent degree/studies in English. A list of scores from the main providers is included for reference. Certificates from other providers are also accepted. CEFR: B2 IELTS: 5-6 Cambridge exam: First certificate in English FCE (A-C) TOEFL iBT: 87 TOEFL Paper based: 600 Chinese CET – 4: 493 Chinese CET – 6: 450 TOEIC: 685 More details: www.tu.berlin/en/international/summer-school/requirements If you are a native English speaker, please select this during registration. You will then be exempt from having to upload proof of English level.

Other requirements	General interest in the topic of unmanned aviation Interest in sociotechnical perspectives Innovativeness and critical thinking

More information	tu.berlin/..-drones-for-the-public-benefit

Overview

Unmanned aerial systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones, are considered a pivotal technology for the 21st century. Generating plenty of applications ranging from sensing, data collection and filming, to medical use or commercial last mile delivery, drones are linked to the overarching motivation of making processes faster, safer and more flexible.

This course will provide an holistic picture of current and future drone applications with a special focus on shaping drone use for the public benefit. Therefore, the course will combine state-of-the art theoretical and empirical insights (e.g. public acceptance, user adoption, environmental assessments) with insights on technological, regulatory and business environments as well as on living labs and real-world demonstrators.

As a result of the course, participants will have gained broad and systematic knowledge about the benefits as well as the challenges and limitations of drone use. They will be able to strongly differentiate and evaluate the subject. Moreover, the gained knowledge can foster future strategic and long-term thinking about this strongly emerging tec trend and can be translated into the participants’ various study and disciplinary backgrounds with regards to potential topics for theses or even future career paths.

Learning Goals:

• Insights into benefits, challenges and limitations of applying unmanned aerial systems in urban and rural contexts
• First-hand information and live-demonstrations of innovative drone-applications
• Obtaining knowledge about key factors driving public acceptance of drone use
• Tools and necessities of user and civic participation
• Basics of drone-related cost structures and business environments
• Ability to transfer and tailor drone applications to individual use-cases
• Insights on the regulatory context of drone use

Programme structure

Main Course Components:

• Lectures
  Lecture sections comprise of research-based inputs on various topics of drone use with a special focus on the interplay of technology and society, e.g. user and public perception, environmental assessments, regulatory frameworks.

• Practical applications / group works
  Such practicals will comprise of team and group working sessions based on relevant information gained in previous sections that are designed to conceptualize, discuss and prepare the group presentations.

• Excursions
  We will offer participants to conduct excursions to selective drone projects in Berlin and Brandenburg. Among them is the project “Stadt-Land-Drohne” situated in Wusterhausen/Dosse, which is the first pioneering project in Germany to explore the use of delivery drones for the means of improving the supply of groceries in remote villages.

• Assessment (for the Individual project)
  In the Assessment section the students will present their group projects for their final exam.