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lock Seminars

The Block Seminar is a one­week course that takes place at the beginning of Term 1.

Block Seminars bring together professors and students from various CEMS member schools.

Subjects derive from different cultural and academic perspectives; many topics are not a part of the member schools’ standard curricula.

Depending on when Term 1 begins at different member schools, Block Seminars can take place between end­July and mid­ October. As the Block Seminar is a mandatory element of the programme that can under no circumstances be postponed, class attendance is mandatory. It is the student’s responsibility to make sure that they attend a Block Seminar at the beginning of the programme. The Block Seminar accounts for 3 ECTS and students receive a grade.

Students are automatically assigned to the Block Seminar of their Term 1 school. In exceptional cases, with the permission of the school hosting the student during Term 1, students may apply for a Block Seminar different from the one held at their “Term 1 school” or a second Block Seminar

Topics, dates and exact locations are announced in the “Programme Offer” section on the CEMS website during Term 2 of the preceding academic year.