The summer programs bring together students and professors to explore the enduring ideas of Western civilization through the disciplines of political philosophy, philosophical anthropology, ethics, literature and Law.

Financial Aid

The Phoenix Institute Europe Foundation annually provides a very limited amount of scholarships to carefully selected students attending our Vienna program (if you are planning to attend the Notre Dame program, click here). The following requirements need to be met to be eligible to apply for a scholarship:

• the applicant is enrolled full-time as a university student;
• the applicant has been approved by the Assessment Committee;
• the applicant has submitted sufficient written proof of the inability to pay the full tuition fee;
• the applicant is able to pay at least 25% of the tuition fee with personal funds (100% scholarships are not granted);
• Scholarships for travel expenses are not granted;
• the applicant must submit a detailed personal report before the end of the Summer Seminar attended with the scholarship.

Students applying for a scholarship should realize that the Phoenix Institute is fully dependant on its benefactors and therefore cannot guarantee that a scholarship will be granted. Applicants must furthermore be aware that news about the grant of a scholarship might be received as late as one week prior to the start of the Summer Seminar The lower the amount of the scholarship requested, the greater the chance that an applicant will be awarded a scholarship.

We therefore strongly advise our students to apply for financial aid elsewhere, through family, friends, university or diverse (business) scholarships in their home country or through international foundations. A non-exhaustive list of such foundations can be downloaded here. Throughout the years, our students have successfully set up financial aid structures in their own countries or regions.

2010 Summer Seminars are now open for registration

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