ECMI has been running annual Modelling Weeks for students since 1988. Students come from all over Europe to spend a week working in small multinational groups on projects which are based on real life problems. Each group is led by an ECMI instructor who introduces the problem – usually formulated in non-mathematical terms – on the first day and then helps to guide the students to a solution during the week. The students present their results to the other groups on the last day and then write up their work as a report (see below).The main aims of the Modelling Weeks are to train students in Mathematical Modelling and stimulate their collaboration and communication skills, in a multinational environment.
Attendance at a Modelling week is an integral part of the ECMI certificate and of many of the masters courses run at ECMI centres but many other students have also learned new skills by attending one of these very successful courses.
A number of similar Modelling Weeks or Modelling Camps are organised by ECMI members each year.
List of modelling weeks
- 39th Modelling Week, Lund, Sweden, 2026
- 38th Modelling Week, Kaunas, Lithuania, 2025
- 37th Modelling Week, Catania, Italy, June, 2024
- 36th Modelling Week, Sgezed, 9th-16th July, 2023
- 35th Modelling Week, Verona, 3rd-9th July, 2022
- 34th Modelling Week, Grenoble, 30th June-6th July, 2019
- 33th Modelling Week, Darmstadt, February 24 to March, 2019
- 32nd Modelling Week, Novi-Sad, July 15-22, 2018
- 31st Modelling Week, Lappeenranta, July 9-16, 2017
- 30th Modelling Week, Sofia, July 17-24, 2016
- 29th Modelling Week, Lisbon, July 19-26, 2015 (coorganized by Lisbon and Coimbra)
- 28th Modelling Week, Paderborn 2014
- ECMI Summer School and Modelling Week, Madrid 2013
- ECMI Summer School and Modelling Week, Dresden 2012
- ECMI Summer School and Modelling Week, Milano 2011
- ECMI Summer School and Modelling Week, Milano 2010
- 23rd Modelling Week, Wroclaw 2009
- 22nd Workshop, Eindhoven 2008
- 21th Workshop, Rouen 2007
- 20st Workshop, Lyngby 2006
- 19th Workshop, Barcelona 2005
- 18th Workshop, Lappeenranta 2004
- 17th Workshop, Bristol 2003
- 16th Workshop, Kaiserslautern 2002
- 15th Workshop, Klagenfurt 2001
- 14th Workshop, Lund 2000
- 12th Workshop, Trondheim 1999
- 11th Workshop, Milan 1998
- 10th Workshop, Dresden 1997
- 9th Workshop, Jyvaskula 1996
- 8th Workshop, Glasgow 1995
- 7th Workshop, Lyngby 1994
- 6th Workshop, Grenoble 1993
- 5th Workshop, Linz 1992
- 4th Workshop, Eindhoven 1991
- 3rd Workshop, Oxford 1990
- 2nd Workshop, Kaiserslautern 1989
- 1st Workshop, Bari 1988