Are you a technical Master/PhD student or young professional (within 10 years after graduation), with a special interest in Maintenance Management & Engineering, then apply to the 16th edition (before June 1st 2027) of our WCM Summer School 2027 (August 23rd – 27th, 2027). The Netherlands and challenge yourself in our exciting program. 

“Challenge yourself in our multi-disciplinary Summer School on Maintenance Management & Engineering. Satisfy intellectual curiosity, gain new professional skills in the area of Maintenance and extend your professional network by joining the WCM Summer School″ (prof. dr. H. Akkermans, and director World Class Maintenance)

Please click here for a short movie about the WCM Summer School (Dutch)

You will learn about the exciting world of maintenance with all its aspects through our workshops on state of the art maintenance tools and approaches from top professors in the Netherlands. Knowledge gained will be applied immediately as your analytical skills and creativity will be tested to its limits when you are solving the problems presented in our real life case study.

Please save the date for the upcoming WCM Summer School, taking place from August 23rd to 27th, 2027. We are excited to announce that ASML will be our featured case company. Stay tuned for more details in the coming months.

If you are interested in participating, please let us know by emailing info@wmsummerschool.org. We will contact you as soon as applications for next year’s program open.

The fifteenth edition of the WCM Summer School took place from August 24 to 28 in Den Helder. For one week, forty young professionals and students focused on how the Royal Netherlands Navy can transition from periodic to condition-based and predictive maintenance. During the closing session, eight teams presented their solutions, resulting in diverse proposals regarding technology, data, organization, contracting, and industrial collaboration.

Summer School director Jan Braaksma opened the final session on Friday afternoon. He welcomed everyone and reflected on fifteen years of the WCM Summer School. During this period, more than six hundred students and young professionals have participated. Braaksma noted that over the years, there has also been “a significant development in the level of the practical cases.”