The 69th Scottish Universities’ International Summer School (SUISS) will run from the 11th July – 19th August 2016 and offers a four-week course in Creative Writing and four two-week courses in Modernism, Scottish Literature and Contemporary Literature, along with British and Irish Theatre and Performance.

Students are able to attend a single four or two-week course or a combination of courses. All our courses can be taken for university credits, and can be sought at undergraduate and graduate level.  

As ever, the courses will be supplemented by a wide-ranging social and cultural programme, and will include readings by contemporary Scottish authors. Edinburgh is the first Unesco World City of Literature and is home to highly acclaimed authors such as JK Rowling, Ian Rankin, Irvine Welsh and Alexander McCall Smith to name just a few.

Around 4 million people visit our beautiful city every year, many of them for the Edinburgh International Book Festival in August – ‘the largest public celebration of the written word in the world’ – but many to explore the literary city and all it has to offer the book lover. SUISS coincides with the many Edinburgh Festivals, including the Military Tattoo, the Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe Festival against the glorious backdrop of the extinct volcanoes of Arthur’s Seat and Edinburgh Castle.