Dutch summer courses

Fully immersive intensive summer courses in Utrecht

Use your free time during summer holidays effectively and learn Dutch with us in a fun, intensive and interactive way. Our summer courses are available every year in June, July, August, September and offer you the flexibility to learn Dutch in the Netherlands in a short time! This summer course is a classroom-based course taking place at our school location in Utrecht.

Dutch First offers summer courses at all our course levels (A0-B2) according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR):

• Beginner (participants at CEFR level A0 or who have previously studied Dutch and know some basics of the language)
• Intermediate (participants at levels CEFR A2)
• High Intermediate (participants at levels CEFR B1)

Our summer courses are mainly focused on beginners of the Dutch language.

Choose what works for you!

Dutch First offers Dutch courses during the popular summer months from late June to the end of August. Summer courses are flexible and available for 8 weeks. Choose a 2-week, 4-week or 8-week package. We emphasize a pleasant learning atmosphere, but our Dutch summer courses are intense and significantly accelerate your language-learning progress. The coursework focuses on comprehension of written and spoken Dutch and improving Dutch pronunciation through group work in-class, teacher-led explanations and self-study of the material at home.

Start dates summer 2023

26 June 2023: A0 and B1 (Mon-Thu, 09:15 – 11:30)

10 July 2023: A0 and B1 (Mon-Thu, 14:30 – 16:45)

24 July 2023: A0, A2, B1 and B2 (Mon-Thu, 09:15 – 11:30)

7 August 2023: A1 (Mon to Thu, 09:15-11:30) and A2 (Mon to Thu, 14:30-16:45)

21 August 2023: A0 and A2 (Mon to Thu, 09:15-11:30)

4 September 2023: B1 (Mon to Thu, 14:30-16:45)

Register now!

To sign up for this course, click here. (link to regular course sign-up page, linking to intensive only)

Placement test

You are asked to provide the school with information regarding your current level of Dutch if you do not want to start from A0 beginning. Please reach out to us via email if you want to make use of this option.

Course materials

You will need course material for all our courses. For our classroom-based courses, the course material is not included. Please refer to the course page of the course you want to join to see the course material you need for each course.

Course certificate

You will receive an official digital course certificate at the end of your course as proof of attendance in the course if you have attended at least 80% or more of the course content.