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 15th edition (before June 1st 2026) of our WCM Summer School 2026 (August 24th – 28th, 2026) at Den Helder – 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)

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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.

Case Royal Netherlands Navy

The Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) aims to take new ships into service, including new anti-submarine warfare frigates (ASWF), submarines, and various auxiliary vessels.

A continuous pressure to reduce ship crews and an increasing complexity of systems on board naval vessels puts pressure on the maintenance of these future ships.

The RNLN is working towards a transition from planned periodic maintenance to condition-based maintenance (CBM) and predictive maintenance.

The main question for you as a participant during the Summer School is to think about how RNLN together with her stakeholders in the public sector can use some of the available maintenance innovations for this maintenance transition.

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The fourteenth edition of the WCM Summer School focused on an extremely current and complex case study. Case owners KMWE and Brainport Industries presented the participants with a challenge concerning remanufacturing and circular supply chain collaboration. According to Summer School Director Jan Braaksma, the topic offers ample opportunities for innovation in practice. “The case owners can directly incorporate the students’ ideas into their planning.”

Edward Voncken, CEO of KMWE, agrees. “What the students present to us really helps us look at things from the outside in. I’m very impressed that the participants were able to get to the heart of this complex challenge so quickly and also find solutions for it.”

The fourtheenth edition of this year’s WCM Summer School will take place from Monday 21 July to Friday 25 July and will be organised at the Base (“Legerplaats bij Oldebroek”) in ‘t Harde.  Participants will be presented with the very latest maintenance knowledge by professors from various Dutch universities and will think in groups about a real practical case. This year brought in by KMWE / Brainport Industries. On Friday, the various solutions will be presented and voting by public and jury will determine which team has the best solution. We cordially invite you to attend this final presentation – English spoken – in ‘t Harde, each year full of fresh insights.