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Every programme is free and taught in person. Pick a track, pick your city, and apply. What you join, and how it runs, depends on the chapter.

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Three tracks, the same ones on every chapter’s calendar. Each panel names what runs in each city.

For newcomers. Taught so you can drop in for any theme, no background needed.

A weekly series on risks, technical safety and governance, taught so newcomers can drop in. Three editions in Utrecht have reached more than 100 students, researchers, engineers and public-sector people.

Weekly themes

1Introduction: capabilities, risks, and solution families
2Risks and incidents: social harms, misuse, loss of control
3Technical AI Safety: oversight, evaluations, interpretability
4Regulation and governance: EU AI Act, audits, GPAI duties
5Why safety is hard: incentives, funding gaps, race dynamics
6Pathways: thesis, fellowship, then a full-time role

Where you can attend

UtrechtWeekly, modular. Drop in for any theme. ~60 min.

Cohort graduation · SAIN Utrecht

For people who want to build: interpretability, RLHF, and the alignment pipeline, hands-on.

Each chapter runs a technical track, with a different curriculum. Utrecht teaches from ARENA. Groningen uses the Center for AI Safety course. Amsterdam uses BlueDot.

Utrecht ARENA

1Transformers and mechanistic interpretability
2Probing and representations: linear probes, SAEs
3PPO and RLHF: the alignment pipeline
4GRPO and reward hacking: seeing failure modes

Where you can attend

UtrechtARENA. 4 weeks. Streamed lectures; notebook certificate.GroningenTechnical track of AI Safety, Ethics, and Society. 6 weeks, 3 to 4 cohorts a year.AmsterdamBlueDot Technical AI Safety. 6 weeks, on-site, application-based.

Technical alignment workshop in progress

Week 1 · Transformers and interpretability

For people headed toward policy: the EU AI Act, audits, and Dutch implementation.

Amsterdam runs BlueDot Frontier AI Governance. Groningen runs the governance track of AI Safety, Ethics, and Society. Utrecht hosts a weekly AI Governance & Policy discussion group. Facilitators include researchers, risk consultants, and public-sector people.

Six-week courses (Groningen and Amsterdam)

1The EU AI Act: duties across the lifecycle
2Dutch implementation: ministries, regulators, standards
3Accountability: audits, evidence, GPAI obligations
4Risk management: NIST and frontier evaluation
5Case studies: accidents, misuse, institutional lag
6Pathways: policy fellowships, ministries, standards bodies

Where you can attend

UtrechtWeekly AI Governance & Policy discussion group.GroningenGovernance track of AI Safety, Ethics, and Society. On-site.AmsterdamBlueDot Frontier AI Governance. On-site, application-based.

Governance and policy discussion group around a table

Discussion group · Utrecht

How cohorts run

Not sure which chapter fits? Each city’s page lists its own programmes in detail.

1Cohorts run per chapter. Groningen and Amsterdam teach in six-week blocks, and Groningen runs three to four cohorts a year. Utrecht's ARENA block runs four weeks.
2The six-week courses pair weekly readings with an on-site discussion session.
3AI Safety Fundamentals in Utrecht is weekly and modular. Drop in for any theme, about 60 minutes.
4Some programmes are application-based and close per cohort. The Amsterdam BlueDot tracks are an example.
5One form covers participants and facilitators. Facilitator deadlines close a few days earlier.

Apply in your city

Applications open and close per chapter. They are closed right now, and sign ups for the next cohort will open soon.

Your chapter’s page walks you through its form. Questions before you apply are welcome. Or get in touch first

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