The von Karman Institute organizes each year 8 to 12 one-week Lecture Series on specialized topics in the field of aerodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer with application to aeronautics, space, turbomachinery, the environment and industrial fluid dynamics. These courses have gained over the years world wide recognition for their high quality which is the result of a careful choice of subjects of current interest and lecturers known for their excellency in that field and willing to co-operate in building up well-structured courses. The lecture series are organized by the faculty's members and by the senior researchers of the von Karman Institute in collaboration with specialists in the selected topics of each course.

This lifelong learning programme provides high-quality continuous education for professionals from the industrial world and for university graduates in the fluid dynamics field in general.  A proof of attendance is provided on demand at the end of each course.