ESU Courses

From the newest updates in urology, practical insights, core theoretical knowledge to best practices, the course programme of the European School of Urology (ESU) at the 41st Annual EAU Congress in London will this year encompass the full breadth of urology, providing expert knowledge and in-depth views on major topics and procedures.

The ESU aims to not only offer the insights of experienced mentors and faculty, but also ensure participants will get, first-hand, the best practices that are vital in offering optimal care to patients. Below you will find 48 courses, divided over 14 areas ranging from Female Urology, Infections, Stones, Trauma, and Male LUTS to onco-urology to paediatric urology with some topics featuring multiple courses.

More information about rates will be announced soon. Please note that the courses are NOT included in the congress rate.

Topics

Andrology

  • Male genital diseases
  • Office management of male sexual dysfunction
  • Male prosthetic urology
  • The infertile couple: Urological aspects
  • 2026 EAU Guidelines update – Sexual health, penile and testicular cancer: What has changed?
  • Andrological emergencies for the general urologist

Benign lower and upper urinary tract diseases

  • Prolapse management and female pelvic floor problems
  • 2026 EAU Guidelines update – Renal, bladder and prostate cancer: What has changed?
  • 2026 EAU Guidelines updates and controversies – Urolithiasis, infections, female and male LUTS: What has changed?
  • Chronic pelvic pain in men and women
  • Practical tips for pelvic laparoscopic surgery: Cystectomy, radical prostatectomy adenomectomy and sacrocolpopexy
  • Advanced course on upper tract laparoscopy: Kidney, ureteropelvic junction (UPJ), ureter and stones
  • Complications in BPO Management. A guide on how to mess up BPO management (fast)
  • Enucleation of the prostate for BPO treatment: The anatomical solution to various challenges
  • Surgical management of BPO: From resection to ablation of prostate adenoma
  • Practical neuro-urology

Infections

  • A to Z of Recurrent UTIs for the urologist
  • Post surgical infections in urology – prevention and management
  • 2026 EAU Guidelines updates and controversies – Urolithiasis, infections, female and male LUTS: What has changed?

Paediatric and adolescent urology

  • Practical approach to paediatric urology
  • 2026 EAU Guidelines update – Trauma, urethral stricture and paediatric urology: What has changed

Penile cancer

  • 2026 EAU Guidelines update – Sexual health, penile and testicular cancer: What has changed?
  • Male genital diseases

Prostate cancer

  • Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy
  • Focal therapy for beginners, how to start with focal therapy
  • Oligometastatic prostate cancer
  • Prostate cancer update: 2025-2026
  • 2026 EAU Guidelines update – Renal, bladder and prostate cancer: What has changed?
  • Advanced indications in robotic reconstructive surgery
  • Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in urological surgery
  • Prostate cancer made simple: A comprehensive update for all urologists

Renal tumour

  • Advanced course on laparoscopic renal surgery
  • Treatment of localised renal masses: Tips and tricks
  • Robotic renal surgery
  • 2026 EAU Guidelines update – Renal, bladder and prostate cancer: What has changed?
  • Advanced course on upper tract laparoscopy: Kidney, ureteropelvic junction (UPJ), ureter and stones
  • Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in urological surgery
  • Kidney stones made simple: A comprehensive update for urologists

Testicular cancer

  • 2026 EAU Guidelines update – Sexual health, penile and testicular cancer: What has changed?
  • Male genital diseases

Transplantation

  • TBC

Trauma

  • Andrological emergencies for the general urologist

Uro-genital reconstruction

  • Surgical reconstruction – step by step video demonstration of common procedures
  • Advanced course on urethral stricture surgery

Urolithiasis

  • Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PCNL)
  • Flexible ureterorenoscopy and retrograde intrarenal surgery: Instrumentation, technique, tips, tricks and indications
  • Metabolic workup and non-surgical management of urinary stone disease: What a urologist must know
  • Advanced endourology in the non-standard patients with urolithiasis
  • Complications in endourology: Causes, management and prevention
  • 2026 EAU Guidelines updates and controversies – Urolithiasis, infections, female and male LUTS: What has changed?
  • Advanced course on upper tract laparoscopy: Kidney, ureteropelvic junction (UPJ), ureter and stones

Urothelial cancer

  • Practical management of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC)
  • How we manage upper tract tumours
  • Tips and tricks in cystectomy
  • Comprehensive management of muscle-invasive bladder cancer
  • Advanced indications in robotic reconstructive surgery
  • Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in urological surgery

Skills and professional development

  • Laparoscopy for beginners: From theory to practice
  • Medical writing for urologists: An interactive workshop on how to write, publish and promote the “perfect” manuscript
  • Surgical complications during laparoscopic/robotic urological procedures: Prevention, diagnosis, management and complications
  • Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in urological surgery
  • Planning, designing and executing randomized clinical trials in urology
  • Ultrasound in urology