EPICUR
The European University Alliance EPICUR (European Partnership for an Innovative Campus Unifying Regions) aims to create an attractive, innovative European university for a new generation of students in Europe. EPICUR comprises the three projects EPICUR SHAPE-IT , EPICUR Research and EPIDI (European Partnership for Innovation in Distant Internships). There is a special focus on interaction with society.
The nine university partners in the EPICUR Alliance are Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (Poland), University of Amsterdam (Netherlands), Aristotle University in Thessaloniki (Greece), Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg (Germany), University of Upper Alsace (France), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, KIT (Germany), University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (Austria), South Danish University in Odense (Denmark) and University of Strasbourg (France). More about our alliance.
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Offers by EPICUR
The EPICUR Alliance has launched its 2026 Seed Funding Call for Proposals. Researchers from partner universities can apply until September 15, 2026 for grants of up to 150,000 euros for one-year, international collaborative projects. Support is particularly available for innovative research approaches such as pilot studies and proof-of-concepts. The participation of early-career researchers is expressly encouraged.
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Join us in SDU’s EPICUR Staff Week! October 20th through 22nd: From Teaching to Impact - Designing Education that Empowers Students to Create Value in Workplace and Society. The staff week focuses on enhancing learning and education to empower students to create value and to drive innovation in society and industry. A highlight of the programme is a keynote and workshop by Martin Lackéus from Chalmers University of Technology, an internationally recognized expert in value creation pedagogy. The staff week is particularly relevant for teachers and lecturers interested in strengthening the real-world relevance of their courses and educational developers working with curriculum design.
You can find the full programme here.
Seats are limited, and we encourage early registration. Register here by June 21st.
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EPICUR is looking for innovative courses for the Autumn/Winter 2026 catalogue. We are seeking existing courses of at least 3 ECTS for Bachelor’s and Master’s students as well as Early Career Researchers, taught in English and starting between September and December 2026. Preferred areas include European Values, Sustainable Transformation, Future Intelligence, Global Health, and Transversal Skills. Courses may be virtual, hybrid, or offered as a Summer School. Please submit your course by 7 May 2026. All details can be found here: The Call for Course Proposals for EPICUR Autumn 2026 is out! – EPICUR Alliance
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Shape the future of the EPICUR Alliance together with students from all over Europe. Organize events, network internationally, and contribute your own ideas. Meetings at EPICUR partner universities take place at least twice a year, and travel expenses are covered. Take advantage of the opportunity to launch initiatives, lead workshops, and actively contribute to the further development of the study experience.
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With its program „Europäische Hochschulnetzwerke (EUN) - nationale Initiative“ the German Academic Foreign Service (DAAD) supports the EU initiativ of „European Universities“. Since the beginning of the year, KIT and 21 other German Universities are supported in the third round of funding. They get around 14 Million Euros until 2026 out of the budget of the Ministery for Education and Research in addition to the EU funds.
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The European Universities are alliances of universities that take on the Challenges of Europe with new methods in Education and research. In this Video by the german international agency DAAD you can discover more about the goals and vision of the European Univerisites from students, scientists and emplyees of german Universities.
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Core Goals of Universities are Education, Research and Innovation. But the European Comission also gave another responsibility to the "European Universities": To strenghten the connection between universities and society.
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