EPICUR is one of currently 41 European University Alliances that have received funding from the
European Commission as part of the initiative to establish a European Education Area (EEA) by 2025.
EPICUR comprises nine partner institutions from across the European Union. The nine partners have committed to developing innovative learning and teaching opportunities for their students and staff, as well as to working together to tackle global problems of societal relevance with collaborative, inter- and trans-disciplinary programs of research.
European University Alliances are funded through two grants from the European Commission:
The EPICUR team has also contributed to winning additional funding for innovative teaching projects at the University of Freiburg (e.g., IVAR). If you have an application for teaching initiatives that you think would benefit from association with the European University Alliance, please get in touch:
epicur@mail.uni-freiburg.de — we are very happy to support funding applications in any way possible!
EPICUR Teaching and Learning initiatives have been in preparation since January 2020. Please see below for more information about ongoing projects and how to get involved.
EPICUR Research initiatives in the context of EPICUR Research started in early 2021. Please see below for more information about ongoing projects and how to get involved.
The EPICUR Project Team is spread across multiple administrative and academic units within the
University of Freiburg. See below to find out who is responsible for what, and for information on how to become part of the growing community of EPICUReans.
The EPICUR Alliance aims to support and promote multilingualism as a core strength of European higher education. Researchers, teachers, administrators and students across our partner institutions use a rich variety of European languages to engage in academic affairs. Across the Alliance, it is our aim to recognize the benefits of multilingualism, and to support our institutions in maintaining effective multilingual academic communities.
Some of the ongoing projects in this area include:
During the pilot phase (2020-2022) the EPICUR partners are developing shared learning and campus management platforms to support joint teaching initiatives, and to reduce the administrative burden of participating in mobility offerings. Our digital Community of Learning and EPICampus are currently in development; we will announce developments here as soon as possible! If you are interested in getting involved with the creation of shared learning platforms, please contact Dorthe Hutz-Nierhoff: dorthe.hutz@rz.uni-freiburg.de
The EPICUR Project relies on contributions from staff and students across the entire university. If you are interested in more information about any of our initiatives, or would like to get involved yourself, please contact one of the following staff members to find out more:
Do you want to be kept up to date on what’s happening in the EPICUR-world? Then subscribe to our EPICUR mailing list at myAccount (category “European University”), which will regularly provide you with information.