Make your summer course international with EPICUR!

We invite you to submit innovative, interdisciplinary, and student-centred courses that reflect the EPICUR spirit. This time, the focus is on the Summer Semester 2026 and our EPICUR Summer School formats. Together, let’s design collaborative, challenge-based learning experiences with a truly European flavour.

Why offer your course through EPICUR?

By offering a course through EPICUR, you will:

  • Gain international visibility: Showcase your teaching within a vibrant network of nine European universities.
  • Teach in diverse, international classrooms: Work with engaged students from a wide range of academic disciplines and cultural backgrounds, bringing fresh perspectives and ideas into your classroom.
  • Join an international academic community: Connect with colleagues across Europe and exchange on innovative teaching practices.
  • Benefit from professional support & development: The EPICUR Inter-University Campus (EIUC) and the EPICUR Centre for International Teaching and Learning (EPiC TLC) offer resources, inspiration, and training opportunities (e.g. on hybrid and intercultural teaching) to help you design international, student-centred learning experiences. Find more info here.

What kind of courses are we looking for?

We welcome course proposals for Bachelor’s and Master’s students as well as Early Career Researchers in the following priority areas:

  • European Values
  • Sustainable Transformation
  • Future Intelligence
  • Global Health
  • Transversal Skills


For the Summer Semester, we particularly welcome:

  • Intensive block courses
  • Blended courses comprising short, intensive in-person components embedded within virtual learning sessions
  • Hybrid and online offerings

How to submit your course

1. Download the course proposal spreadsheet

2. Fill in your course details

  • Course title and topic
  • Preferred format and mode of delivery
  • Target group and level (Bachelor/Master/Early Career Researchers)
  • Ideas for collaboration with other EPICUR partner universities

3. Submit it by 14 January 2026 and send it to the EPICUR Institutional Coordinator responsible for reviewing offers at your university. Click here to find your Institutional Coordinator´s email address.

Want to find out more?

Watch our introductory video to get an impression of EPICUR’s international and interdisciplinary course offerings:

Questions?

If you have any questions, please contact us at epicur@ucf.uni-freiburg.de.