Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and Important Information

EPICUR Inclusion Scholarships

When applying for an EPICUR course with an in-person component, you can apply for an inclusion scholarship at your home university. For more information, please visit your home university's website:

AMU

EPICUR Mobility Scholarship for AMU Students

AUTh

a) for Greek students studying at AUTh information can be found here b) for foreign students studying at AUTh information can be found here.

BOKU

EPICUR Inclusion Scholarship für BOKU Studierende

KIT

 EPICUR Inclusion Scholarship für KIT Studierende

SDU

We don’t have one link for this information because each study program has a unique link to this information. Via these links the students can choose their study program and access the information: Danish: https://mitsdu.dk/epicur English: https://mitsdu.dk/en/epicur.

UFR

EPICUR Inclusion Scholarship for UFR Students

UHA

Please contact epicur@uha.fr for further information.

UNISTRA

https://seafile.unistra.fr/d/36e72a2b56424d189d75/

Do you want to apply for an EPICUR course? Here are some important things to know:

In order to officially attend an EPICUR course, you need to be registered at the host university. For some universities, this requires further steps after your acceptance. Please click on the university hosting your EPICUR course to check what the steps will be for you:

After being accepted to an EPICUR course, you will receive an email about the admission procedure at SDU. You are required to submit an online application and supporting documents – this is a mandatory step to register students in SDU systems and ensure that documents are aligned with requirements from Danish law. 

The following documents need to be submitted with the online application to SDU:

1. Proof of language proficiency

The following documents are accepted as proof of language proficiency:

  • SDU’s language requirement form (must be signed by your home institution). You can find the form here.
  • EPICUR’s language requirement form (must be filled out and signed by your home institution). You can find the form here.
  • TOEFL iBT or iBT Home Edition with a minimum score of 88 (valid for up to 2 years at the time of application). We accept TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition. Note: MyBest scores and TOEFL Essentials are not accepted.
  • IELTS Academic test with a minimum overall band score of 6.5 (valid for up to 2 years). We accept IELTS Academic Online, but not IELTS One-skill Retake.
  • Cambridge qualifications: C1 Advanced (CAE) with a minimum score of 180, or C2 Proficiency (CPE) - both accepted if issued by a Cambridge Network or the University of Michigan.

2. Transcript of records

A list with all your courses and grades in English (must be signed and sealed by the students’ home university or validated online, e.g. via a QR code)

Note: This is not required for doctoral candidates!

3. A scan of passport/national ID

Students need to be registered in the UFR campus management system in order to receive credits for their courses. Students need to fill out this form (in English) in order to provide us with the information required for registration and send it to epicur@uni-freiburg.de.

Students need to be registered in the BOKU campus management system in order to receive credits for their courses. To do so you, please proceed with the following steps:

  1. Fill in the pre-registration 
  2. Send a scan of your ID or passport and the confirmation of enrolment of your home university to the Mobility officer Nicole Fohringer nicole.fohringer@boku.ac.at and in cc epicur@boku.ac.at 
  3. Activation of your IT account using the PIN code you received from the Studienservices: https://short.boku.ac.at/it-activate-account 
  4. Payment of the student union fee (22,70€, might be subject to change) in the BOKUonline link "Studienbeitrag"

FAQ (during or before your application):

There are several registration periods each year. We will keep you posted on our website. To make sure you will not miss any news, you can also subscribe to our newsletter here: https://epicur.education/newsletter/

When the application period is open, you will find a guidance note for application in each programme of the course catalogue behind the tiles. Please read this carefully since this contains all relevant information. If you already want to prepare your application, here is the list of things you generally need:

  • Transcript of records
  • Certificate of enrollment
  • Proof of language proficiency or Self-stated language proficiency (explain in a few sentences where/how you have acquired the necessary language skills (usually B2 in the language of instruction)=. The self-stated language proof is usually only accepted for courses taught in English. For courses taught in another language, you usually need official proof of proficiency. 
  • Letter of motivation (around 200 words)

Most EPICUR universities have some funding available for their students. If you require financial support to attend in-person classes, please ask the contact at your university (e-mail addresses are provided at the top of this page).

FAQ (if you already have been accepted to a course):

A learning agreement contains the courses you are planning to take with EPICUR and the ECTS credits allocated. It will help you to get confirmation of the recognition of the ECTS in your studies prior to course start. In order to get the learning agreement signed before your EPICUR course starts, you need to request it via the Student App (link see above) and send it to the respective person of your degree programme.  

To request an EPICUR learning agreement, you need to perform two steps:

1) Complete your personal information on the EIUC. 
You need to fill out a "Personal Information Declaration" request under "Requests" in which you provide your personal information. 

Fill in the form with your personal information and press the "Submit" button

2) Request a Learning Agreement

If your learning agreement doesn't show the correct courses, you might need to switch between your study profiles. Please see below under "How can I switch between my EPICUR study profiles"?

Click on the VCLP the "Click here to access your courses" button.

You can also use the search function in the top right corner (magnifying glass) or access this category to locate your course.

Tipp: In the category or the search results click on the drop down menu next to your course on the right side and select "Add to favorites". Your course will then be easily accessible in your Dashboard.

If your course starts later this year, please be patient. The teachers of the course have to export the course to the VCLP and the course members must be synchronized with the VURS.

If your course has already started, please check if you have used the correct user account to login into the VCLP. Please use the same account you have used for registering at the VURS platform. If you have two or more accounts at your university, you might try out the other accounts.

If that does not help, please contact the support (support@learn.epicur.education). Please tell us your full name, university and course.

Please look on the local course page carefully for a "Enroll" or "Join" button or "I would like to enroll" link. Sometimes the link might be "hidden" in a submenu (for example behind a "cog wheel" icon). It can also help to change the language of the LMS to English, if you have difficulties to understand the content.

Most courses also require an enrollment key or password, which should be provided to you by the teachers of your course via email. If you have not received an enrollment key or password for your course, but require one to join or enroll to the course, please contact the teachers directly by using the contact link in the VURS.

On this page you will find some help for joining courses on the AMU Epicur E-Learning Platform.

If you are attending EPICUR courses in different EPICUR tracks, they appear under different study profiles. In the Students App you can access your study profile and change between them if you have more than one (see picture below).

If you want to de-enroll from a course please inform the instructor AND file a request via the Students App. Please specify in the "Withdrawal from study" request which course you want to drop.

FAQ (after attending your EPICUR course):

To request an EPICUR transcript, you need to perform two steps in the student portal :



1) Complete your personal information on the EIUC. 
You need to fill out a "Personal Information Declaration" request under "Requests" in which you provide your personal information. 

Fill in the form with your personal information and press the "Submit" button

2) Request a Transcript

If your transcript doesn't show the correct courses, you might need to switch between your study profiles. Please see below under "How can I switch between my EPICUR study profiles"?

The EPICUR portals

Candidates Portal

The portal when they apply for EPICUR courses. Here you can manage your application and you will receive messages regarding your applications.

Students Portal

Once you are accepted to an EPICUR course, you will be able to access the Students portal. Go there to see if you have received any messages from EPICUR admin staff or instructors, to request your Transcript of Records, or to file other requests.

Virtual Campus Learning Platform (VCLP)

This is where you can access the virtual course rooms of your EPICUR courses. Click on "Access your EPICUR Courses" to find the list of your virtual course room (once it is synchronized).

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