Extracurricular Opportunities

Each year, 5 students from Utrecht can take part in the European Master’s Programme in Intercultural Communication (EMICC). This Master’s programme started in 2002 and is organised together with eight partner universities from Germany, Estonia, France, Finland, United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal and Switzerland.

During this four-month intensive English programme (30 EC), you will take classes taught by international experts and build up an international network. Your fellow students will be from various international universities, forming a diverse, intercultural and multilingual group. You will take 15 one-week courses on themes such as English as Lingua Franca, Linga Receptiva , management, human rights, globalisation and European unification, cultural anthropology, new media and intercultural training.

Multilingual track

You can do Eurocampus students as part of the Multilingual track. The compulsory programme in Utrecht is replaced by Eurocampus (30 EC).

Wish to take part?

Only degree students at one of the partner universities are allowed to participate in the Eurocampus. You will study together under the instruction of visiting teachers from the partner institutions. After the Eurocampus period, all students will return to their home universities and continue their studies there. Eurocampus period can be realized as an Erasmus+ exchange.

History

The first Eurocampus was organised in autumn 2002 and was held in Jyväskylä, Finland. After that, the Eurocampus has moved to Bayreuth, Germany (2003); Brussels, Belgium (2004); Cambridge, UK (2005); Lisbon, Portugal (2006); Lugano, Switzerland (2007); Tartu, Estonia (2008); Lugano, Switzerland (2009); Utrecht, Netherlands (2010); Castelló, Spain (2011); Coimbra, Portugal (2012); Jyväskylä, Finland (2013); Paris, France (2014); Cambridge, UK (2015); Tallinn, Estonia (2016); Urbino, Italy (2017); Coimbra, Portugal (2018), Bayreuth, Germany (2019); Jyväskylä, Finland (2021).

In autumn 2022, Eurocampus is held at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.

More information

For more information on Eurocampus, please contact: dr. Deborah Cole, d.l.cole@uu.nl

If you choose to specialise in a specific language during your Master’s programme, Masterlanguage can provide an interesting addition to your studies. Masterlanguage is a national course catalogue focused on German, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch, as well as the classical languages (Greek and Latin). The courses are in the relevant target language (except Greek and Latin) and will be taught by (assistant-) professors from:

• University of Groningen
• Radboud University Nijmegen
• Leiden University
• Utrecht University
• University of Amsterdam
• VU University Amsterdam

You can take these courses on top of courses in the programme or after consultation with the Programme Coordinator. Course information, admission requirements and registration information can be found on the Masterlanguage website.

Along with the regular course catalogue, Masterlanguage offers lectures and masterclasses. This allows you to meet teachers with different expertise and language students from all over the Netherlands.

During the Graduate Honours Interdisciplinary Seminars (GHIS) you will meet students from other disciplines in a series of small-scale seminars. Under supervision of leading UU researchers you will study socially relevant themes. These research themes vary from privacy and globalization to DNA and complex systems. You follow one seminar per study period and conclude the year with an interdisciplinary group project. 

GHIS is offered in English and available for all Master’s students from the UU.

Young Innovators is an honours programme for curious and involved students that like to commit to challenges about sustainability and societal wellbeing. You’re a changemaker working for and on a better world. Young Innovators allows you to work in interdisciplinary teams on projects that shape social innovation. 

Young Innovators is offered in English and available for all Master’s students from the UU.

In the Leadership Programme you discover what kind of leader you are or want to be. You apply knowledge from different disciplines to real leadership dillemas and get a better understanding about what it means to be a leader in a globalising world. You follow workshops (i.a. public speaking skills, conflict management) taught by experts ranging from UU professors and external lecturers. During the interactive and intimate College Tours you can engage with leaders from different domains in society. You finish the year by working with a leader as part of the Leader to Shadow component. 

The Leadership Programme has both an English and Dutch track and is available for all Master’s students from the UU.