Circle U. Opportunities for Students

Paris Cité University is part of the European alliance Circle U., which enables it to offer its students the opportunity to broaden the scope of their academic skills. All educational activities of Circle U. are thus freely accessible on the open campus of the alliance. A wide range of topics are covered in order to approach major societal challenges such as Climate, Global Health, Artificial Intelligence, and Democracy with confidence.

The European alliance Circle U. brings together Paris Cité University, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, King’s College London, UCLouvain, the University of Oslo, the University of Aarhus, the University of Belgrade, the University of Pisa, and the University of Vienna.

Apply for an activity without ECTS credits such os online conferences

In case of a 100% virtual activity that does not provide any ECTS credits, students at our university can apply directly via the Circle U. open campus.

Apply for an activity providing ECTS credits 

If you are a student of Université Paris Cité and want to apply for a Circle U. activity providing ECTS, you must be able to choose a “UE libre” within your programme. This will allow our university to recognise the credits of the chosen course.

Please note that at UPCité, the UE libre is worth 3 ECTS. Therefore, whatever the number of ECTS awarded by the course in the partner university, UPCité will only recognise 3 ECTS within your programme.

1. Have your academic supervisor or thesis supervisor sign the authorisation to participate form

Before applying for a course offered on the Open Campus, you must have the course leader or your thesis supervisor sign the authorisation form. Only then you will be able to apply for the selected course directly through the Circle U. open campus. Applications will be assessed by the organising university of the activity.

If the students are selected and if the chosen course does not include a mobility in one of our partner university, the students can go directly to step 5 of this procedure.

2. Fill out the activity form and have the learning agreement signed in case of a mobility

If selected, they will be invited to complete the mobility form for the activity on MoveOn. A copy of their ID, a certificate of enrolment, and their language proficiency level will be required.
At the same time, students must have their learning agreement or credit recognition commitment signed by their programme coordinator or thesis supervisor. Without this signature, no mobility grant will be awarded.

3. Fill out the mobility grant application form

Once the first form is approved by the Circle U. team, selected students will receive a link to complete the mobility grant application form. They will then need to provide the exact dates of their mobility and upload their bank details (RIB). Once submitted, the processing of the form may take a few weeks.
Please note that the allocation of grants is based on social criteria, and Paris Cité University does not allow the accumulation of grants.

4. Validate your stay

Once arrived at the destination, the final step to validate the stay is to request a stamped and signed participation certificate from the organiser, clearly stating the dates of the event. This document must then be sent to the Circle U. team at the DRI at the end of the mobility, otherwise the mobility grant received will need to be refunded.

5. Make sure you ECTS are recognised

Once the course has been completed, whether online or face-to-face, students will receive a transcript of records showing that they have obtained ECTS credits. They will then be able to select the activity in question as part of the UE libre in the following semester when they register for the course. Students will then be able to send their transcript of records and their signed authorisation to take part to the administrative team of their programme.

Please note that any validation request that does not include these two completed and signed documents will not be validated! Please make sure that you request permission to participate and that you select the free UE after completing the course.

FAQ

Learn more:

→ Circle U. European Alliance
→ Circle U. Open Campus
→ Circle U. Newsletter 

Circle U. Contact at UPCité :

→ circleu.iro@u-paris.fr