#APPLICATION
Q: How are the visa regulations for studying URC?
A: This depends on your nationality and certain conditions (vid. specific UNIA information). For instance, if you come from a non-EU country and do not need a visa for entering Germany, as a student of an international joint curriculum starting in Augsburg (1st semester), you can proceed in Germany in accordance with the EU REST Directive. And in case you should need a visa to enter Germany, you might participate in the REST procedure then in Spain (2nd semester), etc.
Please take, in all cases, into account that specific national proofs might be demanded by the local authorities regarding funding, health insurance, etc., and that your passport should have a minimum validity for at least 3 months after the end of the four regular URC semesters.
Q: What kind of language certificates are accepted for admission?
A: You are asked to proof your active language skills of English and Spanish or Portuguese in equivalence to a C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). Here, certificates, relevant schooling and/or university studies can serve as documents in support. In dubio (or cases of outdated certification), we recommend to send in actual(ized) proofs.
Please take note, that for admission proven C1 language skills in English and either Spanish or Portuguese are necessary.
Q: In which language shall the motivation letter be written?
A: In one of the three URC world languages (English, Spanish, or Portuguese).
Q: Can I resend my general application material for the scholarship application?
A: Please consider that for scholarship application you have to comply with the specific scholarship call. Therefore should address and try to meet the demands of the call best possible.
#GENERAL
Q: What is the relationship of academic with practical knowledge of the program?
A: The URC MA is a research-based and transfer-oriented study program that promotes curricularly the exchange of international expertise and intercultural best practices between scientific disciplines, non-universitarian experts, civil society, and the diverse urban cultural working fields. As an accepted URC Student you will not only benefit from this transfer, but also enrich the interchange.
Q: Is it possible to absolve the international curriculum only in English?
A: Even though English is the lingua franca of the program, the communicative competence in a second world language as Spanish or Portuguese is necessary for the URC Curriculum to be able to interact on different intercultural and discoursive levels with the diverse local societies, cultures, and communities of the transatlantic program.